Illinois Car Accidents

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department is currently on scene of a vegetation fire near Highway 154 after a vehicle went off the side of the road.[...]

Recent statewide auto theft and carjacking prevention task force funding led to thousands of investigations, hundreds of arrests and millions of dollars in recovered vehicles, the Illinois Secretary ...[...]

The Greater Peoria Auto Crimes Task Force received a $1.5 million grant by Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias to beef up investigations into vehicle thefts and carjackings. '?In fiscal year ...[...]

Milling and asphalt work on U.S. 67 in Alton, Illinois, is causing significant delays for motorists.[...]

Dorothy Roberts, a prominent voice in favor of dismantling the child welfare system, has been named to the 2024 class of MacArthur Fellows.[...]

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Tuesday that auto theft investigators have arrested hundreds of suspects and recovered millions of dollars in recovered vehicles in 2024.[...]

Kendall Guyton, 29, of Joliet, Illinois, was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for sex trafficking multiple women. Guyton recruited and exploited vulnerable women from 2017 to 2020, using ...[...]

Henry '?Hank'? Souders, 19, of Oak Park died on Sept. 21, 2024, victim of a traffic accident on the Southern Illinois University campus in Carbondale. He was heading to work as a certified motorcycle ...[...]

The Mayor of Shreveport released a statement on Officer Matthew Rhoden who lost his life after an off-duty car accident.[...]

A Joliet man was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for sex trafficking multiple victims, including minors, using violence, drugs, and coercion.[...]

One person is dead and several others were injured after a vehicle fleeing a traffic stop hit an SUV and slammed into a building in Chicago's McKinley Park neighborhood on Tuesday morning.[...]

A man has been charged with Reckless Homicide for causing the death of a 44-year-old unidentified woman in a car crash on Saturday, according to Belvidere Police.[...]

The driver of a Lexus was pronounced dead, and two other people, including his passenger were injured overnight in an accident in the McKinley Park neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly ...[...]

GIBSON CO., Ind. (WFIE) - In Gibson County, flooding in the southeast is impacting Toyota Boshoku. Officials shared on their Facebook page that the weather has affected many of the suppliers in the ...[...]

One man in Danville wants to see change after new data from the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) shows Black drivers were more likely to be pulled over than others.[...]

The work is scheduled to be complete in late-October, weather permitting. The road will remain open to traffic in both directions. Business and resident access will remain open, but turns on and off ...[...]

A brush fire burning Monday afternoon in unincorporated area west of Beaumont has snarled commuter traffic. The fire was reported at 3:02 p.m. near eastbound state Route 60 at Jack Rabbit Trail.[...]

Speed cushions were installed in September 2024 on Dual Highway as part of temporary traffic safety calming measures being studied. Video Sept. 28.[...]

30-A 60-year-old woman from Danville, Illinois, pleaded guilty Monday to trafficking fentanyl ... The convictions stem from a search warrant served March 20, 2023, at 2406 W. Perkins St. by the Ozarks ...[...]

In an effort to curb reckless driving, the city of Milwaukee is adding traffic calming measures and protected bike lanes to from N. Humboldt Boulevard to N. Prospect Avenue. Local bu ...[...]

A Gary teen is one of three young men arrested and charged in a carjacking in Downers Grove, Illinois, according to a release from ... the Charger crashed at Route 83 in Hinsdale. After crashing, four ...[...]

Police in suburban Chicago have recovered a 16-year-old reported missing in Woodford County and arrested a man accused of trafficking them for sex. The Cook County Sheriff's Office said that Tervon ...[...]

Northbound traffic will be detoured at East 8th Street to Mulberry to Parham and back to Cedar. Marquette will be closed between 3rd and 4th Street to reconstruct the intersection at 3rd and Marquette ...[...]

An Illinois man is dead after a two-car highway crash south of Brodhead.  The Green County Sheriff's Office says a car driven by a 23-year-old man from Lena, was traveling south on County T at about 2 ...[...]

The group '?Students for Environmental Concerns'? marched across campus, Friday afternoon, and down Green Street before stopping at the Alma Mater statue. Organizers called for University of Illinois ...[...]

An estimated 150 cars participated in the "Trump Train Patriot Rally" in which vehicles and motorcycles decorated in pro-Trump materials paraded themselves from Detweiller Park to Expo Gardens, where ...[...]

GRANT COUNTY, Wash. -- A crash blocked traffic along State Route 17 on Sunday afternoon, according to Grant County Sheriff's Office. Around 11:30 a.m. on September 29, a crash on SR-17, near mile post ...[...]

Evanston police said the teen was driving a vehicle that collided with another car Saturday morning at around at 1 a.m. near Lincoln and Ridge. The impact caused the other vehicle to flip upside down.[...]

One person is dead after an overnight shooting following a traffic accident in West Town, Chicago police say. According to police, the victim was involved in a crash with the driver of a ...[...]

Evanston police expect to file drunken driving charges against a 19-year-old driver involved in a crash early Saturday. Around 1 a.m., a car headed north on Ridge Avenue slammed into a car headed west on Lincoln Street.[...]

Officials in Pulaski County, Illinois are warning drivers of a traffic hazard near Mounds.According to the Pulaski Co. Sheriff's Office, Shumaker Road from Valley Rd. to Meridian Rd. is closed due to ...[...]

The outbound lanes of I-290 were closed between Mannheim and Wolf roads for the investigation. LIVE TRAFFIC: Check out conditions on our live traffic map Illinois State Police said they responded to a ...[...]

Danville Police stopped Black drivers five times more than white drivers for routine traffic stops, according to a 2023 report from the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT).[...]

Weather permitting, Route 30 and the bridge carrying northbound and southbound Route 222 over the highway will be closed at 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25. The closure is expected to remain in place ...[...]

Dead standstill for the last 35 minutes [...]

Stopped traffic south of rockford[...]

Stopped for over an hour[...]

Cant see anything but the southbound highway is at a complete dead stop. Traffic on Waze is showing a huge and growing backup.[...]

Traffic @ standstill[...]

Standstill traffic[...]

Complete standstill, cant see around all of the 18 wheelers so dont know why we are stopped (been stopped since 6:35am)[...]

Traffic stopped[...]

Standtill for an HOUR, help [...]

Traffic at a standstill[...]

Complete standstill for over an hour. [...]