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 34
5,000 records from 2026-09-25 to 2026-10-12, newest first. Last successful import 2026-10-13T11:16 UTC.
| Date | Hour | Location | Injured | Killed | Collision type or factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 | 7:00 | ARCHER AVE | 3 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-06 | 7:00 | CICERO AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-06 | 7:00 | GRAND AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-06 | 7:00 | LINCOLN AVE | 1 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-06 | 7:00 | MARQUETTE RD | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-06 | 7:00 | LARAMIE AVE | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-06 | 6:00 | HIRSCH ST | 0 | 0 | Obstructed Crosswalks |
| 2026-10-06 | 6:00 | 130TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-06 | 6:00 | POPLAR AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-06 | 6:00 | BISHOP ST | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-06 | 6:00 | 76TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-06 | 5:00 | 34TH ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-06 | 5:00 | 59TH ST | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-06 | 4:00 | 83RD ST | 1 | 0 | Disregarding Traffic Signals |
| 2026-10-06 | 3:00 | SHERIDAN RD | 1 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-06 | 3:00 | LOTUS AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-06 | 3:00 | INDIANA AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-06 | 1:00 | KEELER AVE | 1 | 0 | Under The Influence Of Alcohol/drugs (use When Arrest Is Effected) |
| 2026-10-06 | 1:00 | LAKE SHORE DR SB | 0 | 0 | Driving On Wrong Side/wrong Way |
| 2026-10-06 | 1:00 | WENTWORTH AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-06 | 1:00 | DAMEN AVE | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-06 | 0:00 | HARRISON ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Reduce Speed To Avoid Crash |
| 2026-10-06 | 0:00 | LAFAYETTE AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-06 | — | FILLMORE ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-06 | — | ROOSEVELT RD | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-05 | 23:00 | 83RD ST | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-05 | 23:00 | CARPENTER ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 23:00 | LAKE SHORE DR SB | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-05 | 23:00 | 55TH ST | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-05 | 23:00 | 76TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 23:00 | BELL AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 23:00 | VERNON AVE | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 22:00 | RECREATION DR | 2 | 0 | Operating Vehicle In Erratic, Reckless, Careless, Negligent Or Aggressive Manner |
| 2026-10-05 | 22:00 | WASHINGTON ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 22:00 | EGGLESTON AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 22:00 | KEELER AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Backing |
| 2026-10-05 | 22:00 | CLARENDON AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-05 | 22:00 | ONTARIO ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-05 | 21:00 | LAKE SHORE DR NB | 0 | 0 | Failing To Reduce Speed To Avoid Crash |
| 2026-10-05 | 21:00 | EVANS AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 20:00 | ILLINOIS ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-05 | 20:00 | HUMBOLDT DR | 0 | 0 | Improper Backing |
| 2026-10-05 | 20:00 | PRAIRIE AVE | 0 | 0 | Operating Vehicle In Erratic, Reckless, Careless, Negligent Or Aggressive Manner |
| 2026-10-05 | 20:00 | PAULINA ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 20:00 | BRANDON AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 20:00 | 35TH ST | 3 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-05 | 20:00 | MARQUETTE AVE | 0 | 0 | Operating Vehicle In Erratic, Reckless, Careless, Negligent Or Aggressive Manner |
| 2026-10-05 | 20:00 | 16TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 20:00 | WASHTENAW AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 20:00 | MILWAUKEE AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
Accident news in and near Chicago
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Data: Chicago Data Portal — Traffic Crashes (CPD), updated 2026-10-13 (public government data). How records are imported, deduplicated and labelled: methodology. See also accidents in United States and US road deaths by year.