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 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 61
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 | 15:00 | NEVA AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | WESTERN AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | 95TH ST | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | HOMAN AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | 71ST ST | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | FOSTER AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | PERSHING RD | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | CLEVELAND AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | HARRISON ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Backing |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | ELIZABETH ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | WESTERN AVE | 1 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | 63RD ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | MADISON ST | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | DIVERSEY AVE | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | CENTRAL PARK AVE | 0 | 0 | Vision Obscured (signs, Tree Limbs, Buildings, Etc.) |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | SOUTH CHICAGO AVE | 2 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | TORRENCE AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Reduce Speed To Avoid Crash |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | CERMAK RD | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | 64TH ST | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | ADAMS ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | BROADWAY | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | 47TH ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | ASHLAND AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | ARCHER AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | 55TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | BRYN MAWR AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | LE MOYNE ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | ASHLAND AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | NORTH AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | WASHINGTON BLVD | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | STONY ISLAND AVE | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | 103RD ST | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | RHODES AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | OAKWOOD BLVD | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | HARLEM AVE | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | LAKE PARK AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | LOGAN BLVD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 15:00 | DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 14:00 | LARAMIE AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-02 | 14:00 | GARLAND CT | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 14:00 | TAYLOR ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 14:00 | LAKE SHORE DR NB | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 14:00 | WENTWORTH AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 14:00 | PAULINA ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-02 | 14:00 | WESTERN AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Backing |
| 2026-10-02 | 14:00 | PULASKI RD | 0 | 0 | Improper Backing |
| 2026-10-02 | 14:00 | ASHLAND AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-02 | 14:00 | CALDWELL AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
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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.