Michigan Traffic Crash Statistics: County by County

In 2024, Michigan recorded 288,880 traffic crashes — 1,099 people killed and 71,316 injured. This page tracks those numbers statewide and county by county, from the state's own publications: the Michigan State Police Criminal Justice Information Center and the official Michigan Traffic Crash Facts (MTCF) program. No estimates, no rounding — every figure links to the government document it came from, and the page is refreshed when the state publishes each year's final data.

What the 2024 numbers say

• Crashes were essentially flat against 2023 (288,880 vs. 287,953), and deaths edged up from 1,095 to 1,099 — after the sharp post-2020 rise, Michigan's roads have plateaued at a level well above the pandemic-year low.
• The risk is wildly uneven by mode: motorcyclists died at a rate of 22.4 per 100 million vehicle miles traveled in 2024 — twenty times the overall rate of 1.11.
• Alcohol was involved in 27.9% of all traffic deaths (307 of 1,099). Distracted driving was a factor in 14,439 crashes and 65 deaths.
• Pedestrian deaths fell from 183 to 156; bicyclist deaths rose 21 percent, to 29.
• Deer-vehicle crashes — 58,324 of them, one in five Michigan crashes — cluster in October through December, and the top counties include Kent, Oakland, Jackson, Clinton, Ottawa, and Washtenaw.

If one of these numbers is your family's number

Statistics stop mattering the moment you are in one. What matters then is Michigan's unusual legal system for crash injuries: no-fault PIP benefits pay medical costs and lost wages regardless of who caused the crash, while a separate third-party claim against an at-fault driver is available for serious injuries — and for fatal crashes, Michigan's wrongful death act governs who can bring the claim. Deadlines differ across all three, so early advice matters more than most people expect.

Methodology and sources

Statewide and trend figures come from the MTCF “At a Glance” annual fact sheets (final versions, published each August–October for the prior year) and the MSP year-end crash summaries. County rows come from the official MTCF county profiles. The crashes-per-1,000-residents column is computed from each profile's own crash count and population figure and is labeled as computed; everything else is reproduced as published. Michigan releases preliminary year-end data each spring and final data in late summer — this page is refreshed on that cycle.

Journalists, researchers, and safety advocates are welcome to cite this page with a link. If you spot a discrepancy against a state publication, tell us and we will correct it.