Halloween 2023: traffic deaths
On Halloween 2023, a Tuesday, 103 people died in 90 fatal crashes on US roads, 7% more than the 97 on the same weekday in the three weeks before and after. Of them, 22 were pedestrians, none of them a child. It was the seventh most of the ten Halloweens from 2015 to 2024.
2022 · 2024 · Ten Halloweens together, with the evening hour by hour.
Halloween 2023 road deaths in every state
California had the most, 14 deaths, then Florida with 14. In 31 of 51 states and DC at least one person died; a 0 is a day with no road death recorded. One day's counts are too small to rank states by; ten Halloweens together rank them per resident.
| State | Deaths | Fatal crashes | Pedestrians |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 14 | 11 | 4 |
| Florida | 14 | 14 | 2 |
| Alabama | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Georgia | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Indiana | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| New Jersey | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Tennessee | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Texas | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| North Carolina | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Nevada | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Arizona | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| New York | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Oregon | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Colorado | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Kansas | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Virginia | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Idaho | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaii | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maine | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Massachusetts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Missouri | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montana | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhode Island | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Utah | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vermont | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyoming | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2024 Annual Report File (released April 2026, subject to revision). How we count
Questions about Halloween 2023 traffic deaths
- How many people died in car crashes on Halloween 2023?
- 103 people died in 90 fatal crashes on US roads on October 31, 2023, a Tuesday. That is 7% more than the 97 on the same weekday in the three weeks before and after. Of them, 22 were pedestrians, none of them a child. Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
- Which state had the most road deaths on Halloween 2023?
- California, with 14 deaths. In 31 of 51 states and DC at least one person died on the roads that day.
- Was Halloween 2023 deadlier than usual?
- 103 road deaths was the seventh most of the ten Halloweens from 2015 to 2024; the ten-year average is 116. The deadliest was 2020 and the least deadly 2019.
Where the Halloween 2023 numbers come from
Every fatal crash NHTSA dated October 31, 2023, in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, final file. The normal day is the average of the same weekday in the three weeks before and after: October 10, 17 and 24 and November 7, 14 and 21, 2023. Children are pedestrians aged 14 and under. The full method.