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IDOT Reports Uptick in Fatal Crashes on Illinois Roads

By Tony Collins Feb 22, 2024 | 6:35 AM

(Undated) – 2023 was a deadly year to be on Illinois roads. According to the Illinois Department of Transportation, there were twenty-nine more fatalities on state roadways in 2023 than in 2022 bringing the total for the year to twelve-hundred-seventy-five, reversing a trend that saw one hundred fewer fatalities in 2022. Officials blame distracted driving and driving while intoxicated for the increase.