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 59
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | 19:00 | 79TH ST | 2 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 19:00 | HARLEM AVE | 0 | 0 | Operating Vehicle In Erratic, Reckless, Careless, Negligent Or Aggressive Manner |
| 2026-10-02 | 19:00 | HAZEL ST | 0 | 0 | Under The Influence Of Alcohol/drugs (use When Arrest Is Effected) |
| 2026-10-02 | 19:00 | MONTROSE AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-02 | 19:00 | ABERDEEN ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-02 | 19:00 | LONG AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-02 | 19:00 | GRAND AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-02 | 19:00 | MONROE DR | 1 | 0 | Disregarding Other Traffic Signs |
| 2026-10-02 | 19:00 | CUMBERLAND AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 19:00 | STATE ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-02 | 19:00 | NORTH AVE | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 19:00 | CLARK ST | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 19:00 | LOOMIS BLVD | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-02 | 19:00 | KEELER AVE | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | MARQUETTE RD | 2 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | LOWER WACKER DR | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | 55TH ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | LAKE PARK AVE | 2 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | COLUMBUS AVE | 2 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | WESTERN AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | HOMAN AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | CLARK ST | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | WEBSTER AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | WEBSTER AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | WESTERN AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | SCHUBERT AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | BELMONT AVE | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | HARLEM AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | ARCHER AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | 103RD ST | 1 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | STATE ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | AVALON AVE | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | CICERO AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | SCHILLER ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Backing |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | MORGAN ST | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | CERMAK RD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 18:00 | SHEFFIELD AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | LOOMIS BLVD | 4 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | VINCENNES AVE | 1 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | LAKE ST | 2 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | 18TH ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | DIVERSEY AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | CALIFORNIA AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | ORLEANS ST | 4 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | 87TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | CLARK ST | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | CICERO AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | AUSTIN AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | STATE ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | CALIFORNIA AVE | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
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Data: Chicago Data Portal — Traffic Crashes (CPD), updated 2026-10-14 (public government data). How records are imported, deduplicated and labelled: methodology. See also accidents in United States and US road deaths by year.