How many US traffic cameras are out of service
Of the 49,488 cameras we checked, 7,516 were serving a placeholder image instead of the road, about 15%. Of those, 0 were still listed as working.
Data measured September 14, 2026 · Roadze
When a public traffic camera stops working, the state's website rarely indicates it. The camera remains in the list, the map still shows it, and the image displayed is a black frame reading “STREAM NOT AVAILABLE” or a local equivalent.
The difference between what is published and what works is significant. In Oklahoma, 425 of the 425 cameras we checked were out of service, 100% of the sample.
Out-of-service cameras by state
| State | Checked | Out of service | % out of service |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 425 | 425 | 100% |
| Georgia | 6,153 | 3,311 | 54% |
| Massachusetts | 306 | 135 | 44% |
| Maine | 134 | 59 | 44% |
| Idaho | 647 | 226 | 35% |
| Alaska | 147 | 47 | 32% |
| New York | 3,901 | 1,226 | 31% |
| Hawaii | 361 | 112 | 31% |
| Nevada | 661 | 153 | 23% |
| Arizona | 644 | 83 | 13% |
| North Carolina | 1,182 | 149 | 13% |
| Florida | 4,356 | 529 | 12% |
| Michigan | 805 | 97 | 12% |
| Pennsylvania | 1,541 | 140 | 9% |
| Washington | 2,327 | 163 | 7% |
| Colorado | 981 | 59 | 6% |
| Tennessee | 668 | 39 | 6% |
| Louisiana | 336 | 18 | 5% |
| Oregon | 1,153 | 61 | 5% |
| Virginia | 1,662 | 73 | 4% |
| North Dakota | 805 | 35 | 4% |
| Delaware | 363 | 14 | 4% |
| Illinois | 3,703 | 133 | 4% |
| Vermont | 89 | 3 | 3% |
| Kansas | 511 | 17 | 3% |
| Utah | 2,075 | 66 | 3% |
| South Carolina | 774 | 24 | 3% |
| Indiana | 731 | 21 | 3% |
| Ohio | 1,155 | 26 | 2% |
| Kentucky | 235 | 5 | 2% |
| Missouri | 813 | 17 | 2% |
| Alabama | 649 | 10 | 2% |
| Connecticut | 347 | 5 | 1% |
| Nebraska | 346 | 4 | 1% |
| Maryland | 547 | 5 | 1% |
| Wisconsin | 455 | 4 | 1% |
| South Dakota | 703 | 5 | 1% |
| New Hampshire | 183 | 1 | 1% |
| Iowa | 792 | 3 | 0% |
| California | 3,586 | 12 | 0% |
| Minnesota | 1,499 | 1 | 0% |
| Mississippi | 323 | 0 | 0% |
| Montana | 414 | 0 | 0% |
How we measured
We retrieve the published image of each camera and compare it with the others. A placeholder is the same file served for many cameras, and two different cameras cannot show exactly the same pixels, so a repeated image hash indicates a notice, not a road. Cameras that keep serving an identical image for more than 30 minutes across several checks are also counted as out of service.
Percentages are calculated over the cameras we checked in each state, not over the state's whole network; we sample up to 200 per state. Cameras that did not respond at all are excluded instead of being counted as out of service: a timeout does not prove a failure, and counting it as one would inflate every figure on this page.
The check runs every day, so a camera that returns to service is restored automatically. These figures change.
What this means when you want to see the road
On Roadze, cameras known to be out of service are moved to the end of the list, so the ones shown first are the ones that display an image.