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Deadliest Roads in Metro Detroit: Do you know where the most fatal vehicle accidents happen?

Updated Data: 2020–2024 (2024 figures preliminary)

Chart: Deadliest Roads in Metro Detroit: Do you know where the most fatal vehicle accidents happen?

I-94 tops the list of the deadliest roads in Metro Detroit, with 75 fatal crashes and 84 people killed from 2020 through 2024, according to NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System data. Gratiot Avenue (M-3) and 8 Mile Road (M-102) follow, with 64 and 58 fatal crashes, respectively. The full ranked list appears below. Across the 3 counties, all roads combined had 1578 fatal crashes that killed 1681 people. The 15 roads on this list, each with at least 5 fatal crashes, accounted for 543 of those crashes, or 34%, and killed 587 people. Only the 2024 figures are preliminary; the earlier years are final.

  1. Rank 1

    I-94

    includes ramps and frontage roads

    75
    fatal crashes
    84
    people killed
    ’20’21’22’23’24

    Source: nhtsa.gov

  2. Rank 2

    Gratiot Avenue

    M-3

    64
    fatal crashes
    65
    people killed
    ’20’21’22’23’24

    Source: nhtsa.gov

  3. Rank 3

    8 Mile Road

    M-102

    58
    fatal crashes
    59
    people killed
    ’20’21’22’23’24

    Source: nhtsa.gov

  4. Rank 4

    I-75

    includes ramps and frontage roads

    51
    fatal crashes
    62
    people killed
    ’20’21’22’23’24

    Source: nhtsa.gov

  5. Rank 5

    I-96

    includes ramps and frontage roads

    46
    fatal crashes
    52
    people killed
    ’20’21’22’23’24

    Source: nhtsa.gov

  1. Rank 6

    Telegraph Road

    US 24

    35
    fatal crashes
    35
    people killed
    ’20’21’22’23’24

    Source: nhtsa.gov

  2. Rank 7

    Southfield Freeway

    M-39 · includes ramps and frontage roads

    30
    fatal crashes
    30
    people killed
    ’20’21’22’23’24

    Source: nhtsa.gov

  3. Rank 8

    7 Mile Road

    28
    fatal crashes
    30
    people killed
    ’20’21’22’23’24

    Source: nhtsa.gov

  4. Rank 9

    M-10

    also Lodge Freeway, Northwestern Highway · includes ramps and frontage roads

    27
    fatal crashes
    30
    people killed
    ’20’21’22’23’24

    Source: nhtsa.gov

  5. Rank 10

    Outer Drive

    24
    fatal crashes
    26
    people killed
    ’20’21’22’23’24

    Source: nhtsa.gov

  6. Rank 11

    Woodward Avenue

    M-1

    24
    fatal crashes
    24
    people killed
    ’20’21’22’23’24

    Source: nhtsa.gov

  7. Rank 12

    Michigan Avenue

    US 12

    23
    fatal crashes
    26
    people killed
    ’20’21’22’23’24

    Source: nhtsa.gov

  8. Rank 13

    Grand River Avenue

    M-5, M-96

    20
    fatal crashes
    22
    people killed
    ’20’21’22’23’24

    Source: nhtsa.gov

  9. Rank 14

    I-696

    includes ramps and frontage roads

    19
    fatal crashes
    22
    people killed
    ’20’21’22’23’24

    Source: nhtsa.gov

  10. Rank 15

    Greenfield Road

    19
    fatal crashes
    20
    people killed
    ’20’21’22’23’24

    Source: nhtsa.gov

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