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Illinois fatal crash statistics by county

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FARS records 1,177 deaths in 1,085 fatal crashes in Illinois in 2024.

In 2024 the rate is 9.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in Illinois and 11.5 in the United States.

In 2024 the rate is 1.13 deaths for each 100 million vehicle-miles in Illinois and 1.19 in the United States.

By deaths for each 100,000 residents in 2024, Illinois was number 38 of 51, the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Deaths in Illinois fell by 5.2% from 2023 to 2024. In the United States they fell by 4.3%.

From 2015 to 2024, a speeding-related driver was recorded in 36.5% of fatal crashes in Illinois and 27.2% in the United States.

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 .

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

Figure 1.Deaths in Illinois by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 2 has the numbers. Go to the table

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

County map

Figure 2.Counties of Illinois by deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024
Adams County: 10.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearAlexander County: 44.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBond County: 22.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBoone County: 12.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBrown County: 7.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBureau County: 25.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCalhoun County: 10.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCarroll County: 16.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCass County: 15.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearChampaign County: 7.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearChristian County: 19.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearClark County: 23.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearClay County: 19.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearClinton County: 16.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearColes County: 15.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCook County: 6.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCrawford County: 13.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCumberland County: 28.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDeKalb County: 10.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDe Witt County: 14.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDouglas County: 17.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDuPage County: 4.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearEdgar County: 18.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearEdwards County: 12.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearEffingham County: 22.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFayette County: 24.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFord County: 27.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFranklin County: 20.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFulton County: 16.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGallatin County: 24.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGreene County: 18.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGrundy County: 16.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHamilton County: 18.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHancock County: 10.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHardin County: 21.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHenderson County: 24.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHenry County: 10.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearIroquois County: 35.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJackson County: 16.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJasper County: 23.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJefferson County: 20.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJersey County: 18.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJo Daviess County: 20.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJohnson County: 18.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearKane County: 6.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearKankakee County: 15.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearKendall County: 6.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearKnox County: 13.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLake County: 6.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLaSalle County: 17.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLawrence County: 24.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLee County: 13.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLivingston County: 22.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLogan County: 18.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMcDonough County: 8.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMcHenry County: 7.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMcLean County: 8.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMacon County: 13.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMacoupin County: 12.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMadison County: 13.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMarion County: 19.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMarshall County: 21.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMason County: 23.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMassac County: 19.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMenard County: 12.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMercer County: 9.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMonroe County: 10.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMontgomery County: 26.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMorgan County: 14.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMoultrie County: 13.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearOgle County: 14.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPeoria County: 9.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPerry County: 11.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPiatt County: 15.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPike County: 26.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPope County: 30.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPulaski County: 30.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPutnam County: 24.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRandolph County: 20.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRichland County: 17.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRock Island County: 7.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSt. Clair County: 14.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSaline County: 17.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSangamon County: 10.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSchuyler County: 29.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearScott County: 24.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearShelby County: 21.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearStark County: 29.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearStephenson County: 12.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearTazewell County: 8.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearUnion County: 24.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearVermilion County: 15.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWabash County: 9.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWarren County: 16.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWashington County: 41.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWayne County: 20.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWhite County: 18.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWhiteside County: 14.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWill County: 8.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWilliamson County: 15.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWinnebago County: 10.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWoodford County: 14.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year

  • Fewer than 1016 counties
  • 10 to 14.926 counties
  • 15 to 19.927 counties
  • 20 to 29.928 counties
  • 30 or more5 counties

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.

In words: 16 counties have a rate of fewer than 10; 26 counties have a rate of 10 to 14.9; 27 counties have a rate of 15 to 19.9; 28 counties have a rate of 20 to 29.9; 5 counties have a rate of 30 or more. Table 1 has the rate of each county.

Counties

Table 1.Illinois: deaths and rate of each county, in name order
CountyResidentsDeaths, 2024Deaths, 2015 to 2024For each 100,000 residents in a year
Adams County64,2161 or 26910.5
Alexander County4,61132544.9
Bond County16,60033822.8
Boone County53,52666512.2
Brown County6,4381 or 257.7
Bureau County32,51948425.5
Calhoun County4,3100510.9
Carroll County15,4681 or 22516.6
Cass County12,5301 or 22015.8
Champaign County209,178101637.8
Christian County33,44276419.2
Clark County15,14133723.9
Clay County12,84552519.0
Clinton County37,08836016.1
Coles County46,573127415.0
Cook County5,188,7913623,3256.4
Crawford County18,62152613.9
Cumberland County10,2781 or 23028.4
De Witt County15,2441 or 22314.7
DeKalb County100,621910910.6
Douglas County19,84853417.3
DuPage County932,651564244.6
Edgar County16,38253218.8
Edwards County5,9871 or 2812.8
Effingham County34,54177622.1
Fayette County20,9541 or 25324.8
Ford County13,32653627.0
Franklin County36,95437920.7
Fulton County32,80765616.4
Gallatin County4,6831 or 21224.3
Greene County11,3931 or 22318.6
Grundy County53,72198816.9
Hamilton County7,8611 or 21518.6
Hancock County16,9361 or 21910.8
Hardin County3,6010821.2
Henderson County6,0311 or 21624.6
Henry County48,1931 or 25010.2
Iroquois County26,22269535.0
Jackson County52,682139316.8
Jasper County9,0491 or 22223.5
Jefferson County36,11297820.9
Jersey County21,15553918.1
Jo Daviess County21,65604520.7
Johnson County13,3471 or 22418.6
Kane County523,430303446.6
Kankakee County105,8142316615.3
Kendall County143,12512916.9
Knox County47,96486513.1
Lake County718,490504726.7
LaSalle County107,8752918617.1
Lawrence County13,76733724.4
Lee County32,85104613.6
Livingston County35,18488122.7
Logan County27,21945318.8
Macon County99,9491313613.1
Macoupin County43,91755412.0
Madison County263,3173934413.0
Marion County36,50137419.8
Marshall County11,5711 or 22521.4
Mason County12,4891 or 23123.5
Massac County13,6161 or 22719.2
McDonough County26,1150238.0
McHenry County315,730272287.4
McLean County171,512111448.4
Menard County11,92441512.3
Mercer County15,2921 or 2149.0
Monroe County35,10533710.7
Montgomery County27,83747426.0
Morgan County32,63964814.3
Moultrie County14,44232013.8
Ogle County51,27437514.6
Peoria County178,541201809.9
Perry County20,37632411.5
Piatt County16,64252515.1
Pike County14,2861 or 24026.5
Pope County3,7171 or 21230.2
Pulaski County4,8831 or 21630.4
Putnam County5,6171 or 21424.7
Randolph County29,870116420.6
Richland County15,36842817.9
Rock Island County141,591111037.2
Saline County22,83044117.4
Sangamon County194,0362121210.8
Schuyler County6,72362029.1
Scott County4,8891 or 21224.1
Shelby County20,55464521.2
St. Clair County251,3754537114.4
Stark County5,2691 or 21629.8
Stephenson County43,42245412.1
Tazewell County129,982161168.8
Union County16,83244224.7
Vermilion County71,456811515.3
Wabash County11,0261 or 2119.7
Warren County16,11602816.7
Washington County13,57965841.9
Wayne County15,8831 or 23320.4
White County13,44932618.9
Whiteside County54,42377914.2
Will County708,980585638.1
Williamson County67,0741010615.8
Winnebago County282,9652730810.8
Woodford County38,19865414.0

Note: the rate is for the ten years 2015 to 2024. Residents: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. A count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2", and no rate is given for it.

Download: the deaths and fatal crashes of each county by year, 1975 to 2024 (CSV)

Each year

Figure 3.Deaths in Illinois by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 2,140 (1978)2024: 1,177

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

Table 2.Illinois: deaths, fatal crashes and rates by year, 1975 to 2024
YearDeathsFatal crashesFor each 100,000 residentsFor each 100 million vehicle-miles
20241,1771,0859.31.13
20231,2411,1439.81.21
20221,2681,14710.11.22
20211,3341,21010.51.37
20201,1931,0869.31.27
20191,0099388.00.94
20181,0359518.10.96
20171,0909988.51.01
20161,0781,0008.41.00
20159989147.80.95
20149248457.2n/a
20139918957.7n/a
20129568867.4n/a
20119188357.1n/a
20109278587.2n/a
20099118327.1n/a
20081,0439508.2n/a
20071,2481,1269.8n/a
20061,2541,1369.9n/a
20051,3631,23310.8n/a
20041,3551,22410.8n/a
20031,4541,30811.6n/a
20021,4201,27311.3n/a
20011,4141,27411.3n/a
20001,4181,27411.4n/a
19991,4561,295n/an/a
19981,3931,241n/an/a
19971,3971,261n/an/a
19961,4771,312n/an/a
19951,5861,402n/an/a
19941,5541,395n/an/a
19931,3921,250n/an/a
19921,3841,249n/an/a
19911,4481,289n/an/a
19901,5891,430n/an/a
19891,7481,545n/an/a
19881,8371,666n/an/a
19871,6541,483n/an/a
19861,5961,449n/an/a
19851,5341,364n/an/a
19841,5471,385n/an/a
19831,5261,379n/an/a
19821,6511,475n/an/a
19811,8211,642n/an/a
19801,9751,776n/an/a
19792,0171,777n/an/a
19782,1401,877n/an/a
19772,1261,873n/an/a
19762,0311,781n/an/a
19752,0411,823n/an/a

Note: each year is a link to the page of that year. The rate for residents starts in 2000. The rate for vehicle-miles starts in 2015.

Two rates

One rate divides the deaths by the residents. The other rate divides the deaths by the miles that vehicles travel in the state.

Table 3.Illinois beside the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents and for each 100 million vehicle-miles
RatePeriodIllinoisUnited States
For each 100,000 residents20249.311.5
For each 100,000 residents2015 to 2024, in a year9.011.8
For each 100 million vehicle-miles20241.131.19
For each 100 million vehicle-miles2015 to 20241.101.23

Residents: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Illinois had 12,703,033 residents in 2024.

Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, table VM-2. Illinois had 104,290 million vehicle-miles in 2024. Table VM-2 of 2024

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Illinois: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
FactorCountCounted amongShareShare in the United States
A driver recorded as drinkingof 10,472 fatal crashes2,84710,472 fatal crashes26.3%
A speeding-related driverof 10,472 fatal crashes3,82510,472 fatal crashes27.2%
No restraint usedof 6,274 occupant deaths with restraint use known2,9356,274 occupant deathswith restraint use known49.0%
Pedestriansof 11,423 deaths1,77011,423 deaths17.1%
Bicyclistsof 11,423 deaths28611,423 deaths2.4%
Motorcyclistsof 11,423 deaths1,52011,423 deaths14.5%
On a rural roadof 10,443 fatal crashes with the condition reported3,51110,443 fatal crasheswith the condition reported42.7%
In the darkof 10,391 fatal crashes with the condition reported5,06410,391 fatal crasheswith the condition reported49.2%

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 .

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Illinois: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
WeekdayMidnight to 6 a.m.6 a.m. to noonNoon to 6 p.m.6 p.m. to midnightAll
Sunday5832424295071,761
Monday2802914353831,389
Tuesday1912433793641,177
Wednesday2032963793951,273
Thursday2032904234541,370
Friday2682934825271,570
Saturday5143154286271,884
All days2,2421,9702,9553,25710,424

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.Illinois: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function classFatal crashesShareShare in the United States
Interstate1,47914.2%12.6%
Other freeways and expressways720.7%4.4%
Other principal arterial3,04129.1%29.8%
Minor arterial2,56124.5%22.1%
Major collector1,77617.0%15.5%
Minor collector2082.0%3.4%
Local1,30612.5%12.2%
Not reported29n/an/a

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

Routes

76 signed routes in Illinois have a page. A route page needs 20 or more fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024.

All routes in Illinois

Interstate routes

Official channels

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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. Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, table VM-2. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to .

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Illinois in ten years?

FARS records 11,423 deaths in 10,472 fatal crashes in Illinois from 2015 to 2024. It records 10,535 deaths from 2005 to 2014.

What part of the deaths in the United States was in Illinois?

Illinois had 1,177 of the 39,254 deaths in the United States in 2024. That is 3.0 percent.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 2,847 of 10,472 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. It records a speeding-related driver in 3,825 of them.

How many pages does Illinois have?

Illinois has 102 county pages, 76 route pages and one page for each year from 1975 to 2024.