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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5,000 official records from 2026-09-24 to 2026-10-11 (the most recent 5,000 within 365 days). Recently reported · newest record 0 days old
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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 20
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 | 13:00 | FOSTER AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 13:00 | 95TH ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 13:00 | 47TH ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-07 | 12:00 | 86TH PL | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 12:00 | WASHINGTON ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 12:00 | MICHIGAN AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 12:00 | HALSTED ST | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 12:00 | CENTRAL AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-07 | 12:00 | HALSTED ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 12:00 | 66TH ST | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 12:00 | PULASKI RD | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-07 | 12:00 | LECLAIRE AVE | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 12:00 | GEORGE ST | 0 | 0 | Vision Obscured (signs, Tree Limbs, Buildings, Etc.) |
| 2026-10-07 | 12:00 | 46TH ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 12:00 | AVENUE O | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 12:00 | HARRISON ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 12:00 | ARMITAGE AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 12:00 | 71ST ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 12:00 | KENTON AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 12:00 | ELIZABETH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 11:00 | JACKSON BLVD | 0 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-07 | 11:00 | KIMBALL AVE | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 11:00 | MAGNOLIA AVE | 0 | 0 | Vision Obscured (signs, Tree Limbs, Buildings, Etc.) |
| 2026-10-07 | 11:00 | ARCHER AVE | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-07 | 11:00 | HOWARD ST | 1 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-07 | 11:00 | PULASKI RD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 11:00 | GRANVILLE AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 11:00 | MC CORMICK RD | 0 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-07 | 11:00 | DELAWARE PL | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 11:00 | STONY ISLAND AVE | 0 | 0 | Road Engineering/surface/marking Defects |
| 2026-10-07 | 11:00 | KINGSBURY ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-07 | 11:00 | KIMBALL AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 11:00 | 61ST ST | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 11:00 | CENTRAL PARK AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-07 | 11:00 | RUSSELL DR | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 11:00 | KENMORE AVE | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-07 | 11:00 | 130TH ST | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-07 | 10:00 | STONY ISLAND AVE | 1 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-07 | 10:00 | ASHLAND AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-07 | 10:00 | CENTRAL AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-07 | 10:00 | AUSTIN BLVD | 1 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-07 | 10:00 | ADDISON ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 10:00 | DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-07 | 10:00 | OGDEN AVE | 4 | 0 | Physical Condition Of Driver |
| 2026-10-07 | 10:00 | HALSTED ST | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-07 | 10:00 | LAKE SHORE DR | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-07 | 10:00 | FULLERTON AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-07 | 10:00 | ASHLAND AVE | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-07 | 10:00 | 79TH ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-07 | 9:00 | MICHIGAN AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Reduce Speed To Avoid Crash |
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.