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Fremont County unveils traffic-crash dashboard to target impaired-driving prevention
Summary
Public Health demonstrated an interactive crash dashboard covering 2021–2024 that county officials say will help prioritize enforcement and prevention of impaired driving after the county recorded 30 traffic fatalities in that period.
Fremont County public-health staff demonstrated a new interactive traffic-crash dashboard intended to inform impaired-driving prevention, enforcement targeting and grant-funded countermeasures.
"This dashboard helps us quickly identify trends, high-risk areas, and impaired driving patterns to support decision-making," public‑health educator Michelle Bocha told the board as she navigated a live demonstration. Bocha said the public-health team pulls crash records from the state database and that data shown covered January 2021 through December 2024.
The dashboard displays totals for crashes, fatalities, serious and minor injuries, and property-damage-only reports; it includes a map of crash locations, filters for date range, city/town, contributing factors (distracted driving, fatigue, impairment), and an overlay showing liquor-license locations to help public-health officials and enforcement identify correlations. Bocha showed a time-of-day and day-of-week breakdown that flagged weekday evening peaks and noted corridor-level counts with U.S. Highway 50 and Highway 115 among the highest crash corridors.
Bocha said the county recorded 30 traffic fatalities in the 2021–2024 period and that a substantial share involved suspected impairment, and she highlighted that nine of the fatalities included suspected alcohol or drug impairment in reports compiled from responding officers’ data.
"We can isolate crashes involving alcohol and drugs to understand where impairment is occurring and guide DUI prevention strategies," Bocha said. She also said the dashboard is mobile-accessible and can be filtered to produce maps and charts for grant applications and task-force planning.
Commissioners asked about accessibility; Bocha said the dashboard link is available through the Fremont County public-health page and that staff will request IT to add a more prominent homepage link. County leaders described the tool as important for directing enforcement resources and improving data-driven community outreach.
The dashboard demonstration was informational and did not require board action; public‑health staff encouraged community stakeholders and partner agencies to use the tool for targeted safety programs and enforcement planning.
