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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · OHIO, OH · JULY 2024
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
185 CRASHES IN
OHIO, OH
JULY 2024
In July 2024, Allen County recorded 185 total crashes, a 3.1% decrease from the 191 crashes reported in July 2023. Despite the overall reduction in collisions, the number of injuries rose by 38.6%, from 57 to 79. The most notable year-over-year change was the 43.2% decrease in hit-and-run incidents, which fell from 37 to 21.
185
▼ -3.1%was 191
Total Crash Events
0
▼ -100.0%was 1
Persons Killed
79
▲ 38.6%was 57
Persons Injured
21
▼ -43.2%was 37
Hit-and-Run Crashes
Note: "Persons Killed" (0) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (0) counts crash events where at least one fatality occurred. A single crash can result in multiple fatalities.
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Year-over-year, total crashes in Allen County saw a slight decline, falling by 3.1% from 191 in July 2023 to 185 in July 2024. However, the severity of these incidents increased, with total injuries climbing by 38.6% from 57 to 79. Fatalities decreased from one in the prior period to zero in the current period.
21
Hit-and-Run Crashes — July 2024
▼ -43.2% vs prior (37)
Hit-and-run incidents saw a significant downward trend in Allen County. The number of hit-and-run crashes fell by 43.2%, from 37 in July 2023 to 21 in July 2024. Consequently, the hit-and-run rate, which represents the percentage of all crashes that were hit-and-runs, decreased from 19.4% to 11.4% over the same period.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
0
Pedestrians Killed
0
Motorists Killed
2
Pedestrians Injured
77
Motorists Injured
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)
When Crashes Happen
The temporal patterns of crashes shifted between the two periods. In July 2024, the peak day for crashes was Wednesday with 42 incidents, a change from Monday (32 incidents) in the prior year. The peak hour for collisions also moved slightly later in the day, from 3 p.m. (15 crashes) in July 2023 to 4 p.m. (17 crashes) in July 2024.
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
While Allen County recorded no fatal crashes in July 2024, down from one in July 2023, the overall proportion of injury-related crashes increased. Crashes resulting in any level of injury accounted for 30.3% of all incidents in the current period, a notable rise from 19.3% in the prior year. Specifically, the share of Minor Injury crashes increased from 11.5% to 17.3% of the total, and Possible Injury crashes rose from 4.7% to 9.2%.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Road & Environmental Conditions
The proportion of crashes occurring in adverse weather and road conditions increased year-over-year. Crashes in rainy weather rose from 5.8% (11 incidents) of the total in July 2023 to 10.8% (20 incidents) in July 2024. Similarly, collisions on wet road surfaces increased from 8.4% (16 crashes) to 16.2% (30 crashes). The distribution of crashes by lighting conditions remained relatively stable between the two periods.
Weather
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Road surface condition field
Vehicles & Demographics
The top vehicle makes involved in crashes remained consistent, with Ford (55 vehicles) and Chevrolet (51 vehicles) leading in July 2024, similar to the prior year. While the top rankings were stable, the types of vehicles involved showed a shift; crashes involving Passenger Cars increased from 151 to 175, while those involving Sport Utility Vehicles decreased from 88 to 53. The number of Pick up trucks in collisions saw a slight increase from 41 to 46.
Top Vehicle Makes (323 vehicles)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Vehicle unit records
18 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (406 persons with recorded sex)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Person-level records linked to crash events
Data Sources & Methodology
Primary Data Source
All crash data in this report is sourced from Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS), accessed programmatically via the Csv Open Data API (SODA). This dataset contains official police-reported motor vehicle traffic crash records maintained by the reporting jurisdiction's law enforcement agency. Records are published to the open data portal by the municipality and are subject to the portal's terms of use.
Data Retrieval
- Access method: Csv Open Data API (SoQL queries)
- Data format: Structured JSON via REST API
- Record types queried: Crash events, person records, and vehicle unit records
- Date filter applied: 2024-07-01 through 2024-07-31
- Report generated: July 6, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2024-07-01 through 2024-07-31 (31 days)
- Geographic scope: ohio, OH
- Total crash records analyzed: 185
- Total persons involved: 421
- Total vehicles involved: 323
Analytical Methodology
- Severity classification: Uses the KABCO injury scale (K=Fatal, A=Incapacitating injury, B=Non-incapacitating injury, C=Possible injury, O=No injury/property damage only), the standard classification in U.S. Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC). Severity is assigned per crash event based on the most severe injury in that crash. A single fatal crash (K) may involve multiple fatalities; therefore the "Persons Killed" count in the headline KPIs may differ from the "Fatal" crash count in the severity breakdown.
- Contributing factors: Reflect the officer-determined primary contributory cause recorded at the time of the crash report. These are preliminary determinations and may not reflect final investigation findings.
- Hit-and-run classification: Based on the hit-and-run indicator field in the official crash report, as determined by the responding officer at the scene.
- Temporal analysis: Day-of-week and hour-of-day distributions are computed from the crash date/time timestamp in each record.
- Demographics: Age and sex distributions are drawn from person-level records linked to each crash event. A single crash may involve multiple persons.
- Vehicle data: Make information is drawn from vehicle unit records linked to each crash event.
- AI commentary: Narrative sections are generated by Google Gemini (large language model) based on the structured data. Commentary is descriptive, not predictive, and should not be interpreted as expert opinion.
Limitations & Disclaimers
- Only crashes reported to and documented by law enforcement are included. Minor incidents, unreported crashes, and near-misses are not captured in this dataset.
- Data reflects conditions at the time of the initial police report and may be subject to subsequent corrections, reclassifications, or supplements by the reporting agency.
- Open data portal records may experience a publication lag - recently occurring crashes may not yet appear in the dataset at the time of report generation.
- AI-generated commentary is produced by a large language model and is intended to highlight patterns in the data. It does not constitute legal, medical, or professional analysis.
- Percentages are calculated from reported data and are subject to rounding.
Non-Affiliation Disclosure
This report is produced independently by ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced in partnership with any law enforcement agency, municipal government, state department of transportation, or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Data is sourced from publicly available government open data portals.
Data License
The underlying crash data is provided under the municipality's Open Data Terms of Use and is made available to the public for unrestricted use. This analysis and report is © 2026 Injuria.ai and may be cited with attribution using the suggested citation below.
Corrections & Feedback
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Suggested Citation
ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). "ohio, OH Crash Intelligence Report: July 2024." Published July 6, 2026. Reporting period: 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31. Data source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS), Csv Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/ohio/statewide/july-2024-report
About the Publisher
ThatCarHitMe.com is a crash data intelligence platform developed by Injuria.ai, a legal technology company specializing in traffic safety analytics. We aggregate and analyze publicly available government crash data to produce structured intelligence reports for communities, researchers, journalists, and legal professionals. Our reports combine programmatic data retrieval from official open data portals with AI-assisted narrative analysis.
Questions about this report's data or methodology: data@injuria.ai
ThatCarHitMe.com · An Injuria.ai Company
ThatCarHitMe.com
An Injuria.ai Company
Crash Data Intelligence
Data: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv
Period: 2024-07-01 – 2024-07-31
Generated: July 6, 2026 · All rights reserved