Find car crash data with Community Maps
Community Maps data compiled by the WI Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory
(WQOW/WXOW) - If you ve ever wondered how many car crashes happen in your neighborhood or a certain intersection, you can find that thanks to an online tool.
Community Maps, a free service from the WI Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory, compiles that data. The tool filters data by a number of categories, including alcohol, speed or even deer crashes.
It also provides a look by county and date ranging as far back as 2010. We get a lot of calls from citizens about traffic conditions in their neighborhood, said Sgt. John Staber with the Eau Claire Co. Sheriff s Office. They re concerned that there are a lot of crashes at a specific intersection or that people are speeding by their house. They want us to do something about that. So it s very easy for them to go on Community Maps and actually look and see how many crashes have oc