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Traffic deaths in Ogle County, Illinois

County in Illinois · United States

Deaths, 2024
3
Fatal crashes
3
Population
51.3K

In 2024, 3 people died in 3 fatal crashes in Ogle County, Illinois. That was 81.2% fewer than in 2023 (16) and the fewest in any year since 2020. The death rate was 5.9 per 100,000 residents, compared with 9.3 in Illinois and 11.5 in the United States. Ogle County had the 57th most traffic deaths among Illinois's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 40 people died, an average of 8.0 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

5.9

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 9.3
  • About half the rate in the United States: 11.5

15.5

average deaths per 100,000 residents a year, 2020–2024

  • About 1.6 times the average in Illinois: 9.8
  • About 1.3 times the average in the United States: 12.3

-81%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

16 deaths in 2023, 3 in 2024

  • Illinois: -5%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 5 5
2021 8 8
2022 8 8
2023 16 14
2024 3 3

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 9.7
2021 15.5
2022 15.6
2023 31.2
2024 5.9

Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.

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Road users

Who died

0%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 5 percent of the share in Illinois: 18%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2024
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 3
Pedestrians 0
Motorcyclists 0
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Ogle County Share in Illinois
Pedestrians 0 0% 18%
Motorcyclists 0 0% 13%
Cyclists 0 0% 3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 0 0% 29%
Speeding-related crashes 0 0% 36%

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

0%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 5 percent of the share in Illinois: 35%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

0%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • 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 Ogle County Illinois United States
Speeding-related 0.0% 23.5% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 0.0% 34.7% 28.1%
At night 66.7% 54.4% 53.6%
At weekends 33.3% 35.6% 32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

67%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 1.2 times the share in Illinois: 54%
  • About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 54%

33%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About the same as the share in Illinois: 36%
  • About the same as the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 0
1am 1
2am 2
3am 1
4am 0
5am 1
6am 2
7am 2
8am 0
9am 1
10am 5
11am 2
12pm 2
1pm 2
2pm 2
3pm 2
4pm 3
5pm 3
6pm 1
7pm 0
8pm 3
9pm 1
10pm 0
11pm 2

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 5
Mon 4
Tue 4
Wed 5
Thu 8
Fri 6
Sat 6

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 5
Feb 5
Mar 1
Apr 4
May 5
Jun 3
Jul 3
Aug 3
Sep 2
Oct 4
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 33
Blowing Snow 2
Fog, Smog, Smoke 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
Daylight 23
Dark - Not Lighted 10
Dark - Unknown Lighting 2
Dark - Lighted 1
Dawn 1
Other 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

  1. SR-646
  2. SR-24
  3. SR-2513
  4. I-882
  5. I-392
  6. N MARRILL RD1
  7. STEWARD RD1
  8. SR-64 E WASHINGTON ST1
  9. SR-721
  10. SR-72 E CHICAGO AVE1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 23
Pickup trucks 10
Medium and heavy trucks 8
SUVs 7
Vans 6
Motorcycles 6
Other vehicles 2

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Silverado4
  2. Chrysler Town and Country4
  3. Buick LaCrosse2
  4. Ford Escape2
  5. Ford F-1502
  6. Nissan Altima2
  7. Nissan Sentra2
  8. CAN-AM Spyder1
  9. Chevrolet Cruze1
  10. Chevrolet Express1

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 Location Deaths
Nov 16, 2024 — 1
May 22, 2024 — 1
May 16, 2024 Oregon 1
Oct 25, 2023 — 1
Oct 8, 2023 — 1
Oct 2, 2023 Rochelle 1
Sep 30, 2023 — 2
Aug 11, 2023 — 1
Jul 6, 2023 Rochelle 1
May 19, 2023 — 1
Apr 24, 2023 — 1
Apr 11, 2023 — 1
Apr 6, 2023 — 1
Mar 12, 2023 Davis Junction 1
Feb 16, 2023 — 1
Jan 2, 2023 — 1
Jan 1, 2023 — 2
Dec 28, 2022 — 1
Jun 19, 2022 — 1
May 19, 2022 — 1
Apr 24, 2022 — 1
Feb 18, 2022 — 1
Feb 8, 2022 — 1
Feb 1, 2022 — 1
Jan 21, 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.