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


Chicago Heights

TOTAL
CRASHES		 CRASHES
WITH INJURIES		 CRASHES
WITH FATALITIES
91 83 7

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
27
27
21
16
Crash rate per 1,000 pop. 0.89 0.89 0.69 0.53
Average rate 0.53 0.55 0.52 0.53
Crashes with injuries 26 25 20 12
Crashes with fatalities 1 2 1 3
PEDESTRIAN CRASHES
Total
16
19
17
14
Crash rate per 1,000 pop. 0.53 0.63 0.56 0.46
Average rate 0.26 0.30 0.29 0.31
Crashes with injuries 15 17 16 10
Crashes with fatalities 1 2 1 3
CYCLING CRASHES
Total
11
8
4
2
Crash rate per 1,000 pop. 0.36 0.26 0.13 0.07
Average rate 0.26 0.25 0.23 0.22
Crashes with injuries 11 8 4 2
Crashes with fatalities 0 0 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.