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 2026-09-25 to 2026-10-12 (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 38
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | 12:00 | LOWER WACKER DR | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 12:00 | SAGINAW AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-05 | 12:00 | ALBANY AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 12:00 | BUFFALO AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 12:00 | 87TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 12:00 | OGDEN AVE | 0 | 0 | Driving On Wrong Side/wrong Way |
| 2026-10-05 | 12:00 | 52ND PL | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 12:00 | FULLERTON AVE | 0 | 0 | Road Construction/maintenance |
| 2026-10-05 | 12:00 | DAMEN AVE | 1 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-05 | 11:00 | 18TH ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-05 | 11:00 | SUPERIOR ST | 0 | 0 | Road Construction/maintenance |
| 2026-10-05 | 11:00 | LINCOLN AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 11:00 | WASHINGTON BLVD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 11:00 | 63RD ST | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-05 | 11:00 | TOUHY AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Reduce Speed To Avoid Crash |
| 2026-10-05 | 11:00 | CERMAK RD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 11:00 | LAWNDALE AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 11:00 | ASHLAND AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 11:00 | ELSTON AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Reduce Speed To Avoid Crash |
| 2026-10-05 | 11:00 | DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 11:00 | MADISON ST | 1 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-05 | 11:00 | WESTERN AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-05 | 11:00 | KEDZIE AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 11:00 | PULASKI RD | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 11:00 | SOUTH CHICAGO AVE | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-05 | 11:00 | 95TH ST | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-05 | 11:00 | BALMORAL AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 11:00 | STONY ISLAND AVE | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-05 | 10:00 | WESTERN BLVD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 10:00 | WENTWORTH AVE | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 10:00 | CENTRAL AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Backing |
| 2026-10-05 | 10:00 | WESTERN AVE | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 10:00 | 87TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 10:00 | LEXINGTON ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 10:00 | MARQUETTE AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 10:00 | WOODLAWN AVE | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-05 | 10:00 | CALIFORNIA AVE | 1 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-05 | 10:00 | DOTY AVE W | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 10:00 | KEDZIE AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 10:00 | POPE JOHN PAUL II DR | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-05 | 10:00 | ROOSEVELT RD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 10:00 | COLUMBUS DR | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 9:00 | DEARBORN ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 9:00 | EXCHANGE AVE | 1 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-05 | 9:00 | CICERO AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-05 | 9:00 | ROGERS AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 9:00 | CLARK ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Reduce Speed To Avoid Crash |
| 2026-10-05 | 9:00 | CLARK ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 9:00 | 63RD ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-05 | 9:00 | SEMINARY AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
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 2026-10-13 (public government data). How records are imported, deduplicated and labelled: methodology. See also accidents in United States and US road deaths by year.