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Traffic deaths in Michigan

Deaths, 2024: 1,098
Fatal crashes: 1,011
Population: 10.1M

In 2024, 1,098 people died in 1,011 fatal crashes in Michigan, about 3 a day. That was 0.2% more than in 2023 (1,096) and the most since 2022. The death rate was 10.9 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.5 in the United States. Michigan had the 12th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 31st-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 14% of deaths, and 25% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

10.9

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

About the same as the rate in the United States: 11.5

+0%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

1,096 deaths in 2023, 1,098 in 2024

The United States: -4%

Traffic deaths by year, 1975–2024

Category	Deaths	Fatal crashes
1975	1,779	1,584
1976	1,924	1,707
1977	1,915	1,713
1978	2,020	1,783
1979	1,823	1,638
1980	1,750	1,561
1981	1,564	1,430
1982	1,392	1,257
1983	1,314	1,192
1984	1,531	1,368
1985	1,545	1,388
1986	1,605	1,442
1987	1,602	1,425
1988	1,708	1,526
1989	1,639	1,471
1990	1,571	1,404
1991	1,421	1,287
1992	1,300	1,179
1993	1,414	1,269
1994	1,421	1,264
1995	1,530	1,379
1996	1,505	1,339
1997	1,446	1,283
1998	1,366	1,234
1999	1,382	1,245
2000	1,382	1,237
2001	1,328	1,206
2002	1,277	1,173
2003	1,283	1,172
2004	1,159	1,055
2005	1,129	1,030
2006	1,086	1,004
2007	1,087	990
2008	980	915
2009	872	807
2010	942	873
2011	889	834
2012	940	874
2013	947	876
2014	901	831
2015	967	896
2016	1,065	981
2017	1,031	940
2018	977	907
2019	986	903
2020	1,086	1,013
2021	1,137	1,073
2022	1,124	1,054
2023	1,096	1,022
2024	1,098	1,011

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, 2000–2024

Category	Deaths per 100,000
2000	13.9
2001	13.3
2002	12.8
2003	12.8
2004	11.5
2005	11.2
2006	10.8
2007	10.9
2008	9.9
2009	8.8
2010	9.5
2011	9.0
2012	9.5
2013	9.6
2014	9.1
2015	9.7
2016	10.7
2017	10.3
2018	9.8
2019	9.9
2020	10.8
2021	11.3
2022	11.2
2023	10.9
2024	10.9

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

Road users

Who died

14%

of deaths were pedestrians

About three-quarters of the share in the United States: 18%

Who died in 2024

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	735
Pedestrians	150
Motorcyclists	184
Cyclists	29

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Deaths by type, 2024
Type	Deaths	Share in Michigan	Share in the US
Pedestrians	150	14%	18%
Motorcyclists	184	17%	16%
Cyclists	29	3%	3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	306	28%	30%
Speeding-related crashes	277	25%	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

25%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 90 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

26%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About the same as the share in the United States: 25%

Crash factors in 2024

Category	Michigan	United States
Speeding-related	26.2%	24.8%
Alcohol-involved	25.2%	28.1%
At night	50.0%	53.6%
At weekends	31.2%	32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

50%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About the same as the share in the United States: 54%

31%

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	212
1am	193
2am	204
3am	123
4am	131
5am	130
6am	154
7am	160
8am	144
9am	129
10am	149
11am	182
12pm	184
1pm	237
2pm	280
3pm	268
4pm	262
5pm	299
6pm	307
7pm	310
8pm	289
9pm	300
10pm	277
11pm	243

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	798
Mon	675
Tue	652
Wed	652
Thu	715
Fri	792
Sat	889

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	343
Feb	290
Mar	317
Apr	351
May	490
Jun	522
Jul	532
Aug	565
Sep	500
Oct	447
Nov	437
Dec	379

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	3,648
Cloudy	885
Rain	360
Snow	171
Fog, Smog, Smoke	42
Blowing Snow	19

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	2,526
Dark - Not Lighted	1,320
Dark - Lighted	1,049
Dusk	136
Dawn	98
Dark - Unknown Lighting	12

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

I-94128
I-7598
I-9677
US-13169
SR-3 GRATIOT AVE55
US-3150
US-2336
US-24 TELEGRAPH RD35
SR-102 8 MILE RD34
US-1232

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Cars	2,672
SUVs	2,097
Pickup trucks	1,225
Motorcycles	923
Medium and heavy trucks	510
Vans	371
Other vehicles	231
Buses	29
Other light trucks	16

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	Location	Road	Deaths
Aug 24, 2023	Wayne County	BELLEVILLE RD	1
Aug 24, 2023	Nadeau, Menominee County	US-41	1
Aug 24, 2023	Iron County	CHANNING RD	1
Aug 24, 2023	Kent County	18 MILE RD	3
Aug 23, 2023	Dearborn, Wayne County	GREENFIELD RD	1
Aug 23, 2023	Grand Traverse County	HAMMOND RD	2
Aug 22, 2023	Manistee County	HIGH BRIDGE RD	1
Aug 22, 2023	Genesee County	SEYMOUR RD	1
Aug 22, 2023	Shiawassee County	SR-52	1
Aug 22, 2023	Detroit, Wayne County	PEMBROKE AVE	1
Aug 21, 2023	Bloomfield Village, Oakland County	LAHSER RD	1
Aug 21, 2023	Detroit, Wayne County	TOLEDO ST	1
Aug 21, 2023	Detroit, Wayne County	W MCNICHOLS RD 6 MILE RD	1
Aug 21, 2023	Missaukee County	SR-55 E HOUGHTON LAKE RD	1
Aug 21, 2023	Washtenaw County	GEDDES RD	1
Aug 20, 2023	Calhoun County	D DR S	1
Aug 19, 2023	Macomb, Township, Macomb County	SR-59 HALL RD	1
Aug 19, 2023	Au Train, Alger County	PINE AVE	1
Aug 19, 2023	Rochester Hills, Oakland County	SR-59	1
Aug 19, 2023	Jackson County	TERRITORIAL RD	1
Aug 19, 2023	Kalamazoo County	SR-89	2
Aug 18, 2023	Detroit, Wayne County	SCHOENHERR ST	1
Aug 18, 2023	Clinton Township, Macomb County	SR-3 S GRATIOT AVE	1
Aug 18, 2023	Mecosta County	20 MILE RD	1
Aug 18, 2023	Wyandotte, Wayne County	BIDDLE AVE	1

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Counties in Michigan

Area	Deaths, 2024	Per 100,000
Alcona County	6	56.9
Alger County	0	—
Allegan County	21	17.1
Alpena County	6	20.8
Antrim County	4	16.4
Arenac County	5	33.2
Baraga County	0	—
Barry County	10	15.6
Bay County	13	12.7
Benzie County	8	43.3
Berrien County	17	11.2
Branch County	6	13.0
Calhoun County	21	15.7
Cass County	8	15.5
Charlevoix County	7	26.8
Cheboygan County	0	—
Chippewa County	3	8.3
Clare County	2	6.4
Clinton County	11	13.7
Crawford County	1	7.3
Delta County	5	13.6
Dickinson County	3	11.6
Eaton County	18	16.5
Emmet County	3	8.8
Genesee County	53	13.2
Gladwin County	3	11.6
Gogebic County	1	7.0
Grand Traverse County	10	10.4
Gratiot County	12	29.0
Hillsdale County	5	10.9
Houghton County	2	5.3
Huron County	2	6.5
Ingham County	21	7.3
Ionia County	7	10.6
Iosco County	3	11.8
Iron County	6	51.0
Isabella County	14	21.6
Jackson County	23	14.4
Kalamazoo County	25	9.5
Kalkaska County	5	26.8
Kent County	63	9.4
Keweenaw County	0	—
Lake County	2	15.4
Lapeer County	19	21.3
Leelanau County	3	13.1
Lenawee County	23	23.5
Livingston County	14	7.1
Luce County	0	—
Mackinac County	4	36.0
Macomb County	70	7.9
Manistee County	7	27.4
Marquette County	6	8.8
Mason County	4	13.8
Mecosta County	8	19.1
Menominee County	6	25.9
Midland County	9	10.7
Missaukee County	0	—
Monroe County	20	12.8
Montcalm County	14	20.3
Montmorency County	1	10.2
Muskegon County	21	11.8
Newaygo County	14	27.2
Oakland County	68	5.3
Oceana County	2	7.4
Ogemaw County	7	33.3
Ontonagon County	1	17.0
Osceola County	1	4.2
Oscoda County	2	23.2
Otsego County	3	11.5
Ottawa County	17	5.6
Presque Isle County	0	—
Roscommon County	8	33.4
Saginaw County	29	15.4
Sanilac County	4	9.9
Schoolcraft County	2	24.5
Shiawassee County	13	19.2
St. Clair County	18	11.2
St. Joseph County	11	18.0
Tuscola County	6	11.4
Van Buren County	11	14.5
Washtenaw County	35	9.5
Wayne County	177	10.0
Wexford County	5	14.6

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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.

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	343
Feb	290
Mar	317
Apr	351
May	490
Jun	522
Jul	532
Aug	565
Sep	500
Oct	447
Nov	437
Dec	379

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	343
Feb	290
Mar	317
Apr	351
May	490
Jun	522
Jul	532
Aug	565
Sep	500
Oct	447
Nov	437
Dec	379

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	343
Feb	290
Mar	317
Apr	351
May	490
Jun	522
Jul	532
Aug	565
Sep	500
Oct	447
Nov	437
Dec	379