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


Uninc. Cook County

TOTAL
CRASHES		 CRASHES
WITH INJURIES		 CRASHES
WITH FATALITIES
188 168 9

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
52
48
48
40
Crash rate per 1,000 pop. N/A N/A N/A N/A
Average rate 0.53 0.55 0.52 0.53
Crashes with injuries 48 42 41 37
Crashes with fatalities 0 3 5 1
PEDESTRIAN CRASHES
Total
28
25
24
28
Crash rate per 1,000 pop. N/A N/A N/A N/A
Average rate 0.26 0.30 0.29 0.31
Crashes with injuries 25 24 18 25
Crashes with fatalities 0 1 5 1
CYCLING CRASHES
Total
24
23
24
12
Crash rate per 1,000 pop. N/A N/A N/A N/A
Average rate 0.26 0.25 0.23 0.22
Crashes with injuries 23 18 23 12
Crashes with fatalities 0 2 0 0

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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.