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Traffic deaths in Walker, Michigan

City in Kent County · Michigan · United States

Deaths, 2024: 3
Fatal crashes: 3
Population: 25.8K

In 2024, 3 people died in 3 fatal crashes in Walker, Michigan. That was the same as in 2023. The death rate was 11.6 per 100,000 residents, compared with 9.4 in Kent County, 10.9 in Michigan and 11.5 in the United States. Between 2021 and 2024, 14 people died, an average of 3.5 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year. Pedestrians accounted for 67% of deaths, and 33% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

11.6

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

About 1.2 times the rate in Kent County, Michigan: 9.4
About the same as the rate in Michigan: 10.9
About the same as the rate in the United States: 11.5

+0%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

3 deaths in 2023, 3 in 2024

Kent County, Michigan: -2%
Michigan: +0%
The United States: -4%

Traffic deaths by year, 2021–2024

Category	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2021	6	6
2022	2	2
2023	3	3
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, 2021–2024

Category	Deaths per 100,000
2021	23.8
2022	8.0
2023	11.8
2024	11.6

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Road users

Who died

67%

of deaths were pedestrians

About 3 times the share in Kent County, Michigan: 24%
About 5 times the share in Michigan: 14%
About 4 times the share in the United States: 18%

Who died in 2024

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	1
Pedestrians	2
Motorcyclists	0
Cyclists	0

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Deaths by type, 2024
Type	Deaths	Share in Walker	Share in Kent County
Pedestrians	2	67%	24%
Motorcyclists	0	0%	14%
Cyclists	0	0%	2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	1	33%	24%
Speeding-related crashes	1	33%	13%

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

33%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 3 times the share in Kent County, Michigan: 13%
About 1.3 times the share in Michigan: 25%
About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 28%

33%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 1.8 times the share in Kent County, Michigan: 18%
About 1.3 times the share in Michigan: 26%
About 1.3 times the share in the United States: 25%

Crash factors in 2024

Category	Walker	Kent County	Michigan	United States
Speeding-related	33.3%	18.0%	26.2%	24.8%
Alcohol-involved	33.3%	13.1%	25.2%	28.1%
At night	100.0%	50.8%	50.0%	53.6%
At weekends	33.3%	26.2%	31.2%	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 double the share in Kent County, Michigan: 51%
About double the share in Michigan: 50%
About 1.9 times the share in the United States: 54%

33%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About 1.3 times the share in Kent County, Michigan: 26%
About the same as the share in Michigan: 31%
About the same as the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

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

All crashes 2021–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	2
Mon	5
Tue	0
Wed	2
Thu	3
Fri	0
Sat	2

All crashes 2021–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month

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

All crashes 2021–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	10
Rain	2
Cloudy	1
Snow	1

All crashes 2021–2024. 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 - Not Lighted	7
Daylight	4
Dark - Lighted	2
Dawn	1

All crashes 2021–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2021–2024

Roads with the most fatal crashes

SR-11 WILSON AVE2
SR-45 LAKE MICHIGAN DR2
3 MILE RD NW1
I-96 RAMP 31A1
MAYNARD AVE1
RIVER DR1
SR-11 WILSON AVE NW1
SR-11 WILSON AVE SW1
SR-37 ALPINED AVE NW1
SR-45 LAKE MICHIGAN AVE1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Cars	10
SUVs	5
Medium and heavy trucks	1
Motorcycles	1
Other vehicles	1
Pickup trucks	1

All crashes 2021–2024.

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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
Dec 29, 2024	MAYNARD AVE	1
Oct 2, 2024	SR-11 WILSON AVE	1
Aug 8, 2024	SR-11 WILSON AVE NW	1
Jul 9, 2023	3 MILE RD NW	1
Jun 10, 2023	I-96 RAMP 31A	1
Feb 20, 2023	US-131	1
Sep 1, 2022	SR-45 LAKE MICHIGAN DR	1
Jan 5, 2022	SR-11 WILSON AVE SW	1
Oct 21, 2021	SR-45 LAKE MICHIGAN AVE	1
Sep 27, 2021	TURNER AVE	1
Sep 27, 2021	SR-37 ALPINED AVE NW	1
Sep 6, 2021	SR-45 LAKE MICHIGAN DR	1
Jun 7, 2021	RIVER DR	1
Mar 27, 2021	SR-11 WILSON AVE	1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2021–2024. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.