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Traffic deaths in Carbondale, Illinois

City in Jackson County · Illinois · United States

Deaths, 2024: 4
Fatal crashes: 4
Population: 22K

In 2024, 4 people died in 4 fatal crashes in Carbondale, Illinois. That was the same as in 2023. The death rate was 18.2 per 100,000 residents, compared with 24.7 in Jackson County, 9.3 in Illinois and 11.5 in the United States. Between 2020 and 2024, 13 people died, an average of 2.6 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year. Pedestrians accounted for 75% of deaths, and 25% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

18.2

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

About three-quarters of the rate in Jackson County, Illinois: 24.7
About double the rate in Illinois: 9.3
About 1.6 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

+0%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

4 deaths in 2023, 4 in 2024

Jackson County, Illinois: +44%
Illinois: -5%
The United States: -4%

Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024

Category	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2020	1	1
2021	3	3
2022	1	1
2023	4	3
2024	4	4

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	4.5
2021	13.5
2022	4.6
2023	18.3
2024	18.2

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Road users

Who died

75%

of deaths were pedestrians

About double the share in Jackson County, Illinois: 31%
About 4 times the share in Illinois: 18%
About 4 times the share in the United States: 18%

Who died in 2024

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	0
Pedestrians	3
Motorcyclists	1
Cyclists	0

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Deaths by type, 2024
Type	Deaths	Share in Carbondale	Share in Jackson County
Pedestrians	3	75%	31%
Motorcyclists	1	25%	8%
Cyclists	0	0%	8%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	0	0%	23%
Speeding-related crashes	1	25%	23%

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

25%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About the same as the share in Jackson County, Illinois: 23%
About three-quarters of the share in Illinois: 35%
About 90 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 5 percent of the share in Jackson County, Illinois: 23%
About 5 percent of the share in Illinois: 24%
About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 25%

Crash factors in 2024

Category	Carbondale	Jackson County	Illinois	United States
Speeding-related	0.0%	23.1%	23.5%	24.8%
Alcohol-involved	25.0%	23.1%	34.7%	28.1%
At night	75.0%	53.8%	54.4%	53.6%
At weekends	25.0%	30.8%	35.6%	32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

75%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About 1.4 times the share in Jackson County, Illinois: 54%
About 1.4 times the share in Illinois: 54%
About 1.4 times the share in the United States: 54%

25%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About 80 percent of the share in Jackson County, Illinois: 31%
About two-thirds of the share in Illinois: 36%
About three-quarters of the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	0
1am	0
2am	1
3am	0
4am	3
5am	0
6am	0
7am	1
8am	0
9am	0
10am	0
11am	0
12pm	0
1pm	0
2pm	0
3pm	0
4pm	1
5pm	0
6pm	2
7pm	1
8pm	0
9pm	1
10pm	2
11pm	0

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	0
Mon	2
Tue	0
Wed	1
Thu	0
Fri	6
Sat	3

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	2
Feb	0
Mar	0
Apr	1
May	4
Jun	0
Jul	1
Aug	0
Sep	1
Oct	0
Nov	2
Dec	1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	9
Rain	2
Freezing Rain or Drizzle	1

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	4
Daylight	4
Dark - Not Lighted	3
Dark - Unknown Lighting	1

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

SR-132
SR-51 N ILLINOIS AVE1
MU-E GRAND AVE1
OLD HWY 131
SR-13 WALNUT ST1
SR-13 E MAIN ST1
SR-13 W WALNUT ST1
SR-13/MAIN ST1
SR-13/WALNUT ST1
US-51 N ILLINOIS AVE1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Cars	7
Pickup trucks	5
SUVs	3
Motorcycles	2
Medium and heavy trucks	1
Vans	1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

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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Who died Time of day Day Weather Lighting Vehicle type involved Make involved

Alcohol-involved Speeding-related Distracted driver

Date	Road	Deaths
Sep 20, 2024	MU-E GRAND AVE	1
May 31, 2024	SR-13/MAIN ST	1
May 22, 2024	SR-13/WALNUT ST	1
Jan 13, 2024	SR-13	1
Dec 4, 2023	SR-51 N ILLINOIS AVE	2
Nov 3, 2023	US-51 N ILLINOIS AVE	1
Apr 7, 2023	SR-13 W WALNUT ST	1
Nov 19, 2022	OLD HWY 13	1
Jul 26, 2021	SR-13 E MAIN ST	1
May 15, 2021	SR-13	1
May 7, 2021	WALNUT ST	1
Jan 10, 2020	SR-13 WALNUT ST	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.