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.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · read 2026-09-11
Explore Chicago crash patterns
5,000 official records from 2026-09-24 to 2026-10-11 (the most recent 5,000 within 365 days). Recently reported · newest record 1 days old
The explorer loads when you reach it. The records table below works without it.
No records match these filters. Widen the period or clear the area.
Recorded crashes per month (full year)
All crashes the portal holds for each month, from its own counts — not affected by the filters or the record cap. Blank months are not yet published.
Chart data as a table
Matching crashes per week
Chart data as a table
Weekday and hour
Chart data as a table
Collision type or factor
Chart data as a table
Severity
Chart data as a table
Matching records
· 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 8
5,000 records from 2026-09-24 to 2026-10-11, newest first. Last successful import 2026-10-12T11:17 UTC.
| Date | Hour | Location | Injured | Killed | Collision type or factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | 15:00 | CANAL ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Backing |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | TAYLOR ST | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | 95TH ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | CALIFORNIA AVE | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | PULASKI RD | 2 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | BROADWAY | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | OGDEN AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | COTTAGE GROVE AVE | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | ROCKWELL ST | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | EXCHANGE AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | VAN BUREN ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | PULASKI RD | 1 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | CLYBOURN AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | CENTRAL AVE | 1 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | HALSTED ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | VAN BUREN ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | FULLERTON AVE | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | HUBBARD ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | HURON ST | 2 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | WABASH AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | LOWER MICHIGAN AVE | 1 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | LINDEN PL | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 14:00 | TORRENCE AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-09 | 13:00 | KEDZIE AVE | 0 | 0 | Driving On Wrong Side/wrong Way |
| 2026-10-09 | 13:00 | SACRAMENTO BLVD | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 13:00 | PAULINA ST | 1 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-09 | 13:00 | CHICAGO AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 13:00 | CLYBOURN AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-09 | 13:00 | 55TH ST | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-09 | 13:00 | ARMITAGE AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-09 | 13:00 | SOUTH SHORE DR | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-09 | 13:00 | CLARK ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 13:00 | IDA B WELLS DR | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 12:00 | 111TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 12:00 | CENTRAL AVE | 2 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 12:00 | GRAND AVE | 0 | 0 | Driving On Wrong Side/wrong Way |
| 2026-10-09 | 12:00 | WESTERN AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-09 | 12:00 | HALSTED ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-09 | 12:00 | EXCHANGE AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 12:00 | DAMEN AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 12:00 | WARREN BLVD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 12:00 | 79TH ST | 1 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-09 | 12:00 | LUNT AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 12:00 | DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 12:00 | MADISON ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-09 | 12:00 | 53RD ST | 1 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-09 | 11:00 | PULASKI RD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 11:00 | HALSTED ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 11:00 | 95TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 11:00 | DIVISION ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
Accident news in and near Chicago
28 news reports in the last 30 days, placed by city name in the headline — a separate layer from the police records above.
Chicago — FAQ
Where does the Chicago crash data come from?
How many car accidents happen in Chicago?
Is this map real-time?
What can the crash pattern explorer show?
Data: Chicago Data Portal — Traffic Crashes (CPD), updated 2026-10-11 (public government data). How records are imported, deduplicated and labelled: methodology. See also accidents in United States and US road deaths by year.