WATS Annual Crash Report

The WATS crash report is updated annually to include information on traffic crashes, fatalities, and serious injuries in Washtenaw County with data from the previous year. This report includes 5-year crash trends for fatal and serious injury crashes.

The report includes:

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  • General crash trends

  • Crash types and severity

  • Non-motorized crashes

  • Impaired driving crashes

  • Intersection and roundabout crashes

  • Lane departure crashes

  • Speeding related crashes

  • Crashes involving older (65+) and young (16-24) drivers

  • Deer crashes

  • Vehicle types

  • Seasonal variation in crashes

Note that due to time frame of obtaining data from Michigan State Police, who must quality control and anonymize the data, the crash report is published several months after the new year. 

Crashes by Road-Owning Agency Spreadsheet (Supplemental Crash Data)

Starting with the 2023 Crash Report, a separate sheet was added using RoadSoft crash data to break down traffic crashes and VMT by MDOT roads and local roads (City and Road Commission). Factors include: 

  • Pedestrian

  • Cyclists

  • Drugs

  • Alcohol