Fatal crash profile · City

Traffic deaths in Chicago, Illinois

City in Cook County · Illinois · United States

Deaths, 2024
167
Fatal crashes
156
Population
2.7M

In 2024, 167 people died in 156 fatal crashes in Chicago, Illinois. That was the same as in 2023. The death rate was 6.1 per 100,000 residents, compared with 7.0 in Cook County, 9.3 in Illinois and 11.5 in the United States. Between 2020 and 2024, 949 people died, an average of 190 a year. Pedestrians accounted for 35% of deaths, and 31% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

6.1

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 90 percent of the rate in Cook County, Illinois: 7.0
  • About two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 9.3
  • About half the rate in the United States: 11.5

+0%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

167 deaths in 2023, 167 in 2024

  • Cook County, Illinois: -4%
  • Illinois: -5%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 190 177
2021 233 216
2022 192 173
2023 167 159
2024 167 156

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, 2020–2024
Category Deaths per 100,000
2020 6.9
2021 8.6
2022 7.2
2023 6.2
2024 6.1

Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.

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Road users

Who died

35%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 1.2 times the share in Cook County, Illinois: 30%
  • About 1.9 times the share in Illinois: 18%
  • About 1.9 times the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2024
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 93
Pedestrians 58
Motorcyclists 12
Cyclists 4
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Chicago Share in Cook County
Pedestrians 58 35% 30%
Motorcyclists 12 7% 10%
Cyclists 4 2% 4%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 54 32% 31%
Speeding-related crashes 56 34% 40%

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

31%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 80 percent of the share in Cook County, Illinois: 38%
  • About the same as the share in Illinois: 35%
  • About 1.1 times the share in the United States: 28%

8%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 70 percent of the share in Cook County, Illinois: 12%
  • About one-third of the share in Illinois: 24%
  • About one-third of the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Chicago Cook County Illinois United States
Speeding-related 8.3% 11.7% 23.5% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 31.4% 38.1% 34.7% 28.1%
At night 68.6% 66.1% 54.4% 53.6%
At weekends 48.1% 38.7% 35.6% 32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

69%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About the same as the share in Cook County, Illinois: 66%
  • About 1.3 times the share in Illinois: 54%
  • About 1.3 times the share in the United States: 54%

48%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 1.2 times the share in Cook County, Illinois: 39%
  • About 1.4 times the share in Illinois: 36%
  • About 1.5 times the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 55
1am 64
2am 63
3am 52
4am 35
5am 30
6am 13
7am 12
8am 15
9am 15
10am 19
11am 31
12pm 31
1pm 27
2pm 26
3pm 35
4pm 30
5pm 29
6pm 38
7pm 52
8pm 46
9pm 45
10pm 53
11pm 65

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 185
Mon 108
Tue 79
Wed 118
Thu 112
Fri 123
Sat 156

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 59
Feb 57
Mar 54
Apr 55
May 85
Jun 77
Jul 103
Aug 64
Sep 90
Oct 85
Nov 70
Dec 82

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 744
Rain 85
Cloudy 16
Snow 16
Other 4
Freezing Rain or Drizzle 2

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
Dark - Lighted 478
Daylight 297
Dark - Not Lighted 60
Dusk 24
Dark - Unknown Lighting 10
Dawn 8

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-9449
  2. I-5516
  3. I-9015
  4. I-5713
  5. PULASKI RD13
  6. I-29011
  7. US-41 S LAKE SHORE DR9
  8. SR-509
  9. S WESTERN AVE9
  10. S ASHLAND AVE9

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 600
SUVs 350
Other vehicles 94
Motorcycles 88
Medium and heavy trucks 68
Pickup trucks 62
Vans 50
Buses 15
Other light trucks 10

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Toyota Camry36
  2. Jeep Grand Cherokee27
  3. Chevrolet Malibu25
  4. Honda Civic24
  5. Chevrolet Equinox24
  6. Toyota RAV421
  7. Nissan Sentra20
  8. Nissan Altima20
  9. Honda Accord18
  10. Ford Explorer18

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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Date Deaths
Jun 2, 2022 1
May 29, 2022 1
May 28, 2022 1
May 27, 2022 1
May 27, 2022 1
May 22, 2022 1
May 19, 2022 2
May 16, 2022 1
May 14, 2022 1
May 12, 2022 1
May 11, 2022 1
May 10, 2022 1
May 9, 2022 1
May 6, 2022 1
May 6, 2022 1
May 4, 2022 1
Apr 29, 2022 1
Apr 28, 2022 1
Apr 26, 2022 1
Apr 24, 2022 1
Apr 24, 2022 1
Apr 23, 2022 1
Apr 19, 2022 2
Apr 18, 2022 1
Apr 17, 2022 1

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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.