Perilous Passage
Pedestrian and cyclist crashes in the suburbs, 2012-2015
| TOTAL CRASHES |
CRASHES WITH INJURIES |
CRASHESWITH FATALITIES |
|---|---|---|
| 9,868 | 9,290 | 250 |
Note: Suburban totals include unincorporated areas. Data from Chicago is included in the map and list below.
Among the municipalities the Daily Herald examined, the number of total crashes between vehicles and pedestrians or cyclists closely tracks population. The more people in a town, the higher the number of crashes.
But for total fatalities in the years examined (2012-2015), half of municipalities with five or more fatalities were not among the top 10 in population. Nor were Des Plaines, Skokie, Chicago Heights and Oak Lawn among the top 10 municipalities for any of the years examined when calculated by rate of crashes per 1,000. Harvey was among the top 10 total crash rates once, in 2012.
To learn more about these and the other towns examined, select the town in the interactive map or find it in the searchable, sortable list below.
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Towns with five or more crashes with fatalities, crashes with injuries. Towns with fewer than five crashes with fatalities, crashes with injuries.
Towns with crashes with injuries only.
No data available.
Note: South Barrington reported one crash with a fatality, but no crashes with injuries.
The map below is interactive. Click or touch a town to see more.