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 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-13 (the most recent 5,000 within 365 days). Recently reported · newest record 1 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 55
5,000 records from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-13, newest first. Last successful import 2026-10-14T11:17 UTC.
| Date | Hour | Location | Injured | Killed | Collision type or factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | RACINE AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Backing |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | ASHLAND AVE | 1 | 0 | Disregarding Traffic Signals |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | SHEFFIELD AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | LAKE SHORE DR | 0 | 0 | Cell Phone Use Other Than Texting |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | HALSTED ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | BELMONT AVE | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | KEELER AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | 59TH ST | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | PULASKI RD | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | MORGAN ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | BROADWAY | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | FULLERTON AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | OGDEN AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | ARCHER AVE | 3 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | MARSHFIELD AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | PULASKI RD | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | CAMBRIDGE AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | MILWAUKEE AVE | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | KEDZIE AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | SHERIDAN RD | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | KEDZIE AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Backing |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | MC LEAN AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 13:00 | KOSTNER AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | ROOT ST | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | DAMEN AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | RUBLE ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | WARREN BLVD | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | LOGAN BLVD | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | 25TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | ROOSEVELT RD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | EMERALD AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | TOUHY AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | 47TH ST | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | CICERO AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | 63RD ST | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | 99TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | ASHLAND AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Backing |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | 134TH ST | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | GARVEY CT | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | SHERIDAN RD | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | DESPLAINES ST | 0 | 0 | Operating Vehicle In Erratic, Reckless, Careless, Negligent Or Aggressive Manner |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | DESPLAINES ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | 51ST PL | 0 | 0 | Operating Vehicle In Erratic, Reckless, Careless, Negligent Or Aggressive Manner |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | PULASKI RD | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | RAVENSWOOD AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | DAMEN AVE | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-03 | 12:00 | JEFFERY BLVD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 11:00 | ROGERS AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-03 | 11:00 | ERIE ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-03 | 11:00 | HUBBARD ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
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.