Peoria County, Illinois: fatal crash statistics

Counties of Illinois by year (CSV)Cite this page

FARS records 20 deaths in 16 fatal crashes in Peoria County in 2024.

FARS records 180 deaths in 166 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 9.9 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, Peoria County was number 12 of 102 counties of Illinois.

Deaths in Peoria County rose by 15.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (156) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (180).

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

From 2015 to 2024, motorcyclists were 20.6% of the deaths in Peoria County and 13.3% 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 Peoria 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.Peoria County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	20	16	5
2023	16	15	3
2022	20	20	7
2021	22	21	5
2020	26	23	7
2019	11	10	3
2018	20	19	7
2017	13	13	7
2016	16	15	4
2015	16	14	6
2015 to 2024	180	166	54

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 42 (1981)2024: 20

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

Table 2.Peoria County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	20	16
2023	16	15
2022	20	20
2021	22	21
2020	26	23
2019	11	10
2018	20	19
2017	13	13
2016	16	15
2015	16	14
2014	19	19
2013	19	17
2012	13	12
2011	10	9
2010	19	19
2009	15	14
2008	14	14
2007	18	18
2006	17	17
2005	12	11
2004	40	36
2003	19	19
2002	11	10
2001	15	15
2000	24	24
1999	24	24
1998	28	24
1997	16	16
1996	25	24
1995	27	24
1994	25	24
1993	33	32
1992	19	16
1991	31	29
1990	26	25
1989	22	21
1988	33	27
1987	15	15
1986	20	18
1985	15	14
1984	15	15
1983	9	9
1982	23	23
1981	42	35
1980	31	30
1979	30	26
1978	33	33
1977	27	23
1976	40	37
1975	34	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.Peoria County beside Illinois and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Peoria County	Illinois	United States
2024	11.2	9.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	9.9	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. Peoria County had 178,541 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Peoria County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Illinois
A driver recorded as drinkingof 166 fatal crashes	54	166 fatal crashes	32.5%	27.2%
A speeding-related driverof 166 fatal crashes	59	166 fatal crashes	35.5%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 90 occupant deaths with restraint use known	45	90 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.0%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 180 deaths	22	180 deaths	12.2%	15.5%
Bicyclistsof 180 deaths	7	180 deaths	3.9%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 180 deaths	37	180 deaths	20.6%	13.3%
On a rural roadof 166 fatal crashes with the condition reported	59	166 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	35.5%	33.6%
In the darkof 165 fatal crashes with the condition reported	92	165 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	55.8%	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.Peoria 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	11	1 or 2	10	8	31
Monday	6	3	10	4	23
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	7	5	18
Wednesday	1 or 2	0	3	10	14
Thursday	1 or 2	3	6	3	14
Friday	3	6	5	8	22
Saturday	9	4	9	21	43
All days	34	22	50	59	165

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.Peoria County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Illinois
Interstate	12	7.2%	14.2%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.2%	0.7%
Other principal arterial	55	33.1%	29.1%
Minor arterial	41	24.7%	24.5%
Major collector	33	19.9%	17.0%
Minor collector	3	1.8%	2.0%
Local	20	12.0%	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.Peoria County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	68
Dark, not lighted	49
Dark, lighted	38
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	5
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Peoria County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	142
Cloudy	6
Rain	8
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	4

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Peoria County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Peoria	In all of Illinois
Interstate 74	Interstate	10	88
State Route 29	State highway	17	58
State Route 40	State highway	17	39
State Route 78	State highway	3	23
State Route 116	State highway	8	26
US Route 24	US highway	7	57
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.Peoria 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
Peoria County: 9.9

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 Peoria County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Fulton County	Illinois	6	56	16.4
Knox County	Illinois	8	65	13.1
Marshall County	Illinois	1 or 2	25	21.4
Stark County	Illinois	1 or 2	16	29.8
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 Peoria 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. Peoria County, Illinois: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/il/peoria/. 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/peoria/" title="Fatal crashes in Peoria 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/peoria/">Fatal crashes in Peoria 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 Peoria in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 156 deaths in Peoria County from 2005 to 2014. It records 180 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Peoria in 2024?

The rate of Peoria County in 2024 was 11.2 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 Peoria had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 54 of 166 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 Peoria?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 70 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.