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 48
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-03 | 17:00 | FAIRFIELD AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 17:00 | ASHLAND AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 17:00 | LINCOLN AVE | 1 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-03 | 17:00 | WESTERN AVE | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-03 | 17:00 | 130TH ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-03 | 17:00 | MICHIGAN AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-03 | 17:00 | CICERO AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-03 | 17:00 | MILWAUKEE AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-03 | 17:00 | PRINCETON AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 17:00 | SEELEY AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-03 | 17:00 | WESTERN AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-03 | 17:00 | HARLEM AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 17:00 | WESTERN AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-03 | 17:00 | INDIANA AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 17:00 | VERMONT ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 17:00 | KEDVALE AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Reduce Speed To Avoid Crash |
| 2026-10-03 | 16:00 | HARVARD AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 16:00 | IRVING PARK RD | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-03 | 16:00 | KIMBALL AVE | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-03 | 16:00 | HALSTED ST | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-03 | 16:00 | 55TH ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-03 | 16:00 | LA SALLE DR | 0 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-03 | 16:00 | ADDISON ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-03 | 16:00 | PERSHING RD | 2 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-03 | 16:00 | LOWE AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-03 | 16:00 | LINCOLN AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 16:00 | 111TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 16:00 | PULASKI RD | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-03 | 16:00 | DIVERSEY AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 16:00 | CENTRAL AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 16:00 | CENTRAL AVE | 1 | 0 | Failing To Reduce Speed To Avoid Crash |
| 2026-10-03 | 16:00 | 18TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 16:00 | JEFFERSON ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Backing |
| 2026-10-03 | 16:00 | CARPENTER ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-03 | 15:00 | THROOP ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-03 | 15:00 | FULLERTON AVE | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 15:00 | WESTERN AVE | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-03 | 15:00 | MARSHFIELD AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 15:00 | STATE ST | 5 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-03 | 15:00 | ARMITAGE AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 15:00 | MONTROSE AVE | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 15:00 | WABASH AVE | 1 | 0 | Driving On Wrong Side/wrong Way |
| 2026-10-03 | 15:00 | WILSON AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 15:00 | CENTRAL PARK AVE | 1 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-03 | 15:00 | CORNELIA AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Backing |
| 2026-10-03 | 15:00 | ROOSEVELT RD | 3 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 15:00 | 119TH ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-03 | 15:00 | MOBILE AVE | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-03 | 15:00 | MONTROSE AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 15:00 | MARQUETTE RD | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
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.