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Two public records. The Census Bureau estimates Chicago has about 2,731,585 residents. The federal crash census (NHTSA FARS) counts 2,038 fatal crashes in Cook County and DuPage County from 2020 to 2024, the most in 2021 (461). Those are county-wide counts, not Chicago alone. Neither figure says an attorney is available here, and neither indicates what any particular case is worth.

Chicago has a population of about 2,731,585 (US Census Bureau, Population Estimates).

2,038 fatal traffic crashes were reported in Cook County and DuPage County between 2020 and 2024 (NHTSA FARS — Fatality Analysis Reporting System). This counts crashes across the whole county, not this city alone, and is not a prediction about any claim. Source

How many fatal crashes happen each year in the counties Chicago sits in?

Fatal traffic crashes reported in Cook County and DuPage County, by year (NHTSA FARS — Fatality Analysis Reporting System). County-wide counts, not this city alone, and not a prediction about any claim.
Year	Fatal crashes	Deaths	Pedestrians killed
2020	385	420	125
2021	461	504	171
2022	402	437	143
2023	403	425	143
2024	387	418	137

When and where did those crashes happen?

1,179 of the 2,038 fatal crashes (58%) happened after dark.
14 of the 2,038 fatal crashes (1%) happened on roads classed as rural.
92 of the 2,038 fatal crashes (5%) began with a cyclist being struck.

NHTSA FARS — Fatality Analysis Reporting System, 2020–2024, across Cook County and DuPage County. "After dark" is the crash report's light condition; "rural" is the road's classification, not the city's; a cyclist is counted only when being struck was the first harmful event. Source

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