PERILOUS PASSAGE | Pedestrian and cyclist crashes in the suburbs, 2012-2015


Chicago

TOTAL
CRASHES		 CRASHES
WITH INJURIES		 CRASHES
WITH FATALITIES
17957 16835 178

Total crash rate per 1,000 population


Total crashes is the sum of cyclist and pedestrian crashes for each year. Rate per 1,000 for each municipality calculated using American Community Survey 5-year population estimates. Average rate is average of all municipalities examined.


2012 2013 2014 2015
ALL CRASHES
Total
4464
4526
4309
4658
Crash rate per 1,000 pop. 1.65 1.67 1.59 1.71
Average rate 0.53 0.55 0.52 0.53
Crashes with injuries 4245 4196 4008 4386
Crashes with fatalities 54 31 41 52
PEDESTRIAN CRASHES
Total
2867
2796
2655
2921
Crash rate per 1,000 pop. 1.06 1.03 0.98 1.07
Average rate 0.26 0.30 0.29 0.31
Crashes with injuries 2750 2622 2483 2727
Crashes with fatalities 46 28 35 44
CYCLING CRASHES
Total
1597
1730
1654
1737
Crash rate per 1,000 pop. 0.59 0.64 0.61 0.64
Average rate 0.26 0.25 0.23 0.22
Crashes with injuries 1495 1574 1525 1659
Crashes with fatalities 8 3 6 8

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Daily Herald web app by Tim Broderick tbroderick@dailyherald.com. Source: Illinois Department of Transportation, Bureau of Safety Programs and Engineering.
Data of motor vehicle crashes involving pedestrians and cyclists for the years 2012-2015. Not every town in the six-county area around Chicago was included, and not every town included had stats for each year.
All files and data are available at our github site. A look of how we examined the data can be found here. App based on First News App by Ben Welsh.