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 2026-09-24 to 2026-10-11 (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 9
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 | 11:00 | 51ST ST | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-09 | 11:00 | WENTWORTH AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-09 | 11:00 | ADDISON ST | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-09 | 11:00 | DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-09 | 11:00 | 13TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 11:00 | 63RD ST | 1 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-09 | 11:00 | ASHLAND AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Backing |
| 2026-10-09 | 11:00 | NAGLE AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 11:00 | MILWAUKEE AVE | 1 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-09 | 11:00 | 51ST ST | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-09 | 10:00 | BRYN MAWR AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 10:00 | ST CLAIR ST | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-09 | 10:00 | MIDWAY PLAISANCE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 10:00 | WOLCOTT AVE | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-10-09 | 10:00 | 59TH ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-09 | 10:00 | 78TH ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-09 | 10:00 | CICERO AVE | 0 | 0 | Distraction - From Inside Vehicle |
| 2026-10-09 | 9:00 | NORTH AVE | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-09 | 9:00 | CERMAK RD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 9:00 | NAGLE AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-09 | 9:00 | MICHIGAN AVE | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-09 | 9:00 | RIDGE BLVD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 9:00 | CALIFORNIA AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 9:00 | OGDEN AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 9:00 | VINCENNES AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-09 | 9:00 | DIVERSEY AVE | 1 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 9:00 | ELSTON AVE | 1 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-09 | 9:00 | CALIFORNIA AVE | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-09 | 9:00 | FULLERTON AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 9:00 | VINCENNES AVE | 0 | 0 | Distraction - From Inside Vehicle |
| 2026-10-09 | 9:00 | RACINE AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-09 | 9:00 | BURLEY AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Lane Usage |
| 2026-10-09 | 9:00 | IDA B WELLS DR | 2 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-09 | 9:00 | SHERIDAN RD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 8:00 | 74TH ST | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 8:00 | WESTERN AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 8:00 | DESPLAINES ST | 1 | 0 | Improper Turning/no Signal |
| 2026-10-09 | 8:00 | COTTAGE GROVE AVE | 0 | 0 | Not Applicable |
| 2026-10-09 | 8:00 | WABASH AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 8:00 | KOSTNER AVE | 1 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-09 | 8:00 | LINCOLN AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 8:00 | CARMEN AVE | 0 | 0 | Failing To Yield Right-of-way |
| 2026-10-09 | 8:00 | WABASH AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 8:00 | LAKEVIEW AVE | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 8:00 | CLARK ST | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-09 | 8:00 | PEORIA ST | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-09 | 8:00 | MONTROSE AVE | 0 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
| 2026-10-09 | 7:00 | SHERIDAN RD | 0 | 0 | Unable To Determine |
| 2026-10-09 | 7:00 | ARMITAGE AVE | 0 | 0 | Driving Skills/knowledge/experience |
| 2026-10-09 | 7:00 | CALIFORNIA AVE | 4 | 0 | Improper Overtaking/passing |
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.
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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.