Public Accountability Report Public Accountability Report

2025 Traffic Safety
Mission Statement To formulate, coordinate and deliver information, services and programs which will mobilize public and private resources to establish effective public policy and integrated programs to improve highway safety in Illinois.
Program Goals and Objectives
  1. To improve highway safety for motorists and passengers.
    1. To carry out as many motor-carrier and hazmat compliance reviews/Notice of Apparent Violation (NAV) reviews as possible each year and issue appropriate citations as needed to ensure that commercial trucking firms comply with motor-carrier safety and hazardous materials (hazmat) safety regulations.
    2. Maintain occupant restraint usage rate at a minimum of 94% statewide by providing resources to our traffic safety partners.
    3. Increase overall awareness of occupant protection related traffic safety issues in Illinois.
    4. Provide resources to IDOT's traffic safety partners sufficient to reduce alcohol-related crash fatalities by at least 5 percent for fiscal year 2019 in Illinois.
    5. Increase overall awareness of alcohol-related traffic safety issues in Illinois
Source of Funds General Revenue Fund, Road Fund, Cycle Rider Safety Training Fund Statutory Authority 625 ILCS 5/1-100; 430 ILCS 30/
Fiscal Year 2026 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2025 Actual Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2024 Actual Fiscal Year 2023 Actual
Input Indicators
Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) $ 0.0 $ 0.0 $ 0.0 $ 0.0 $ 0.0
Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) $ 50,871.8 $ 49,151.7 $ 46,009.7 $ 44,887.5 $ 40,901.8
Average monthly full-time equivalents 68.0 66.0 73.0 68.0 61.0
Output Indicators
Commitments from law enforcement agencies within specified counties during mobilizations - Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant 233.0 198.0 205.0 204.0 206.0
Commitments from law enforcement agencies within specified counties during mobilizations (Speed Awareness) 40.0 46.0 50.0 30.0 14.0
Combined number of commitments from law enforcement agencies within specified counties during mobilizations (STEP, Speed) 273.0 244.0 255.0 234.0 220.0
Total commitments from law enforcement agencies during holiday mobilizations (grantees plus incentives agencies) STEP 273.0 244.0 255.0 234.0 220.0
Number of school bus inspections at testing stations 47,500 47,460 40,450 40,420 42,867
Number of non-scheduled school bus inspections 9,000 8,879 8,500 8,460 6,171
Number of motorcycle riders trained 9,600 5,287 6,675 3,350 6,902
Number of motor carrier compliance reviews (IDOT Officers only) 70.0 52.0 72.0 55.0 98.0
Number of motor carrier inspections (IDOT and Illinois State Police) 77,745 73,555 73,180 81,626 72,003
Outcome Indicators
Statewide fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in Illinois 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2
Statewide alcohol-related fatality rate per 100 million VMT in Illinois 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3
Statewide safety belt usage rate in Illinois 94.00% 93.00% 94.40% 92.40% 92.90%
Overall Illinois traffic fatalities 1,145 1,178 1,174 1,242 1,268
Alcohol-related fatalities in Illinois 255.0 248.0 248.0 288.0 292.0
Percentage of Illinoisans who have seen/heard “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” slogan 55.00% 54.00% 56.00% 55.00% N/A
Percentage of Illinoisans who have seen/heard about impaired driving during alcohol mobilizations 44.00% 43.00% 57.80% 56.90% N/A
Efficiency/Cost-Effectiveness Indicators
Percentage change in fatal crashes compared to previous 5-year average in Illinois -7.68% -2.01% -3.00% 7.00% 10.40%
Percentage change in traffic fatalities compared to previous 5-year average in Illinois -8.02% -2.77% -3.10% 6.10% 11.80%
Percentage change in alcohol-related fatal crashes compared to previous 5-year average in Illinois -10.40% -15.33% -1.90% -3.30% -4.80%

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