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Traffic deaths in Wyoming in 2023

Deaths, 2023: 144
Fatal crashes: 121
Population: 584.7K

In 2023, 144 people died in 121 fatal crashes in Wyoming. That was 7.5% more than in 2022 (134) and the most since 2019. The death rate was 24.6 per 100,000 residents, compared with 12.2 in the United States. Wyoming had the 41st most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 2nd-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 8% of deaths, and 41% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

24.6

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2023

About double the rate in the United States: 12.2

+7%

change in deaths from 2022 to 2023

134 deaths in 2022, 144 in 2023

The United States: -4%

Wyoming traffic deaths by year goes back to 1975.

Profile by year: 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020

Road users

Who died

of deaths were pedestrians

About 45 percent of the share in the United States: 18%

Who died in 2023

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	116
Pedestrians	11
Motorcyclists	15
Cyclists	2

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Deaths by type, 2023
Type	Deaths	Share in Wyoming	Share in the US
Pedestrians	11	8%	18%
Motorcyclists	15	10%	16%
Cyclists	2	1%	3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	35	24%	30%
Speeding-related crashes	57	40%	29%

Alcohol-impaired and speeding-related count everyone killed in those crashes, so a death can appear in more than one row.

Crash factors

Speeding, alcohol, night and weekend crashes

41%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 1.5 times the share in the United States: 28%

24%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About the same as the share in the United States: 26%

Crash factors in 2023

Category	Wyoming	United States
Speeding-related	24.0%	25.6%
Alcohol-involved	41.3%	28.2%
At night	45.5%	54.1%
At weekends	34.7%	33.5%

Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.

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Timing

When crashes happen

45%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About 85 percent of the share in the United States: 54%

35%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About the same as the share in the United States: 34%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	3
1am	6
2am	3
3am	2
4am	2
5am	4
6am	1
7am	6
8am	5
9am	4
10am	2
11am	4
12pm	8
1pm	7
2pm	10
3pm	7
4pm	8
5pm	4
6pm	11
7pm	6
8pm	4
9pm	7
10pm	3
11pm	4

All crashes 2023.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	14
Mon	19
Tue	12
Wed	18
Thu	11
Fri	19
Sat	28

All crashes 2023.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	11
Feb	11
Mar	4
Apr	8
May	10
Jun	8
Jul	16
Aug	14
Sep	9
Oct	9
Nov	13
Dec	8

All crashes 2023.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	100
Snow	9
Rain	4
Blowing Snow	3
Cloudy	3
Severe Crosswinds	1

All crashes 2023. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Daylight	70
Dark - Not Lighted	41
Dark - Lighted	5
Dusk	3
Dawn	2

All crashes 2023. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2023

Roads with the most fatal crashes

I-8013
I-80/US-3011
US-854
I-25/US-874
I-90/US-873
I-90/US-14/US-163
SR-593
US-18/US-203
US-142
US-20/US-20 BUS/WY-7892

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Medium and heavy trucks	42
Pickup trucks	41
SUVs	34
Cars	31
Motorcycles	13
Vans	8
Other vehicles	7
Buses	2

All crashes 2023.

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Vehicles most often involved

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Fatal crashes in 2023. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Who died Time of day Day Weather Lighting Vehicle type involved Make involved

Alcohol-involved Speeding-related Distracted driver

Date	Location	Road	Deaths
Feb 28, 2023	Fremont County	SR-28	1
Feb 26, 2023	Natrona County	US-26/US-26	1
Feb 24, 2023	Park County	US-14A/WY-114	2
Feb 21, 2023	Lincoln County	ALPINE WAY	1
Feb 20, 2023	Platte County	I-25/US-26/US-87	1
Feb 19, 2023	Sheridan County	SR-335	1
Feb 9, 2023	Platte County	I-25/US-87	2
Feb 8, 2023	Rock Springs, Sweetwater County	FOOTHILL BLVD/I-80 SVRD	1
Feb 4, 2023	Albany County	EHLIN RD	1
Feb 4, 2023	Albany County	I-80	1
Jan 28, 2023	Carbon County	I-80	1
Jan 25, 2023	Niobrara County	US-18/US-20	1
Jan 24, 2023	Sweetwater County	I-80/US-30	1
Jan 23, 2023	Gillette, Campbell County	SR-59/S DOUGLAS HWY	1
Jan 22, 2023	Sinclair, Carbon County	I-80/US-30/US-287	5
Jan 22, 2023	Uinta County	I-80	2
Jan 21, 2023	Platte County	I-25/US-87	1
Jan 17, 2023	Niobrara County	US-18/US-85	1
Jan 11, 2023	Natrona County	US-20/US-26	1
Jan 11, 2023	Fremont County	SR-789	1
Jan 1, 2023	Fremont County	SR-28	1

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Counties in Wyoming in 2023

Area	Deaths, 2023	Per 100,000
Albany County	10	26.1
Big Horn County	2	16.6
Campbell County	11	23.1
Carbon County	12	84.0
Converse County	4	28.8
Crook County	6	79.0
Fremont County	13	32.7
Goshen County	7	55.3
Hot Springs County	0	—
Johnson County	4	45.5
Laramie County	8	7.9
Lincoln County	9	43.1
Natrona County	10	12.5
Niobrara County	7	301.7
Park County	6	19.5
Platte County	7	81.4
Sheridan County	1	3.1
Sublette County	0	—
Sweetwater County	20	48.4
Teton County	1	4.3
Uinta County	6	29.0
Washakie County	0	—
Weston County	0	—

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2023. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.