Get email alerts on the Wisdot Programs topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
WisDOT brief: fatality totals down, WiSTAR and HSIP highlighted
Summary
WisDOT Bureau of Transportation Safety told the Price County commission that year-to-date fatality totals are down by 30 and described data tools (WiSTAR), the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), and the upcoming "Zero in Wisconsin" conference on Aug. 24–25, 2026.
At the June 4 meeting, Todd Horn, law enforcement liaison with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Safety, presented quarterly informational slides and statewide trends. Horn reported that "Wisconsin Fatality Totals have decreased by 30," compared with the same period in 2025, and said crash counts were "somewhat stable" between January and April 2026 with seasonal variations in winter road crashes.
Horn described WiSTAR, an online program that maps crashes with "clickable" pins and allows law enforcement to track citations and warnings, calling it a helpful analytic tool. He also outlined the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), described in the presentation as a federal reimbursement program ("90% federal/10% match") for infrastructure projects selected through a data-driven process. Horn announced the Zero in Wisconsin conference for Aug. 24–25, 2026, at the Kalahari Convention Center; topics listed included e-bikes, vulnerable road users, impaired driving and Safe Routes to School. Discussion included Place Of Last Drink (POLD) capabilities and combining that data with Community Maps for local analysis.
AI generated
The text on this page is AI generated. Summaries, highlights, analysis, and video transcripts are all produced from the original source material.
AI can make mistakes, so if you spot one, and we will fix it for everyone.
Note: the source content is unaltered by us. Any content source we link to, be it a video, an audio recording, or a document, is presented exactly as its publisher released it. That publisher is usually a government body, sometimes an individual official or another organisation.
