McLean County, Illinois: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in McLean County in 2024.

FARS records 144 deaths in 139 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.4 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, McLean County was number 15 of 102 counties of Illinois.

Deaths in McLean County rose by 5.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (136) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (144).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 53.2% of the fatal crashes in McLean 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 McLean 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.McLean County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	11	3
2023	22	22	5
2022	21	20	3
2021	13	12	4
2020	11	11	7
2019	14	14	4
2018	12	9	1 or 2
2017	11	11	6
2016	11	11	4
2015	18	18	6
2015 to 2024	144	139	43

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 34 (1979)2024: 11

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

Table 2.McLean County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	11
2023	22	22
2022	21	20
2021	13	12
2020	11	11
2019	14	14
2018	12	9
2017	11	11
2016	11	11
2015	18	18
2014	16	15
2013	10	10
2012	15	14
2011	10	9
2010	12	11
2009	14	12
2008	13	12
2007	20	20
2006	17	13
2005	9	9
2004	20	19
2003	20	16
2002	23	21
2001	10	10
2000	17	13
1999	13	12
1998	18	17
1997	14	13
1996	19	16
1995	18	17
1994	20	18
1993	14	13
1992	15	13
1991	18	17
1990	15	14
1989	27	24
1988	30	24
1987	23	19
1986	17	16
1985	19	17
1984	24	22
1983	20	16
1982	17	14
1981	26	24
1980	27	24
1979	34	25
1978	21	18
1977	30	24
1976	25	23
1975	27	23

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.McLean County beside Illinois and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	McLean County	Illinois	United States
2024	6.4	9.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.4	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. McLean County had 171,512 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.McLean County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Illinois
A driver recorded as drinkingof 139 fatal crashes	43	139 fatal crashes	30.9%	27.2%
A speeding-related driverof 139 fatal crashes	53	139 fatal crashes	38.1%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 85 occupant deaths with restraint use known	28	85 occupant deathswith restraint use known	32.9%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 144 deaths	18	144 deaths	12.5%	15.5%
Bicyclistsof 144 deaths	3	144 deaths	2.1%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 144 deaths	17	144 deaths	11.8%	13.3%
On a rural roadof 139 fatal crashes with the condition reported	74	139 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.2%	33.6%
In the darkof 136 fatal crashes with the condition reported	56	136 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.2%	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.McLean 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	7	3	1 or 2	6	18
Monday	1 or 2	7	8	7	24
Tuesday	1 or 2	9	7	6	23
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	13
Thursday	1 or 2	3	7	1 or 2	14
Friday	1 or 2	6	8	12	27
Saturday	4	1 or 2	9	5	19
All days	19	31	43	45	138

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.McLean County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Illinois
Interstate	42	30.2%	14.2%
Other freeways and expressways	6	4.3%	0.7%
Other principal arterial	28	20.1%	29.1%
Minor arterial	27	19.4%	24.5%
Major collector	18	12.9%	17.0%
Minor collector	3	2.2%	2.0%
Local	15	10.8%	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.McLean County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	75
Dark, not lighted	38
Dark, lighted	17
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.McLean County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	117
Cloudy	8
Rain	7
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 McLean County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In McLean	In all of Illinois
Interstate 39	Interstate	5	36
Interstate 55	Interstate	29	263
Interstate 74	Interstate	11	88
State Route 9	State highway	1 or 2	20
US Route 24	US highway	6	57
US Route 51	US highway	12	71
US Route 136	US highway	4	28
US Route 150	US highway	8	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.McLean 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
McLean County: 8.4

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 McLean County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Champaign County	Illinois	10	163	7.8
De Witt County	Illinois	1 or 2	23	14.7
Ford County	Illinois	5	36	27.0
Livingston County	Illinois	8	81	22.7
Logan County	Illinois	4	53	18.8
Piatt County	Illinois	5	25	15.1
Tazewell County	Illinois	16	116	8.8
Woodford County	Illinois	6	54	14.0

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 McLean 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 McLean in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 136 deaths in McLean County from 2005 to 2014. It records 144 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of McLean in 2024?

The rate of McLean County in 2024 was 6.4 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 McLean had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 43 of 139 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 McLean?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 77 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.