Fatal crash profile · State

Traffic deaths in Illinois

State in United States

Deaths, 2024
1,177
Fatal crashes
1,085
Population
12.7M

In 2024, 1,177 people died in 1,085 fatal crashes in Illinois, about 3 a day. That was 5.2% fewer than in 2023 (1,241) and the fewest since 2019. The death rate was 9.3 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.5 in the United States. Illinois had the 8th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 38th-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 18% of deaths, and 35% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

9.3

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 80 percent of the rate in the United States: 11.5

-5%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

1,241 deaths in 2023, 1,177 in 2024

  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 1975–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
1975 2,041 1,823
1976 2,031 1,781
1977 2,126 1,873
1978 2,140 1,877
1979 2,017 1,777
1980 1,975 1,776
1981 1,821 1,642
1982 1,651 1,475
1983 1,526 1,379
1984 1,547 1,385
1985 1,534 1,364
1986 1,596 1,449
1987 1,654 1,483
1988 1,837 1,666
1989 1,748 1,545
1990 1,589 1,430
1991 1,448 1,289
1992 1,384 1,249
1993 1,392 1,250
1994 1,554 1,395
1995 1,586 1,402
1996 1,477 1,312
1997 1,397 1,261
1998 1,393 1,241
1999 1,456 1,295
2000 1,418 1,274
2001 1,414 1,274
2002 1,420 1,273
2003 1,454 1,308
2004 1,355 1,224
2005 1,363 1,233
2006 1,254 1,136
2007 1,248 1,126
2008 1,043 950
2009 911 832
2010 927 858
2011 918 835
2012 956 886
2013 991 895
2014 924 845
2015 998 914
2016 1,078 1,000
2017 1,090 998
2018 1,035 951
2019 1,009 938
2020 1,193 1,086
2021 1,334 1,210
2022 1,268 1,147
2023 1,241 1,143
2024 1,177 1,085

People who died within 30 days of a crash. A fatal crash can kill more than one person.

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Deaths per 100,000 residents, 2000–2024
Category Deaths per 100,000
2000 11.4
2001 11.3
2002 11.3
2003 11.6
2004 10.8
2005 10.8
2006 9.9
2007 9.8
2008 8.2
2009 7.1
2010 7.2
2011 7.1
2012 7.4
2013 7.7
2014 7.2
2015 7.8
2016 8.4
2017 8.5
2018 8.1
2019 8.0
2020 9.3
2021 10.5
2022 10.1
2023 9.8
2024 9.3

Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.

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Road users

Who died

18%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2024
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 777
Pedestrians 213
Motorcyclists 150
Cyclists 37
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Illinois Share in the US
Pedestrians 213 18% 18%
Motorcyclists 150 13% 16%
Cyclists 37 3% 3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 338 29% 30%
Speeding-related crashes 423 36% 29%

Alcohol-impaired and speeding-related count everyone killed in those crashes, so a death can appear in more than one row.

Crash factors

Speeding, alcohol, night and weekend crashes

35%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 28%

24%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Illinois United States
Speeding-related 23.5% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 34.7% 28.1%
At night 54.4% 53.6%
At weekends 35.6% 32.6%

Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.

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Timing

When crashes happen

54%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 54%

36%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 235
1am 248
2am 231
3am 191
4am 164
5am 161
6am 164
7am 169
8am 157
9am 142
10am 190
11am 182
12pm 215
1pm 250
2pm 247
3pm 279
4pm 276
5pm 291
6pm 314
7pm 294
8pm 322
9pm 317
10pm 303
11pm 292

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 951
Mon 769
Tue 630
Wed 703
Thu 736
Fri 898
Sat 984

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 379
Feb 333
Mar 378
Apr 407
May 503
Jun 551
Jul 543
Aug 519
Sep 575
Oct 581
Nov 484
Dec 418

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 4,851
Rain 428
Cloudy 138
Snow 90
Fog, Smog, Smoke 46
Freezing Rain or Drizzle 17

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Daylight 2,573
Dark - Lighted 1,384
Dark - Not Lighted 1,333
Dusk 121
Dark - Unknown Lighting 112
Dawn 104

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020–2024

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. I-57103
  2. I-5599
  3. I-9478
  4. I-8051
  5. I-29040
  6. I-7439
  7. I-9036
  8. US-4535
  9. US-3033
  10. SR-328

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 3,545
SUVs 1,940
Pickup trucks 940
Medium and heavy trucks 917
Motorcycles 818
Vans 376
Other vehicles 349
Buses 30
Other light trucks 17

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Silverado219
  2. Ford F-150173
  3. Toyota Camry169
  4. Chevrolet Malibu162
  5. Chevrolet Equinox150
  6. Freightliner Cascadia141
  7. Chevrolet Impala134
  8. Honda Civic122
  9. Nissan Altima114
  10. Jeep Grand Cherokee113

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Fatal crashes in 2024. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Crash factors
Date Location Deaths
Dec 31, 2024 Lawrence County 2
Dec 30, 2024 Chicago, Cook County 1
Dec 30, 2024 Joliet, Will County 1
Dec 29, 2024 Capron, Boone County 1
Dec 29, 2024 Homewood, Cook County 1
Dec 29, 2024 Chicago, Cook County 1
Dec 29, 2024 Alton, Madison County 1
Dec 29, 2024 Chicago, Cook County 1
Dec 28, 2024 Peoria, Peoria County 1
Dec 28, 2024 Effingham County 1
Dec 27, 2024 Naperville, DuPage County 1
Dec 27, 2024 McHenry County 1
Dec 26, 2024 Tinley Park, Cook County 2
Dec 26, 2024 East Moline, Rock Island County 1
Dec 26, 2024 Macon County 1
Dec 26, 2024 Lake Villa, Lake County 1
Dec 26, 2024 Chicago, Cook County 1
Dec 26, 2024 Washington, Tazewell County 1
Dec 26, 2024 Park Forest, Cook County 1
Dec 25, 2024 Chicago, Cook County 1
Dec 25, 2024 Rock Island County 1
Dec 25, 2024 Addison, DuPage County 1
Dec 25, 2024 St. Clair County 2
Dec 24, 2024 Dolton, Cook County 1
Dec 24, 2024 Kankakee County 1

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Counties in Illinois

Area Deaths, 2024 Per 100,000
Adams County 1 1.6
Alexander County 3 65.1
Bond County 3 18.1
Boone County 6 11.2
Brown County 1 15.5
Bureau County 4 12.3
Calhoun County 0 —
Carroll County 1 6.5
Cass County 1 8.0
Champaign County 10 4.8
Christian County 7 20.9
Clark County 3 19.8
Clay County 5 38.9
Clinton County 3 8.1
Coles County 12 25.8
Cook County 362 7.0
Crawford County 5 26.9
Cumberland County 1 9.7
De Witt County 2 13.1
DeKalb County 9 8.9
Douglas County 5 25.2
DuPage County 56 6.0
Edgar County 5 30.5
Edwards County 2 33.4
Effingham County 7 20.3
Fayette County 2 9.5
Ford County 5 37.5
Franklin County 3 8.1
Fulton County 6 18.3
Gallatin County 2 42.7
Greene County 1 8.8
Grundy County 9 16.8
Hamilton County 1 12.7
Hancock County 1 5.9
Hardin County 0 —
Henderson County 1 16.6
Henry County 2 4.1
Iroquois County 6 22.9
Jackson County 13 24.7
Jasper County 2 22.1
Jefferson County 9 24.9
Jersey County 5 23.6
Jo Daviess County 0 —
Johnson County 2 15.0
Kane County 30 5.7
Kankakee County 23 21.7
Kendall County 12 8.4
Knox County 8 16.7
LaSalle County 29 26.9
Lake County 50 7.0
Lawrence County 3 21.8
Lee County 0 —
Livingston County 8 22.7
Logan County 4 14.7
Macon County 13 13.0
Macoupin County 5 11.4
Madison County 39 14.8
Marion County 3 8.2
Marshall County 2 17.3
Mason County 2 16.0
Massac County 1 7.3
McDonough County 0 —
McHenry County 27 8.6
McLean County 11 6.4
Menard County 4 33.5
Mercer County 2 13.1
Monroe County 3 8.5
Montgomery County 4 14.4
Morgan County 6 18.4
Moultrie County 3 20.8
Ogle County 3 5.9
Peoria County 20 11.2
Perry County 3 14.7
Piatt County 5 30.0
Pike County 1 7.0
Pope County 2 53.8
Pulaski County 2 41.0
Putnam County 2 35.6
Randolph County 11 36.8
Richland County 4 26.0
Rock Island County 11 7.8
Saline County 4 17.5
Sangamon County 21 10.8
Schuyler County 6 89.2
Scott County 1 20.5
Shelby County 6 29.2
St. Clair County 45 17.9
Stark County 2 38.0
Stephenson County 4 9.2
Tazewell County 16 12.3
Union County 4 23.8
Vermilion County 8 11.2
Wabash County 1 9.1
Warren County 0 —
Washington County 6 44.2
Wayne County 2 12.6
White County 3 22.3
Whiteside County 7 12.9
Will County 58 8.2
Williamson County 10 14.9
Winnebago County 27 9.5
Woodford County 6 15.7

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.