Kane County, Illinois: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 30 deaths in 29 fatal crashes in Kane County in 2024.

FARS records 344 deaths in 318 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 6.6 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, Kane County was number 6 of 102 counties of Illinois.

Deaths in Kane County rose by 10.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (312) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (344).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 11.0% of the fatal crashes in Kane 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 Kane 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.Kane County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	30	29	7
2023	48	43	16
2022	44	37	15
2021	42	39	9
2020	22	20	5
2019	32	31	11
2018	27	27	8
2017	31	29	6
2016	39	36	14
2015	29	27	8
2015 to 2024	344	318	99

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 70 (1977)2024: 30

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

Table 2.Kane County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	30	29
2023	48	43
2022	44	37
2021	42	39
2020	22	20
2019	32	31
2018	27	27
2017	31	29
2016	39	36
2015	29	27
2014	21	21
2013	29	27
2012	23	22
2011	24	24
2010	21	20
2009	30	28
2008	38	31
2007	35	30
2006	56	49
2005	35	32
2004	40	36
2003	45	39
2002	40	38
2001	45	42
2000	40	38
1999	41	38
1998	42	36
1997	28	24
1996	39	35
1995	34	33
1994	45	40
1993	39	36
1992	34	33
1991	40	37
1990	32	29
1989	51	50
1988	35	30
1987	55	45
1986	51	46
1985	56	52
1984	36	35
1983	39	36
1982	40	36
1981	57	52
1980	53	46
1979	53	48
1978	66	61
1977	70	58
1976	49	45
1975	63	51

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.Kane County beside Illinois and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Kane County	Illinois	United States
2024	5.7	9.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	6.6	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. Kane County had 523,430 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Kane County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Illinois
A driver recorded as drinkingof 318 fatal crashes	99	318 fatal crashes	31.1%	27.2%
A speeding-related driverof 318 fatal crashes	131	318 fatal crashes	41.2%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 202 occupant deaths with restraint use known	90	202 occupant deathswith restraint use known	44.6%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 344 deaths	43	344 deaths	12.5%	15.5%
Bicyclistsof 344 deaths	9	344 deaths	2.6%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 344 deaths	49	344 deaths	14.2%	13.3%
On a rural roadof 318 fatal crashes with the condition reported	35	318 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	11.0%	33.6%
In the darkof 317 fatal crashes with the condition reported	144	317 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.4%	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.Kane 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	12	5	16	15	48
Monday	15	10	13	11	49
Tuesday	6	9	10	12	37
Wednesday	9	9	7	12	37
Thursday	3	12	11	11	37
Friday	5	10	11	15	41
Saturday	20	14	19	14	67
All days	70	69	87	90	316

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.Kane County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Illinois
Interstate	20	6.3%	14.2%
Other freeways and expressways	3	0.9%	0.7%
Other principal arterial	102	32.1%	29.1%
Minor arterial	110	34.6%	24.5%
Major collector	29	9.1%	17.0%
Minor collector	8	2.5%	2.0%
Local	46	14.5%	12.5%
Not reported	0	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.Kane County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	162
Dark, not lighted	72
Dark, lighted	68
Dawn	7
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	4
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Kane County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	267
Cloudy	17
Rain	21
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	6
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Kane County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Kane	In all of Illinois
Interstate 88	Interstate	8	51
Interstate 90	Interstate	11	110
State Route 19	State highway	1 or 2	38
State Route 25	State highway	26	26
State Route 31	State highway	26	40
State Route 38	State highway	11	39
State Route 47	State highway	10	50
State Route 58	State highway	1 or 2	24
State Route 64	State highway	10	72
State Route 72	State highway	10	40
US Route 20	US highway	9	107
US Route 30	US highway	9	101

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.Kane 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
Kane County: 6.6

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 Kane County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cook County	Illinois	362	3,325	6.4
DeKalb County	Illinois	9	109	10.6
DuPage County	Illinois	56	424	4.6
Kendall County	Illinois	12	91	6.9
McHenry County	Illinois	27	228	7.4

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 Kane 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.

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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.

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Questions

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

FARS records 312 deaths in Kane County from 2005 to 2014. It records 344 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Kane in 2024?

The rate of Kane County in 2024 was 5.7 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 Kane had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 99 of 318 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 Kane?

12 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 132 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.