MileCheck Highway Report

MileCheck Highway Report: Illinois, October 2026

Name: MileCheck Highway Report, October 2026: Illinois
Creator: MileCheck

by MileCheck · November 2, 2026

What Illinois's department of transportation (DOT) feed showed in October 2026. Part of the national MileCheck Highway Report, October 2026.

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How we got these numbers: These are unique alerts published by Illinois's department of transportation (DOT) feed, from a daily copy taken Oct. 1 through Oct. 31, 2026. Each alert is counted once. An alert posted and removed between two daily copies is not counted. Not all states report the same data, so compare each place with its own earlier months. Fire figures are as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific.

10crash alerts in October

131closure alerts

420roadwork alerts

1wildfire record, as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific

Crashes

Illinois's road feed carried 10 crash alerts in October.

Routes with the most crash alerts

IL-83 — 3
I-55 — 2
US-14 — 1

Closures and roadwork

131 closures and 420 roadwork records were on Illinois's feed in October, out of 876 alerts of all types.

Routes with the most alerts in Illinois

I-90 — 123
I-294 — 111
I-88 — 65
I-355 — 64
I-55 — 61

Compared with earlier months

Unique alerts on Illinois's feed in each full month MileCheck has.

By month

September — 1,150 alerts: 18 crashes, 283 closures, 520 roadwork
October — 876 alerts: 10 crashes, 131 closures, 420 roadwork

Wildfires

The national wildfire feed listed 1 fire record in Illinois as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific.

Largest fires, as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific

Blake (Williamson County), 0 acres, containment not published

Thank you to the firefighters and crews who worked these fires all season.

Live fire perimeters are at milecheckapp.com/fire.

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