# Traffic fatalities in Cook County

Traffic fatalities in Cook County was 362 in 2024 (provisional). Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

- Indicator id: `traffic_fatalities`
- Place id: `us-county-17031`
- Unit: count
- Definition: People killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes during the year. FARS counts people who die within 30 days of a crash involving a motor vehicle travelling on a public road, by the place of the crash, not of residence.
- Note: A police-based count of deaths. It differs from death certificate counts (CDC) and from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate), which is modelled for international comparison.
- Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash (https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public information (US government work); may be distributed or copied
- Citation: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/cook-county-illinois
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=traffic_fatalities&place=us-county-17031

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 362 (provisional) |
| 2023 | 377 |
| 2022 | 399 |
| 2021 | 458 |
| 2020 | 371 |
| 2019 | 295 |
| 2018 | 268 |
| 2017 | 288 |
| 2016 | 268 |
| 2015 | 239 |
| 2014 | 235 |
| 2013 | 250 |
| 2012 | 270 |
| 2011 | 234 |
| 2010 | 236 |
| 2009 | 264 |
| 2008 | 272 |
| 2007 | 348 |
| 2006 | 362 |
| 2005 | 379 |
| 2004 | 351 |
| 2003 | 406 |
| 2002 | 427 |
| 2001 | 402 |
| 2000 | 449 |