Factors to consider to avoid work zone-related crashes this fall

Across the state, Wisconsin averages about 2,488 work-zone crashes each year. In 2021 there were 2,186 crashes and based on preliminary data as of Oct. 2, there have been more than 1,502 work zone crashes - each one endangering the lives of workers and other drivers. In August of this year, a wrong-way driver traveling out of the interstate - allegedly intoxicated - crashed in a construction zone, shutting down the north and southbound lanes of I-43 near Capitol Drive. A few months later another driver crashed her vehicle in the same area. https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/factors-to-consider-to-avoid-work-zone-related-crashes-this-fall