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 18
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 | 17:00 | DEARBORN ST | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 17:00 | ARCHER AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 17:00 | 83RD ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 17:00 | PULASKI RD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 17:00 | ARCHER AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-07 | 17:00 | MADISON ST | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-07 | 17:00 | LAKE ST | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-07 | 17:00 | 95TH ST | 0 | 0 | Distraction - From Outside Vehicle |
| 2026-10-07 | 17:00 | TRUMBULL AVE | 2 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-07 | 17:00 | WABASH AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 17:00 | GARFIELD BLVD | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-07 | 17:00 | OAK ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-07 | 17:00 | ESMOND ST | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-07 | 17:00 | MADISON ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | BELMONT AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | DIVISION ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | OAK ST | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | COLUMBUS DR | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | DOTY AVE E | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | LARRABEE ST | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | FOSTER AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | HALSTED ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | FULLERTON AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | ELSTON AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | LAWRENCE AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | MICHIGAN AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | 79TH ST | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | ELSTON AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | KILBOURN AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | 107TH ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | LINDER AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | RANDOLPH ST | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | 75TH ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | LARAMIE AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | ROOSEVELT RD | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | CICERO AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | ST LOUIS AVE | 0 | 0 | Disregarding Stop Sign |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | LA SALLE DR | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | 74TH ST | 0 | 0 | Operating Vehicle In Erratic, Reckless, Careless, Negligent Or Aggressive Manner |
| 2026-10-07 | 16:00 | MARSHFIELD AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-07 | 15:00 | RACINE AVE | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 15:00 | AUSTIN AVE | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-07 | 15:00 | 77TH ST | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-07 | 15:00 | BLUE ISLAND AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 15:00 | 115TH ST | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 15:00 | WASHTENAW AVE | 0 | 0 | Driving On Wrong Side/wrong Way |
| 2026-10-07 | 15:00 | WESTERN AVE | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-07 | 15:00 | CALIFORNIA AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-07 | 15:00 | ELSTON AVE | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 15:00 | CICERO AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
Accident news in and near Chicago
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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.