Champaign County, Illinois: fatal crash statistics

Counties of Illinois by year (CSV)Cite this page

FARS records 10 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Champaign County in 2024.

FARS records 163 deaths in 151 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 7.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Illinois in the same years is 9.0.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Champaign County was number 14 of 102 counties of Illinois.

Deaths in Champaign County fell by 1.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (166) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (163).

In the counties of Illinois the deaths rose by 8.4% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 53.3% of the fatal crashes in Champaign County with a known setting were rural, against 33.6% in Illinois.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Champaign County by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Champaign County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	10	4
2023	17	14	6
2022	22	19	9
2021	22	22	6
2020	15	13	1 or 2
2019	6	6	1 or 2
2018	19	18	6
2017	14	13	3
2016	23	22	7
2015	15	14	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	163	151	47

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Champaign County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 36 (1975)2024: 10

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Champaign County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	10
2023	17	14
2022	22	19
2021	22	22
2020	15	13
2019	6	6
2018	19	18
2017	14	13
2016	23	22
2015	15	14
2014	17	15
2013	18	17
2012	12	12
2011	12	12
2010	19	19
2009	12	11
2008	23	20
2007	19	18
2006	16	16
2005	18	15
2004	24	22
2003	25	21
2002	24	23
2001	26	22
2000	22	20
1999	17	15
1998	20	19
1997	12	12
1996	16	16
1995	35	24
1994	14	12
1993	15	12
1992	32	26
1991	26	22
1990	31	28
1989	25	21
1988	30	24
1987	20	19
1986	35	31
1985	21	19
1984	21	20
1983	25	22
1982	24	23
1981	19	16
1980	35	30
1979	29	25
1978	34	30
1977	28	21
1976	16	15
1975	36	33

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Champaign County beside Illinois and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Champaign County	Illinois	United States
2024	4.8	9.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	7.8	9.0	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Champaign County had 209,178 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Champaign County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Illinois
A driver recorded as drinkingof 151 fatal crashes	47	151 fatal crashes	31.1%	27.2%
A speeding-related driverof 151 fatal crashes	50	151 fatal crashes	33.1%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 110 occupant deaths with restraint use known	54	110 occupant deathswith restraint use known	49.1%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 163 deaths	21	163 deaths	12.9%	15.5%
Bicyclistsof 163 deaths	6	163 deaths	3.7%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 163 deaths	15	163 deaths	9.2%	13.3%
On a rural roadof 150 fatal crashes with the condition reported	80	150 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.3%	33.6%
In the darkof 150 fatal crashes with the condition reported	67	150 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.7%	48.7%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Champaign County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	6	1 or 2	5	4	17
Monday	1 or 2	4	11	0	16
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	4	6	14
Wednesday	0	5	5	10	20
Thursday	5	8	11	12	36
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	9	9	22
Saturday	11	0	7	7	25
All days	26	24	52	48	150

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Champaign County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Illinois
Interstate	28	18.7%	14.2%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.7%
Other principal arterial	27	18.0%	29.1%
Minor arterial	34	22.7%	24.5%
Major collector	32	21.3%	17.0%
Minor collector	4	2.7%	2.0%
Local	25	16.7%	12.5%
Not reported	1 or 2	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Champaign County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	75
Dark, not lighted	45
Dark, lighted	21
Dawn	3
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Champaign County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	128
Cloudy	3
Rain	10
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Champaign County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Champaign	In all of Illinois
Interstate 57	Interstate	17	223
Interstate 72	Interstate	3	29
Interstate 74	Interstate	8	88
State Route 47	State highway	5	50
State Route 130	State highway	5	30
US Route 45	US highway	16	130
US Route 136	US highway	3	28
US Route 150	US highway	9	66

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in Illinois

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Champaign County on the county map of Illinois

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 1016 counties
10 to 14.926 counties
15 to 19.927 counties
20 to 29.928 counties
30 or more5 counties
Champaign County: 7.8

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of Illinois

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Champaign County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Douglas County	Illinois	5	34	17.3
Ford County	Illinois	5	36	27.0
McLean County	Illinois	11	144	8.4
Piatt County	Illinois	5	25	15.1
Vermilion County	Illinois	8	115	15.3

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Illinois have a population nearest to that of Champaign County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
Illinois Department of TransportationThe highway safety office of Illinois.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Champaign County, Illinois: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/il/champaign/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

Embed this card on your site

Copy this code into your page. The card shows the figures above with their source. A line under the card links to this page.

<iframe src="https://fatalroads.com/embed/county/il/champaign/" title="Fatal crashes in Champaign County, Illinois" width="100%" height="300" style="border:0;max-width:640px" loading="lazy"></iframe>
<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:13px"><a href="https://fatalroads.com/county/il/champaign/">Fatal crashes in Champaign County, Illinois</a>, from fatalroads.com</p>

How embedding works. It is free. Keep the link in the card and the link line under it.

Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Champaign in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 166 deaths in Champaign County from 2005 to 2014. It records 163 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Champaign in 2024?

The rate of Champaign County in 2024 was 4.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Illinois was 9.3. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Champaign had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 47 of 151 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Champaign?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 66 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.