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Pedestrian Fatalities

CPD and CDOT records indicate that drivers fatally struck at least 28 pedestrians and 5 bike riders on Chicago streets in 2024

This post includes summaries of 2024 pedestrian and bike fatality cases on surface streets within the city of Chicago that Streetsblog has not previously covered.

January 21, 2025

Recent pedestrian fatality cases on Chicago streets (October edition)

Streetsblog updated our our map and list of 2024 Chicago pedestrian fatality cases to help make sure they are up-to-date. We may add additional info in the future.

October 25, 2024

Recent pedestrian fatality cases on Chicago streets

Streetsblog updated our our map and list of 2024 Chicago pedestrian fatality cases to help make sure they are up-to-date. We may add additional info in the future.

September 5, 2024

Driver of pickup with high front end fatally struck Xyaire Askew, 4, Sunday evening in Avalon Park

The driver said he didn't see the boy before running him over, possibly due in part to the design of his vehicle.

June 5, 2024

Hit-and-run pickup driver struck and killed Jiekun Xu, 68, on Pulaski Road where traffic deaths are common

Jiekun Xu was the fourth pedestrian or bike rider fatally struck on Chicago's Pulaski Road in less than a year.

February 10, 2024

Woman, 57, fatally struck by hit-and-run SUV driver is third pedestrian killed near one-mile stretch of Congress in Garfield Park in three months

This fatality took place one day after an off-duty police officer struck and killed a female pedestrian in River North.

December 12, 2023