Since the beginning of the year, 23 people have died from crashes of all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles in Wisconsin.
A July 17 report from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources lists 21 crashes in 2025. Over the weekend, a 21-year-old man died in a Brown County UTV crash, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported, and an 82-year-old man died in a Portage County crash, the Wausau Pilot & Review reported, bringing this year’s tally to 23.
Use of ATVs and UTVs has grown significantly since the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing with it more safety incidents and fatalities…