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Fatal car crashes in Illinois, county by county

From 2020 through 2024, 6,213 people died in 5,671 crashes on Illinois roads. That is 9.8 deaths a year for every 100,000 residents, below the US rate of 12.1, and the 37th highest rate of the 50 states and DC.

Cook County had the most deaths (1,967). The road stretch with the most fatal crashes was I-94 (Bishop Ford Fwy) in Cook County (99). In 2024, 1,177 people were killed, 1% fewer than in 2020.

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020-2024 · checked October 2, 2026

6,213

people killed in crashes, 2020-2024

9.8

deaths a year per 100,000 residents, 37th highest of 51 (US 12.1)

987

pedestrians killed, 16% of deaths (US 18%)

34%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related (US 28%)

Death rate by county

Deaths a year per 100,000 residents, 2020-2024. Rural counties often rank highest: fewer people, faster roads and longer waits for an ambulance.

Adams County: 11.9 per 100,000 a year, 38 deathsAlexander County: 65.3 per 100,000 a year, 15 deathsBond County: 26.5 per 100,000 a year, 22 deathsBoone County: 15.4 per 100,000 a year, 41 deathsBureau County: 28.3 per 100,000 a year, 46 deathsChampaign County: 8.1 per 100,000 a year, 86 deathsChristian County: 22.3 per 100,000 a year, 37 deathsClark County: 27.9 per 100,000 a year, 21 deathsClay County: 23.4 per 100,000 a year, 15 deathsClinton County: 17.8 per 100,000 a year, 33 deathsColes County: 19 per 100,000 a year, 44 deathsCook County: 7.6 per 100,000 a year, 1967 deathsCrawford County: 15.2 per 100,000 a year, 14 deathsCumberland County: 27.2 per 100,000 a year, 14 deathsDeKalb County: 12.4 per 100,000 a year, 63 deathsDouglas County: 17.2 per 100,000 a year, 17 deathsDuPage County: 5.1 per 100,000 a year, 237 deathsEdgar County: 17.1 per 100,000 a year, 14 deathsEffingham County: 23.1 per 100,000 a year, 40 deathsFayette County: 25.5 per 100,000 a year, 27 deathsFord County: 28.3 per 100,000 a year, 19 deathsFranklin County: 17.8 per 100,000 a year, 33 deathsFulton County: 17.2 per 100,000 a year, 28 deathsGrundy County: 16.7 per 100,000 a year, 45 deathsHancock County: 14.1 per 100,000 a year, 12 deathsHenry County: 7.1 per 100,000 a year, 17 deathsIroquois County: 36.1 per 100,000 a year, 47 deathsJackson County: 15 per 100,000 a year, 40 deathsJefferson County: 23.8 per 100,000 a year, 43 deathsJersey County: 19.9 per 100,000 a year, 21 deathsJo Daviess County: 13.9 per 100,000 a year, 15 deathsKane County: 7.1 per 100,000 a year, 186 deathsKankakee County: 16.2 per 100,000 a year, 86 deathsKendall County: 7.4 per 100,000 a year, 53 deathsKnox County: 11.1 per 100,000 a year, 27 deathsLake County: 7.2 per 100,000 a year, 257 deathsLaSalle County: 19.4 per 100,000 a year, 105 deathsLawrence County: 28.4 per 100,000 a year, 21 deathsLee County: 10.7 per 100,000 a year, 18 deathsLivingston County: 18.7 per 100,000 a year, 33 deathsLogan County: 18.9 per 100,000 a year, 26 deathsMcHenry County: 6.8 per 100,000 a year, 107 deathsMcLean County: 9.1 per 100,000 a year, 78 deathsMacon County: 14.9 per 100,000 a year, 75 deathsMacoupin County: 12.3 per 100,000 a year, 27 deathsMadison County: 13.3 per 100,000 a year, 175 deathsMarion County: 17 per 100,000 a year, 31 deathsMason County: 33.5 per 100,000 a year, 21 deathsMonroe County: 12 per 100,000 a year, 21 deathsMontgomery County: 27.5 per 100,000 a year, 38 deathsMorgan County: 15.9 per 100,000 a year, 26 deathsMoultrie County: 13.9 per 100,000 a year, 10 deathsOgle County: 15.6 per 100,000 a year, 40 deathsPeoria County: 11.6 per 100,000 a year, 104 deathsPiatt County: 20.4 per 100,000 a year, 17 deathsPike County: 29.5 per 100,000 a year, 21 deathsRandolph County: 24.1 per 100,000 a year, 36 deathsRichland County: 24.7 per 100,000 a year, 19 deathsRock Island County: 7.6 per 100,000 a year, 54 deathsSt. Clair County: 15.9 per 100,000 a year, 200 deathsSaline County: 19.3 per 100,000 a year, 22 deathsSangamon County: 12.7 per 100,000 a year, 123 deathsSchuyler County: 41.5 per 100,000 a year, 14 deathsShelby County: 22.4 per 100,000 a year, 23 deathsStark County: 37.9 per 100,000 a year, 10 deathsStephenson County: 14.4 per 100,000 a year, 31 deathsTazewell County: 10.5 per 100,000 a year, 68 deathsUnion County: 23.7 per 100,000 a year, 20 deathsVermilion County: 16.3 per 100,000 a year, 58 deathsWashington County: 36.9 per 100,000 a year, 25 deathsWayne County: 23.9 per 100,000 a year, 19 deathsWhiteside County: 17.6 per 100,000 a year, 48 deathsWill County: 8.4 per 100,000 a year, 296 deathsWilliamson County: 14.3 per 100,000 a year, 48 deathsWinnebago County: 11.2 per 100,000 a year, 159 deathsWoodford County: 19.3 per 100,000 a year, 37 deaths
under 1010-1515-2020-3030+ too few crashes

The most dangerous roads in Illinois

Fatal crashes by road within each county, 2020-2024. A long interstate shows up once per county it crosses.

#RoadWhereFatal crashesDeaths
1 I-94 Bishop Ford Fwy Cook County, IL 99 106
2 SR-50 Cicero Ave Cook County, IL 55 56
3 I-90 I-94/DAN RYAN EXPWY Cook County, IL 54 56
4 SR-83 147Th St Cook County, IL 51 54
5 I-290 Eisenhower Expy Cook County, IL 50 60
6 I-57 Dan Ryan Expy Cook County, IL 48 52
7 US-12 Mannheim Rd Cook County, IL 39 44
8 US-41 S Lake Shore Dr Cook County, IL 38 45
9 SR-43 Harlem Ave Cook County, IL 37 44
10 I-294 Tri-State Tollway Cook County, IL 36 37
11 I-55 Barack Obama Presidential Will County, IL 30 32
12 US-20 E State St Winnebago County, IL 20 20
13 I-80 Eb To Il-53 S Will County, IL 19 23
14 US-41 Skokie Hwy Lake County, IL 19 20
15 SR-17 Court St Kankakee County, IL 18 20

Deaths by year

Every Illinois county

76 counties with 10 or more fatal crashes in five years, by deaths. 26 more had fewer than 10 and are listed after the table.

CountyDeaths 2020-24Per 100K a yearPedestriansPopulation
Cook County 1,967 7.6 522 5,182,617
Will County 296 8.4 41 708,583
Lake County 257 7.2 40 718,604
DuPage County 237 5.1 48 937,142
St. Clair County 200 15.9 46 251,149
Kane County 186 7.1 22 520,997
Madison County 175 13.3 22 263,017
Winnebago County 159 11.2 34 283,790
Sangamon County 123 12.7 12 194,345
McHenry County 107 6.8 8 315,959
LaSalle County 105 19.4 7 108,390
Peoria County 104 11.6 11 179,630
Champaign County 86 8.1 11 212,374
Kankakee County 86 16.2 10 106,410
McLean County 78 9.1 9 172,069
Macon County 75 14.9 7 100,737
Tazewell County 68 10.5 8 129,821
DeKalb County 63 12.4 3 101,335
Vermilion County 58 16.3 8 71,106
Rock Island County 54 7.6 11 142,731
Kendall County 53 7.4 9 143,171
Whiteside County 48 17.6 3 54,657
Williamson County 48 14.3 6 67,064
Iroquois County 47 36.1 0 26,067
Bureau County 46 28.3 3 32,486
Grundy County 45 16.7 6 53,835
Coles County 44 19.0 0 46,423
Jefferson County 43 23.8 6 36,107
Boone County 41 15.4 4 53,313
Effingham County 40 23.1 3 34,602
Jackson County 40 15.0 7 53,199
Ogle County 40 15.6 1 51,345
Adams County 38 11.9 3 64,109
Montgomery County 38 27.5 3 27,615
Christian County 37 22.3 1 33,247
Woodford County 37 19.3 3 38,290
Randolph County 36 24.1 3 29,903
Clinton County 33 17.8 2 37,087
Franklin County 33 17.8 3 37,033
Livingston County 33 18.7 1 35,375
Marion County 31 17.0 1 36,437
Stephenson County 31 14.4 1 43,088
Fulton County 28 17.2 0 32,510
Fayette County 27 25.5 0 21,157
Knox County 27 11.1 1 48,716
Macoupin County 27 12.3 2 43,895
Logan County 26 18.9 0 27,518
Morgan County 26 15.9 1 32,618
Washington County 25 36.9 0 13,535
Shelby County 23 22.4 1 20,542
Bond County 22 26.5 0 16,576
Saline County 22 19.3 0 22,826
Clark County 21 27.9 1 15,076
Jersey County 21 19.9 1 21,150
Lawrence County 21 28.4 0 14,801
Mason County 21 33.5 0 12,543
Monroe County 21 12.0 2 34,969
Pike County 21 29.5 0 14,258
Union County 20 23.7 0 16,886
Ford County 19 28.3 0 13,451
Richland County 19 24.7 1 15,362
Wayne County 19 23.9 0 15,928
Lee County 18 10.7 1 33,544
Douglas County 17 17.2 0 19,824
Henry County 17 7.1 2 48,177
Piatt County 17 20.4 2 16,628
Alexander County 15 65.3 2 4,594
Clay County 15 23.4 2 12,821
Jo Daviess County 15 13.9 0 21,528
Crawford County 14 15.2 2 18,388
Cumberland County 14 27.2 2 10,305
Edgar County 14 17.1 1 16,398
Schuyler County 14 41.5 0 6,750
Hancock County 12 14.1 0 17,008
Moultrie County 10 13.9 2 14,365
Stark County 10 37.9 0 5,272

Fewer than 10 fatal crashes, 2020-2024: Brown County (3 deaths), Calhoun County (3 deaths), Carroll County (9 deaths), Cass County (2 deaths), De Witt County (10 deaths), Edwards County (3 deaths), Gallatin County (7 deaths), Greene County (7 deaths), Hamilton County (10 deaths), Hardin County (2 deaths), Henderson County (7 deaths), Jasper County (9 deaths), Johnson County (11 deaths), McDonough County (9 deaths), Marshall County (10 deaths), Massac County (8 deaths), Menard County (7 deaths), Mercer County (10 deaths), Perry County (6 deaths), Pope County (8 deaths), Pulaski County (7 deaths), Putnam County (7 deaths), Scott County (7 deaths), Wabash County (5 deaths), Warren County (11 deaths), White County (11 deaths).

Cities

CityDeaths 2020-24Per 100K a yearPedestriansPopulation
Chicago 949 7.0 284 2,721,308

What was involved

FactorIllinoisShareUS
Speeding was a factor
a driver coded by police as speeding, racing or too fast for conditions		 1,950 34% 28%
A driver had been drinking
police reported alcohol involvement for at least one driver		 1,373 24% 26%
A large truck was involved
a truck over 10,000 lbs		 819 14% 13%
Hit-and-run
a driver left the scene		 525 9% 7%
Pedestrians killed
share of all deaths		 987 16% 18%
Motorcyclists killed
share of all deaths		 802 13% 15%
Bicyclists killed
share of all deaths		 174 3% 3%
Teens (15-19) killed
share of all deaths		 452 7% 7%

After a crash in Illinois

  1. Get the crash report

    Statewide copies come from Illinois State Police (ISP) Patrol Records Unit, for crashes ISP investigated, cost $5.00 statutory fee (service fee added online: 2.35% with a $1.00 minimum on credit cards); an unredacted copy needs a subpoena or judge's order plus a $20.00 subpoena processing fee and are usually ready Online requests "may take 10 or more business days to process".

    How to get an Illinois crash report

  2. Know your deadline

    Illinois gives you two years to file a personal injury lawsuit (735 ILCS 5/13-202). If a city, county or state vehicle was involved: This is a shortened deadline to sue, not a notice rule: a civil action against a local government entity or its employees must be filed within one year from the date of injury (the 8-102 notice requirement was repealed). Claims against the State go to the Court of Claims, which has its own notice rules not checked here.

    Work out your date

  3. Who pays

    Illinois is an at-fault state: the driver who caused the crash, through their liability insurance, pays for the injuries and damage.

    Illinois car accident laws

  4. If you were partly at fault

    If you were partly at fault, your damages are reduced by your percentage of fault, but you recover nothing if you were more than 50% at fault.

    The rule and its statute

  5. The other driver’s minimum coverage

    The legal minimum liability coverage in Illinois is $25,000 per injured person, $50,000 per crash and $20,000 for property (25/50/20).

    Every state’s minimums

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