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)
Counts are recorded crashes, not risk: without traffic volumes a busy street will always show more crashes, so nothing here ranks places as safe or dangerous. Records are matched by Socrata row id (:id); a record the source edits is revised, never counted twice. How this data is handled.
Recorded Crashes, Page 17
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | 20:00 | STATE ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Backing |
| 2026-10-07 | 20:00 | MILWAUKEE AVE | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 20:00 | CONGRESS PKWY | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 20:00 | YATES BLVD | 3 | 0 | Distraction - From Inside Vehicle |
| 2026-10-07 | 20:00 | RACE AVE | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | GARFIELD BLVD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | KOSTNER AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | DOTY AVE W | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | PRINCETON AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | WINCHESTER AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | 63RD ST | 0 | 0 | Had Been Drinking (use When Arrest Is Not Made) |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | LAWRENCE AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | STATE ST | 1 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | CERMAK RD | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | RIDGELAND AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | FOSTER AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | MASSASOIT AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | 35TH ST | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | ALBANY AVE | 0 | 0 | Under The Influence Of Alcohol/drugs (use When Arrest Is Effected) |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | NORTHWEST HWY | 0 | 0 | Operating Vehicle In Erratic, Reckless, Careless, Negligent Or Aggressive Manner |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | 43RD ST | 2 | 0 | Driving On Wrong Side/wrong Way |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | STETSON AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | 95TH ST | 1 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | ASHLAND AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | DEVON AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-07 | 19:00 | LAKE SHORE DR NB | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-07 | 18:00 | INDIANA AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 18:00 | PERSHING RD | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 18:00 | OHIO ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 18:00 | 21ST ST | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 18:00 | VINCENNES AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 18:00 | CLYBOURN AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 18:00 | VINCENNES AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-07 | 18:00 | CENTRAL AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 18:00 | BRYN MAWR AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 18:00 | MARQUETTE RD | 3 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-07 | 18:00 | DIVISION ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 18:00 | 79TH ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-07 | 18:00 | ADAMS ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 18:00 | MADISON ST | 1 | 0 | Failing To Reduce Speed To Avoid Crash |
| 2026-10-07 | 18:00 | MILWAUKEE AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 17:00 | VINCENNES AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-07 | 17:00 | OXFORD AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 17:00 | WENTWORTH AVE | 1 | 0 | Disregarding Stop Sign |
| 2026-10-07 | 17:00 | AVERS AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 17:00 | 87TH ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-07 | 17:00 | OGDEN AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 17:00 | 47TH ST | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 17:00 | BELMONT AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
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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.