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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Explore Chicago crash patterns
5,000 official records from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-13 (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 60
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 | 17:00 | HERMOSA AVE | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | ARCHER AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | WESTERN AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Reduce Speed To Avoid Crash |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | GRAND AVE | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | 95TH ST | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | ASHLAND AVE | 1 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | WENTWORTH AVE | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | 47TH ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | KOMENSKY AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | PULASKI RD | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | DIVISION ST | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | JEFFERY BLVD | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | DAMEN AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | OAKLEY AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 17:00 | WESTERN AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | 63RD ST | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | RACINE AVE | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | STATE ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | RACINE AVE | 1 | 0 | Operating Vehicle In Erratic, Reckless, Careless, Negligent Or Aggressive Manner |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | CENTRAL AVE | 0 | 0 | Disregarding Traffic Signals |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | NORTH AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | 21ST ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | LAKE SHORE DR SB | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | NORTH AVE | 0 | 0 | Driving On Wrong Side/wrong Way |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | ASHLAND AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | LARAMIE AVE | 1 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | GREEN ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | COLUMBUS DR | 0 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | DAMEN AVE | 1 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | LAKEWOOD AVE | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | DIVERSEY AVE | 2 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | 87TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | SPAULDING AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | AUSTIN BLVD | 1 | 0 | Disregarding Traffic Signals |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | HARRISON ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | CICERO AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | CALIFORNIA AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | SEELEY AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | NORTH AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | LOOMIS BLVD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | GREENVIEW AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | CONSTANCE AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | LARAMIE AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | WESTERN AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | KINGSBURY ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | 47TH ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | CENTRAL AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | MONTROSE AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 16:00 | FOSTER AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
Accident news in and near Chicago
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Data: Chicago Data Portal — Traffic Crashes (CPD), updated 2026-10-14 (public government data). How records are imported, deduplicated and labelled: methodology. See also accidents in United States and US road deaths by year.