Michigan Traffic Crash Statistics: County by County

In 2025, Michigan recorded 290,221 reported traffic crashes, with 1,065 people killed and 70,591 people injured. This dated snapshot combines official Michigan State Police (MSP) and Michigan Traffic Crash Facts (MTCF) publications: statewide totals, a 2021–2025 trend and 14 selected county profiles. It is not a live feed or all-county ranking.

Crashes and people are different counts. The statewide total includes 1,002 fatal crashes and 50,774 injury crashes; a single crash can involve several people. The 5,631 suspected serious injuries count people. County A-injury crash counts instead classify crashes by their most severe injury. A police injury category is not a legal determination of eligibility for damages.

What changed from 2024 to 2025

• Reported crashes increased by 1,341, from 288,880 to 290,221. Fatalities decreased by 34, from 1,099 to 1,065; injured people decreased by 725, from 71,316 to 70,591. These totals do not explain the causes of change.
• Alcohol-involved crashes numbered 8,335, with 264 fatalities. That is 24.8% of all traffic deaths, calculated as 264 ÷ 1,065 and rounded. MSP recorded 14,018 crashes involving a distracted driver, with 44 fatalities. Involvement categories can overlap and do not establish legal fault.
• Pedestrian deaths increased from 156 to 184; bicyclist deaths increased from 29 to 35 (a 21% increase rounded by MSP). There were 151 motorcyclist deaths. A 2025 motorcycle-specific mileage death rate was not verified, so the former 2024 comparison is not carried forward.
• Deer were involved in 58,271 crashes: 20.1% of all reported crashes, calculated and rounded. The statewide Deer report places 23,821 of these crashes (40.9%) in October–December. Oakland had 2,259 deer-involved crashes, the highest count in that report.

Help after a crash

Statewide statistics cannot decide an individual claim. Our resources explain PIP benefit questions, crash-injury claims and wrongful-death matters. Coverage, legal requirements and time limits need review for the particular circumstances. Baldori Law serves Michigan from its Okemos office as a broad practice; contact the firm to discuss your situation.

Methodology and sources

The reporting period is calendar year 2025. MTCF describes its data as an official closed annual snapshot. County-profile coverage is reported crashes on Michigan public roadways involving injury, death or property damage; the stated property-damage reporting threshold is $1,000. Unreported collisions are not counted. County locations describe where crashes occurred, not necessarily where the people involved live.

• 2025 At-a-Glance: revision August 21, 2026; headline counts and all-vehicle mileage rates. It reports 293.98 crashes and 1.08 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles. The separate fatal-crash rate is 1.01.
• MSP 2024–2025 comparison (PDF) and decade table (PDF): created May 14, 2026; count changes, involvement definitions and the five retained trend years. The decade table has blank 2025 mileage cells; the later At-a-Glance supplies the rates above.
• MTCF 2025 county profiles: July 2026 covers; each row links its PDF. We use printed page 1, the actual A count rather than mapped points, and the profile's 2025 population estimate. Its precise Census vintage has not been independently verified.
• Statewide profile (PDF) and statewide Deer report (PDF): statewide injury-person totals and deer counts/seasonality.

Computed percentages and county frequencies are rounded as labeled. Population is not a measure of miles driven; county frequencies do not rank an individual's driving risk. Source verification and content revision occurred September 10, 2026. Publication formats and release dates vary: consult the release schedule and available fact sheets. Further review is planned around official releases and corrections; this page does not update automatically.

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