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DNR reports rising ATV/UTV registrations and fatality patterns; urges seat belts and helmets
Summary
The department briefed the Natural Resources Board on off-highway vehicle (ATV/UTV) trends, enforcement priorities and public outreach, showing increased registrations and highlighting that most recent fatalities involved no helmet or no seat belt and often alcohol.
A DNR recreational-safety presentation to the Natural Resources Board on Aug. 13 highlighted rising ATV and UTV registrations, crash trends and the agency’s education and enforcement strategy, and urged consistent helmet and seat-belt use.
"85 percent of these fatal crash victims were not wearing a helmet," Jake Holsclaw, off-highway vehicle administrator, told the board, summarizing 2024 data collected by the department’s recreational safety unit. The briefing showed Wisconsin has surpassed 500,000 registered ATVs and UTVs, with UTV registrations increasing most rapidly. The department also reported about 65,000 miles…
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