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Wisconsin Snowmobile Fatality Summary - 2000/2001 Season

Updated through January 3, 2002 - 10:00 am
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Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
1.	12-10-00	Milwaukee River	Fell through ice	24	0.210
	16:46	Ozaukee County		Male	WI

Victim fell through ice while operating a snowmobile.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
2.	12-23-00	Catfish Lake	Struck by another sled	45	0.026
	17:30	Vilas County		Male	WI

Victim was thrown from machine onto snowmobile trail and was hit by next sled.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
3.	12-26-00	Town of Hartland	Collision w/fixed object and another snowmobile	21	.00
	13:10	Shawano County		Male	WI

Victim hit a stop sign and another snowmobile on Mountain Bay Trail.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
4.	12-26-00	Town of Cooks Valley	Struck by following sled	19	.00
	23:00	Chippewa County		Male	WI

Victim passenger fell off the sled and was struck by a following machine.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
5.	12-31-00	Town of Colby	Struck by following sled	39	.0250
	18:25	Clark County		Male	WI

Victim's snowmobile broke down. He was a passenger on other snowmobile and fell off on a bump. Victim was struck by following snowmobile.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
6.	1-01-01	Town of Tomah	Struck by automobile	24	.00
	13:45	Monroe County		Male	WI

Snowmobile was being operated on wrong side of road facing oncoming traffic. When snowmobile started to cross road, snowmobile was struck by truck.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
7.	1-14-01	Town of King	Struck by automobile	56	0.151
	12:30	Lincoln County		Male	IL

Victim was struck in ditch along roadside. While snowmobile was being pushed, the track of the snowmobile suddenly caught projecting snowmobile out onto county road. Oncoming automobile struck snowmobile & driver.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
8.	01-20-01	Town of Ripon	Struck tree	30	.00
	16:15	Fond du Lac County		Male	WI

Victim was the 4th sled in a group of four. Victim missed missed a right-hand turn, flew off the trail and struck a tree. Victim was located by returning sledding group. Cause of accident: Unfamiliar area and speed.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
9.	01-20-01	Town New Haven	Struck tree	40	.164
	16:23	Adams County		Male	IL

Victim was operating on public snowmobile trail. Victim succumbed to the head and chest trauma caused by impact with trees.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
10.	01-20-01	Connors Lake	Struck a tree	44	0.122
	18:30	Sawyer County		Male	WI

Victim riding near Connors Lake on Trail #36, left the trail and hit a tree. Cause of death, multiple internal injuries.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
11.	01-24-01	Town of Cooks	Struck by another sled	28	.029
	20:45	Chippewa County		Male	WI

Two sleds were operating on a private trail approaching the crest of a hill. Snowmobile "A" was southbound and snowmobile "B" was northbound on the same trail. Snowmobiles collided at the crest of the hill. Operator and passenger on snowmobile "B" were the victims. Speed appears to be a factor in the accident.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
12.	01-24-01	Town of Cooks	Struck by another sled	4	N/A
	20:45	Chippewa County		Female	WI

Two sleds were operating on a private trail approaching the crest of a hill. Snowmobile "A" was southbound and snowmobile "B" was northbound on the same trail. Snowmobiles collided at the crest of the hill. Operator and passenger on snowmobile "B" were the victims. Speed appears to be a factor in the accident.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
13.	01-29-01	Town of Baldwin	Hit a rope	18	.00
	13:15	St. Croix County		Male	WI

Victim hit rope connected to posts as he was returning home from school on sled.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
14.	02-03-01	Town of Bashaw	Struck by another sled	21	.00
	17:35	Washburn County		Male	WI

Victim and a 2nd snowmobiler were operating on private property. Victim and a 2nd snowmobiler collided head on.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
15.	02-03-01	Town of Richfield	Struck a wire fence	25	.108
	17:56	Wood County		Male	WI

Victim was operating snowmobile adjacent to the Hwy. Victim struck 3-strand smooth wire fence. Victim was struck in throat and head. Alcohol may be a factor.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
16.	02-07-01	Town of Pine River	Struck a tree	67	.00
	16:46	Lincoln County		Male	WI

The Victim was southbound on trail near Shady Lane where the trail turns to the west. The Victim failed to negotiate the 90-degree turn and left the trail and struck a tree which was 2 feet off the trail. Victim was in front of a companion on another snowmobile.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
17.	02-10-01	Town of Lincoln	Struck a tree	23	.043
	01:00	Forest County	Failed to negotiate a corner	Male	WI

Victim failed to negotiate the 90-degree turn,left the trail, and struck a tree.

Accident #

Date

Location

Type & Cause

Age & Sex

BAC

18.

02-13-01

Town of Wolf River

Snowmobile overturned

23

.120

23:45

Outagamie County

Struck brush & branches

Male

WI

Victim left trail and proceeded into & through a ditch line. After striking brush and branches in the ditch, victim's snowmobile flipped over throwing victim off.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
19.	01-19-01	Town of Siren		20	N/A
	13:10	Burnett County	Struck by vehicle	Male	WI

Victim was struck by a truck while crossing Hwy. 35 and received multiple injuries. Victim was placed on life support until 02/13/01.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
20.	02-18-1	Town of Matteson	Struck tree	34	.156
	00:05	Waupaca County		Male	WI

Victim was in a party of 8 snowmobiles touring the trails when the victim failed to negotiate a 90-degree turn. Victim's sled hit a hard snow berm sending victim airborne off the sled, where he struck a tree.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
21.	02-21-01	Town of Stratford	Struck tree	25	.00
	14:40	Marathon County		Male	WI

Victim's snowmobile hit a snowdrift, became airborne striking the trail. Victim was ejected from the machine and struck a tree.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
22.	02-23-01	Town of Plainfield	Struck by truck	52	.00
	15:00	Waushara County		Male	WI

Victim was hit by pickup truck while crossing road.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
23.	02-23-01	Town of Washburn	Collision with another sled.	16	N/A
	11:50	Bayfield County		Male	MN

Victim and another snowmobile collided on a public trail (forest road) Victim passed away from injuries suffered during 02/17/01 accident.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
24.	02-24-01	Town of Lakewood	Struck tree	24	?
	00:18	Oconto County		Male	WI

Victim operating on a road not designated as a route and failed to negotiate a curve. Victim became airborne striking a tree.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
25.	03-15-01	Green Bay	Fell Through Ice	43	0.212
	00:30	Marinette County		Male	MI

Four males on 4 separate snowmobiles were traveling to Menominee MI, from Sturgeon Bay and became disoriented due to fog. Two of the riders went through the ice and were rescued by companions. The four men then road double on the two remaining sleds. As they continued to find their way, the victim operator and his passenger (victim #26) rode onto very thin ice and were lost in the water. The victim operator was recovered on 3-18-01.

Accident #	Date	Location	Type & Cause	Age & Sex	BAC
26.	03-15-01	Green Bay	Fell through ice	55	Unknown
	00:30	Marinette County		Male	MI

Four males on 4 separate snowmobiles were traveling to Menominee MI, from Sturgeon Bay and became disoriented due to fog. Two of the riders went through the ice and were rescued by companions. The four men then road double on the two remaining sleds. As they continued to find their way, the operator (victim#25) and victim (passenger) rode onto very thin ice, both men were lost in the water. The victim (passenger) is still missing.

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If they weren't smoking and kept their hand on the wheel those poor snowmobilers might still be with us.

Nice try, but as far as I can see these idiots only kill
themselves and it's accidental. None of them appeared to commit suicide.