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Traffic deaths in Illinois in 2024

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%

Illinois traffic deaths by year goes back to 1975.

Profile by year: 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020

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 46
1am 32
2am 51
3am 39
4am 32
5am 25
6am 29
7am 34
8am 31
9am 29
10am 34
11am 32
12pm 50
1pm 46
2pm 48
3pm 49
4pm 47
5pm 63
6pm 60
7pm 57
8pm 71
9pm 62
10pm 52
11pm 63

All crashes 2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 203
Mon 150
Tue 126
Wed 132
Thu 135
Fri 156
Sat 183

All crashes 2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 71
Feb 73
Mar 87
Apr 83
May 119
Jun 89
Jul 100
Aug 96
Sep 92
Oct 113
Nov 86
Dec 76

All crashes 2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 893
Rain 100
Cloudy 34
Snow 20
Fog, Smog, Smoke 12
Freezing Rain or Drizzle 4

All crashes 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 496
Dark - Lighted 289
Dark - Not Lighted 215
Dark - Unknown Lighting 32
Dusk 25
Dawn 19

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

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2024

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. I-5712
  2. I-749
  3. SR-50/CICERO AVE8
  4. I- 558
  5. US- 417
  6. US- 457
  7. I- 806
  8. SR- 36
  9. SR-43/HARLEM AVE6
  10. US- 126

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 619
SUVs 398
Pickup trucks 192
Motorcycles 154
Medium and heavy trucks 147
Other vehicles 81
Vans 80
Buses 6
Other light trucks 1

All crashes 2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Silverado42
  2. Ford F-15039
  3. Chevrolet Equinox29
  4. Chevrolet Malibu25
  5. Toyota Camry24
  6. Honda Civic24
  7. Freightliner Cascadia22
  8. Honda Accord21
  9. Toyota Corolla20
  10. Jeep Grand Cherokee20

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
Feb 26, 2024 Cahokia, St. Clair County 1
Feb 25, 2024 Mundelein, Lake County 1
Feb 25, 2024 East Saint Louis, St. Clair County 1
Feb 25, 2024 Chicago, Cook County 2
Feb 25, 2024 Cook County 1
Feb 25, 2024 Effingham County 1
Feb 25, 2024 Posen, Cook County 2
Feb 25, 2024 Chicago, Cook County 1
Feb 23, 2024 Champaign County 1
Feb 23, 2024 Chicago, Cook County 1
Feb 23, 2024 Chicago, Cook County 1
Feb 22, 2024 Bridgeview, Cook County 1
Feb 22, 2024 Chicago, Cook County 1
Feb 21, 2024 Chicago, Cook County 1
Feb 21, 2024 Decatur, Macon County 1
Feb 21, 2024 Green Valley, Tazewell County 1
Feb 20, 2024 St. Clair County 1
Feb 20, 2024 Homewood, Cook County 1
Feb 20, 2024 University Park, Will County 1
Feb 20, 2024 De Witt County 1
Feb 20, 2024 Pope County 1
Feb 19, 2024 Marietta, Fulton County 1
Feb 19, 2024 Cairo, Alexander County 1
Feb 18, 2024 Cicero, Cook County 2
Feb 18, 2024 Will County 2

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Counties in Illinois in 2024

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), 2024. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.