Chicago Crash Map and Recent Accident Trends
The most recent police-reported reported collisions in Chicago, plotted from official open data — locations, injuries and contributing factors. This is government-published crash data, not news coverage.
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the third-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 2.74 million at the 2020 census. The Chicago metropolitan area has approximately 9.62 million residents according to the 2020 census and is the third-largest metropolitan area in the country.
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· source: Chicago Data Portal — Traffic Crashes (CPD)
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Recorded Crashes, Page 11
5,000 records from 2026-09-24 to 2026-10-11, newest first. Last successful import 2026-10-12T11:17 UTC.
| Date | Hour | Location | Injured | Killed | Collision type or factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | 22:00 | SHEFFIELD AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-08 | 22:00 | ST LAWRENCE AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 22:00 | TOUHY AVE | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 22:00 | WACKER DR | 0 | 0 | Failing To Reduce Speed To Avoid Crash |
| 2026-10-08 | 21:00 | CENTRAL AVE | 0 | 0 | Animal |
| 2026-10-08 | 21:00 | CICERO AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 21:00 | PULASKI RD | 1 | 0 | Failing To Reduce Speed To Avoid Crash |
| 2026-10-08 | 21:00 | NORTH AVE | 1 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-08 | 21:00 | 115TH ST | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-08 | 20:00 | COMMERCIAL AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Reduce Speed To Avoid Crash |
| 2026-10-08 | 20:00 | CENTRAL AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-08 | 20:00 | 18TH ST | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-08 | 20:00 | WELLS ST | 1 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-08 | 20:00 | WESTERN AVE | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 20:00 | LAKEWOOD AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-08 | 20:00 | 30TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 20:00 | WENTWORTH AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-08 | 20:00 | YATES BLVD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 20:00 | DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-08 | 20:00 | SCHOOL ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 20:00 | HOMAN AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 20:00 | WABANSIA AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 19:00 | DOTY AVE W | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-08 | 19:00 | CERMAK RD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 19:00 | HALSTED ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 19:00 | CLARK ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 19:00 | HOLLYWOOD AVE | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 19:00 | MADISON ST | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-08 | 19:00 | DAMEN AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-08 | 19:00 | 67TH PL | 0 | 0 | Improper Backing |
| 2026-10-08 | 19:00 | LA SALLE DR | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 19:00 | ASHLAND AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 19:00 | LARAMIE AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-08 | 19:00 | 38TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 18:00 | ARMITAGE AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 18:00 | ONTARIO ST | 1 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-08 | 18:00 | HUBBARD ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 18:00 | DIVERSEY AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 18:00 | NARRAGANSETT AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Backing |
| 2026-10-08 | 18:00 | WENTWORTH AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-08 | 18:00 | 47TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 18:00 | CICERO AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-08 | 18:00 | WESTERN AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 18:00 | BRAYTON ST | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 18:00 | CENTRAL AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Reduce Speed To Avoid Crash |
| 2026-10-08 | 18:00 | 47TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-08 | 18:00 | NORTH AVE | 1 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-08 | 18:00 | CICERO AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Reduce Speed To Avoid Crash |
| 2026-10-08 | 18:00 | MADISON ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-08 | 18:00 | ST CLAIR ST | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
Accident news in and near Chicago
28 news reports in the last 30 days, placed by city name in the headline — a separate layer from the police records above.
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Data: Chicago Data Portal — Traffic Crashes (CPD), updated 2026-10-12 (public government data). How records are imported, deduplicated and labelled: methodology. See also accidents in United States and US road deaths by year.