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 43
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-04 | 15:00 | BROADWAY | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-04 | 15:00 | 59TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-04 | 15:00 | STONY ISLAND AVE | 1 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-04 | 15:00 | MILWAUKEE AVE | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-04 | 15:00 | 63RD ST | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-04 | 15:00 | IRVING PARK RD | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-04 | 15:00 | LAKE SHORE DR SB | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-04 | 15:00 | CAMPBELL AVE | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-04 | 15:00 | WESTERN AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-04 | 15:00 | 63RD ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-04 | 15:00 | 28TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-04 | 15:00 | LONG AVE | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-04 | 15:00 | WESTERN AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-04 | 15:00 | RACINE AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-04 | 15:00 | GREENWOOD AVE | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-04 | 15:00 | AVENUE L | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-04 | 15:00 | LAFLIN ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-04 | 15:00 | DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-04 | 14:00 | 119TH ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Backing |
| 2026-10-04 | 14:00 | LOREL AVE | 3 | 0 | Failing To Reduce Speed To Avoid Crash |
| 2026-10-04 | 14:00 | PULASKI RD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-04 | 14:00 | COTTAGE GROVE AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-04 | 14:00 | CLARK ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-04 | 14:00 | MILWAUKEE AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-04 | 14:00 | LINCOLN AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Backing |
| 2026-10-04 | 14:00 | MILWAUKEE AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-04 | 14:00 | WASHINGTON BLVD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-04 | 13:00 | SHERIDAN RD | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-04 | 13:00 | 47TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-04 | 13:00 | NORTH AVE | 1 | 0 | Improper Backing |
| 2026-10-04 | 13:00 | DEVON AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-04 | 13:00 | 63RD ST | 0 | 0 | Cell Phone Use Other Than Texting |
| 2026-10-04 | 13:00 | YATES BLVD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-04 | 13:00 | SOUTH SHORE DR | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-04 | 13:00 | AUSTIN BLVD | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-04 | 13:00 | PRINCETON AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-04 | 13:00 | COTTAGE GROVE AVE | 0 | 0 | Vision Obscured (signs, Tree Limbs, Buildings, Etc.) |
| 2026-10-04 | 13:00 | CALIFORNIA AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-04 | 13:00 | OGLESBY AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-04 | 13:00 | MONTROSE AVE | 1 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-04 | 13:00 | ROOSEVELT RD | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-04 | 12:00 | DAMEN AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Backing |
| 2026-10-04 | 12:00 | MILWAUKEE AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-04 | 12:00 | LOWER MICHIGAN AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-04 | 12:00 | MONTROSE AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-04 | 12:00 | BELMONT AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-04 | 12:00 | DIVISION ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-04 | 12:00 | TOUHY AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-04 | 12:00 | DAMEN AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-04 | 12:00 | CENTRAL AVE | 1 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
Accident news in and near Chicago
27 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.