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Traffic deaths in Cahokia, Illinois

City in St. Clair County · Illinois · United States

Deaths, 2024
4
Fatal crashes
4

In 2024, 4 people died in 4 fatal crashes in Cahokia, Illinois. That was 100.0% more than in 2023 (2) and the most since 2022. Between 2020 and 2024, 17 people died, an average of 3.4 a year. Pedestrians accounted for 25% of deaths.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

+100%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

2 deaths in 2023, 4 in 2024

  • St. Clair County, Illinois: +25%
  • Illinois: -5%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 1 1
2021 3 2
2022 7 7
2023 2 2
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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Road users

Who died

25%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About the same as the share in St. Clair County, Illinois: 24%
  • About 1.4 times the share in Illinois: 18%
  • About 1.4 times the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2024
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 2
Pedestrians 1
Motorcyclists 1
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Cahokia Share in St. Clair County
Pedestrians 1 25% 24%
Motorcyclists 1 25% 11%
Cyclists 0 0% 0%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 1 25% 36%
Speeding-related crashes 0 0% 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

0%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 5 percent of the share in St. Clair County, Illinois: 35%
  • 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 St. Clair County, Illinois: 35%
  • 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 Cahokia St. Clair County Illinois United States
Speeding-related 0.0% 35.0% 23.5% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 0.0% 35.0% 34.7% 28.1%
At night 100.0% 70.0% 54.4% 53.6%
At weekends 0.0% 50.0% 35.6% 32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

100%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 1.4 times the share in St. Clair County, Illinois: 70%
  • About 1.8 times the share in Illinois: 54%
  • About 1.9 times the share in the United States: 54%

0%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 5 percent of the share in St. Clair County, Illinois: 50%
  • About 5 percent of the share in Illinois: 36%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 4
1am 1
2am 0
3am 0
4am 1
5am 1
6am 1
7am 0
8am 0
9am 0
10am 0
11am 1
12pm 0
1pm 1
2pm 1
3pm 0
4pm 0
5pm 0
6pm 0
7pm 2
8pm 1
9pm 0
10pm 2
11pm 0

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 2
Mon 1
Tue 1
Wed 2
Thu 2
Fri 3
Sat 5

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 1
Feb 2
Mar 2
Apr 1
May 1
Jun 1
Jul 1
Aug 0
Sep 3
Oct 1
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 16

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 5
Dark - Not Lighted 4
Daylight 3
Dark - Unknown Lighting 2
Dawn 2

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-3 MISSISSIPPI AVE2
  2. SR-1572
  3. FALLING SPRINGS RD1
  4. LAKE DR1
  5. MU-BOND AVE1
  6. MU-GOOSE LAKE RD1
  7. RANGE LN1
  8. SR- 31
  9. SR-157 CAMP JACKSON RD1
  10. SR-31

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 14
Motorcycles 3
Medium and heavy trucks 2
Other vehicles 2
Vans 2
SUVs 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Malibu2
  2. Acura TSX1
  3. Audi A61
  4. Chevrolet Corvette1
  5. Chevrolet Impala1
  6. Chevrolet Malibu Classic1
  7. Chevrolet Traverse1
  8. Dodge Charger1
  9. Ford Crown Victoria1
  10. Ford Escort1

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
Jul 12, 2024 1
Apr 18, 2024 1
Feb 26, 2024 1
Feb 9, 2024 1
Nov 15, 2023 1
Sep 16, 2023 1
Dec 17, 2022 1
Sep 17, 2022 1
Sep 1, 2022 1
Jun 25, 2022 1
May 14, 2022 1
Mar 16, 2022 1
Jan 4, 2022 1
Oct 22, 2021 1
Mar 28, 2021 2
Nov 15, 2020 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.