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Where Chicago's pedestrian crashes concentrate
A small number of wide, high-volume arterials carry a disproportionate share of the city's pedestrian crashes. Long crossings, fast-moving traffic, and dense transit activity make corridors like Ashland, Western, and Cicerorecurring locations on Chicago's High Crash Network. Explore the documented high-crash locations below. Click any point for the street or intersection and why crashes cluster there.
Points are approximate locators placed along each named street or junction; they mark the location, not any individual crash. No per-location crash counts or rankings are implied.
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Why these locations are dangerous for pedestrians
- Wide crossings: multi-lane arterials leave pedestrians exposed for longer and give drivers more room to speed.
- High speeds: on fast arterials, the same crash is far more likely to be fatal or cause serious injury.
- Turning vehicles: drivers turning across a crosswalk on a green light are a leading cause of pedestrian strikes.
- Transit density: corridors with heavy bus ridership concentrate people crossing to and from stops.
If you walk in Chicago
- Cross at signalized intersections and use the walk phase — mid-block crossings on wide arterials are especially risky.
- Make eye contact with turning drivers before stepping off the curb, even when you have the walk signal.
- Watch for right-on-red and turning vehicles that may not be looking for people in the crosswalk.
- Stay visible after dark — many serious pedestrian crashes happen in low light on unlit arterials.
Source & methodology
- City of Chicago — Traffic Crashes dataset (Chicago Data Portal) and Vision Zero Chicago materials, which document where pedestrian crashes concentrate across the street network.
- Vision Zero identifies a High Crash Network by analyzing where fatal and serious-injury crashes cluster; the arterials shown fall on that network.
- Street and intersection names reflect those documented sources; marker coordinates are approximate locators placed along each named location.
- This map does not assign crash counts or rankings to individual points — it shows documented high-crash locations, not a ranked list.
For exact crash records and locations, consult the City of Chicago Traffic Crashes dataset directly.
Hurt while walking?
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