MileCheck Highway Report

MileCheck Highway Report: Illinois, September 2026

by MileCheck · October 1, 2026

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

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How we got these numbers: These counts come from a daily copy of Illinois's department of transportation (DOT) feed, Sept. 1 through Sept. 30, 2026. Each alert was counted once. An alert posted and removed between two daily copies is not counted. Not all states report the same data. Fire figures are as of Sept. 30, 4 PM Pacific.

18crashes reported in September

284closures on the feed

521roadwork records on the feed

1wildfires on the national list, as of Sept. 30, 4 PM Pacific

Crashes

18 crashes were reported in Illinois in September.

Routes with the most crash alerts

IL-53 — 3
US-41 — 1
I-94 — 1

Closures and roadwork

284 closures and 521 roadwork records were on Illinois's feed in September, out of 1,152 alerts of all types.

The routes with the most alerts were I-90, I-294 and I-88.

Wildfires

Illinois had 1 fire on the national wildfire list as of Sept. 30, 4 PM Pacific.

Largest fires, as of Sept. 30, 4 PM Pacific

Red Bud Lane (Pope 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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MileCheck Highway Report: Illinois, September 2026

Crashes

Closures and roadwork

Wildfires

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