One pedestrian killed near 15 S WESTERN AVE in United Center
A pedestrian was killed after a Saturday morning collision in United Center on February 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM.
The crash occurred near 15 S WESTERN AVE, on a divided road. The posted speed limit was 30 mph. The weather was clear and the roadway was dry. The police report attributed the cause of the crash to failing to yield right of way.
A 2020 Freightliner operated commercially was heading north. The driver, a 56-year-old man, was wearing a seat belt; he was uninjured.
The police report described the pedestrian, a 76-year-old woman, as crossing the roadway where there were no traffic controls; she was killed.
Police were notified at 8:45 AM. This was the 11th injurious crash reported in February 2025, and the 1,295th injurious crash reported in 2025. It was the 7th fatal crash for 2025.
Curated articles about this crash
- Hattie Mickell, 76, fatally struck by a trucker at Madison/Western was the 2nd female senior killed on foot in the area in about a week
Update 2/4/25, 11:30 AM: The Cook County medical examiner's office has identified the victim of the Near West Side crash as Hattie S. Mickell, 76. She lived about two miles southwest of the collision site in the North Lawndale community.
Where it happened
15 S WESTERN AVE
- Neighborhood
- United Center
- Ward
- 27th Ward
- Nearest streets
- S WESTERN AVE
Street view: 41.8807° N, 87.6863° W
2 people and 1 vehicle
Reported Conditions
- Crash type
- PEDESTRIAN
- Primary cause
- FAILING TO YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY
- Secondary cause
- UNABLE TO DETERMINE
- Weather
- CLEAR
- Lighting
- DAYLIGHT
- Road surface
- DRY
- Road defect
- NO DEFECTS
- Trafficway
- DIVIDED - W/MEDIAN (NOT RAISED)
- Traffic control
- NO CONTROLS
- Speed limit
- 30 MPH
Raw data
View the crash's underlying records: exactly as published by the city, or as transformed for crashstop.org