# Traffic fatalities in Illinois

Traffic fatalities in Illinois was 1,177 in 2024 (provisional). Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

- Indicator id: `traffic_fatalities`
- Place id: `us-state-17`
- 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), United States and states (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), United States and states. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/illinois
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=traffic_fatalities&place=us-state-17

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 1,177 (provisional) |
| 2023 | 1,241 |
| 2022 | 1,268 |
| 2021 | 1,334 |
| 2020 | 1,193 |
| 2019 | 1,009 |
| 2018 | 1,035 |
| 2017 | 1,090 |
| 2016 | 1,078 |
| 2015 | 998 |
| 2014 | 924 |
| 2013 | 991 |
| 2012 | 956 |
| 2011 | 918 |
| 2010 | 927 |
| 2009 | 911 |
| 2008 | 1,043 |
| 2007 | 1,248 |
| 2006 | 1,254 |
| 2005 | 1,363 |
| 2004 | 1,355 |
| 2003 | 1,454 |
| 2002 | 1,420 |
| 2001 | 1,414 |
| 2000 | 1,418 |
| 1999 | 1,456 |
| 1998 | 1,393 |
| 1997 | 1,397 |
| 1996 | 1,477 |
| 1995 | 1,586 |
| 1994 | 1,554 |
| 1993 | 1,392 |
| 1992 | 1,384 |
| 1991 | 1,448 |
| 1990 | 1,589 |
| 1989 | 1,748 |
| 1988 | 1,837 |
| 1987 | 1,654 |
| 1986 | 1,596 |
| 1985 | 1,534 |
| 1984 | 1,547 |
| 1983 | 1,526 |
| 1982 | 1,651 |
| 1981 | 1,821 |
| 1980 | 1,975 |
| 1979 | 2,017 |
| 1978 | 2,140 |
| 1977 | 2,126 |
| 1976 | 2,031 |
| 1975 | 2,041 |