Route 1 Accident Today in Illinois

Accident News Reports

• Fatal Crash On Illinois Route 159 Claims Pedestrian's Life

  • Illinois
  • Northbound

  • source: Bing
  • 32 views
  • Mar 09, 2026 09:45am
  Fatal crash on Illinois Route 159 in Caseyville kills pedestrian, injures dog and driver; police investigate incident at Hollywood Heights Road intersection. Read More

• Nighttime Route 159 Crash In Caseyville Kills Pedestrian, Injures Dog

  • Illinois
  • Route

  • source: Bing
  • 22 views
  • Mar 09, 2026 07:10am
  A late-Saturday incident along Illinois Route 159 in Caseyville turned deadly when a northbound vehicle struck a pedestrian and a dog, authorities said. The collision happened near Hollywood Heights ... Read More

• Coroner identifies man, woman killed after car crashes head-on into semi-truck on Route 173 in Wadsworth

  • Illinois
  • Route 173

  • source: Bing
  • 74 views
  • Feb 27, 2026 08:31am
  173

  The coroner has released the identities of a man in his 50s and a woman in her 40s who both died when their car collided head-on into a semi-truck on Route 173 in Wadsworth Thursday. Read More

• Two killed in three-vehicle crash on Route 173 in Wadsworth: authorities

  • Illinois
  • Rt 173

  • source: Bing
  • 90 views
  • Feb 26, 2026 2:18pm
  Two people were killed in a three-vehicle crash in Wadsworth on Thursday, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office. Read More

• Sheriff says sedan at fault after crashing head-on into semi-truck, killing driver and passenger on Route 173 in Wadsworth

  • Illinois
  • Rt 173

  • source: Bing
  • 80 views
  • Feb 26, 2026 12:49pm
  The sheriff says a sedan is believed to be at fault after it drifted out of its lane and drove head-on into a semi-truck, killing a man and a woman in the sedan on Route 173 in Wadsworth Thursday ... Read More

• Early-Morning Horror: Two Killed As Car Slams Head-On Into Semi On Zion's Route 173

  • Illinois
  • State Route 173

  • source: Bing
  • 115 views
  • Feb 26, 2026 10:45am
  Two people were killed early Thursday when a car collided head-on with a semi-truck on Route 173 in Zion, a violent crash that also pulled a third vehicle into the wreckage and shut down a key stretch ... Read More

• 2 killed after head-on crash involving car, semi-truck on Route 173 near Zion

  • Illinois
  • Route 173

  • source: Bing
  • 78 views
  • Feb 26, 2026 06:33am
  173

  Two people were killed after a head-on crash between a semi-truck and a passenger car that has shut down Route 173 near Zion Thursday morning, the sheriff said. Read More

• Woman dies in car, semi wreck at Ill. Route 130

  • Illinois
  • Route 130

  • source: Bing
  • 19 views
  • Feb 22, 2026 7:04pm
  130

  GREENUP-A Casey woman was killed in a car and semi-tractor trailer crash Monday morning on Illinois Route 130 at Union Center Road in Cumberland County, Illinois State Police at District 12 reported. Read More

• Load spill on highway ramp at Godfrey

  • Illinois
  • Route 111

  • source: Bing
  • 26 views
  • Feb 17, 2026 11:25am
  111

  A tractor-trailer carrying grain crashed late Tuesday morning on the ramp from Route 111 to southbound 255 in Godfrey. Read More

• Semi-truck wreck closes Route 45 in Saline County

  • Illinois
  • S-route-45

  • source: Bing
  • 54 views
  • Feb 17, 2026 04:27am
  Both directions of U.S. Route 45 are closed Thursday morning following a semi-truck accident between Texas City Road and Illinois Route 141 ... Read More

• Illinois route 104 closed after a two-vehicle crash

  • Illinois
  • Route

  • source: Bing
  • 29 views
  • Feb 16, 2026 2:32pm
  The crash was reported at approximately 3:38 p.m. on Illinois Route 104 at Hunley Road, according to state police. The location is west of Auburn in Sangamon County. Preliminary information indicates ... Read More

• Illinois State Police Probe Fatal SIUE Police Pursuit Crash

  • Illinois
  • Edwardsville
  • IL-159

  • source: Bing
  • 35 views
  • Feb 16, 2026 12:02pm
  Illinois State Police investigate fatal SIUE police chase accident in Edwardsville after a high-speed crash into a business building on Illinois Route 159. Read More

Live Reports from the DOT's Twitter

• 16 hours ago

  TotalTrafficCHI

  Closed due to accident in #I-57 on I-57 SB at Route 116 (Exit 293), solid traffic back to Chebanse Interchange (Exit 302) #CHITraffic https://t.co/GCesNZoWap

• 17 hours ago

  TotalTrafficCHI

  Closed due to accident in #I-57 on I-57 SB at Route 116 (Exit 293) #CHITraffic https://t.co/GCesNZoWap

DOT Accident and Construction Reports

• Closed at IL-149/W Lincoln St/Hurst Rd - Closed.

  Road Closed

  TYPE: Miscellaneous

• Closed at IL-149/W Lincoln St/Hurst Rd - Closed. Subsidence. Danger.

  Road Closed

  TYPE: Construction Serious

• Jones Road to Landfill Road

  Road Closed

  TYPE: Miscellaneous Serious

• Closed at CR-18/Truax Traer Rd - Closed.

  Road Closed

  TYPE: Miscellaneous Serious

• Washington Street to Adkins Street

  Road Closed

  TYPE: Miscellaneous Serious

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