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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · OHIO, OH · 2023
Purpose: Machine-readable JSON endpoint for AI agents, LLMs, researchers, and programmatic consumers. Returns all underlying crash data and AI-generated commentary without HTML.
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GET: https://thatcarhitme.com/api/crash-data/reports/data/ohio/statewide/2023-annual-report
Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis
970 CRASHES IN
OHIO, OH
2023
In 2023, Athens County recorded 970 total traffic crashes, a 5.9% increase from the 916 crashes documented in 2022. The most significant year-over-year change was in traffic fatalities, which rose from 7 in 2022 to 10 in 2023, representing a 42.9% increase. Total injuries also increased from 295 to 339 during the same period.
970
▲ 5.9%was 916
Total Crash Events
10
▲ 42.9%was 7
Persons Killed
339
▲ 14.9%was 295
Persons Injured
73
▼ -13.1%was 84
Hit-and-Run Crashes
Note: "Persons Killed" (10) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (9) 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 · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Overall traffic safety metrics in Athens County worsened from 2022 to 2023. Total crashes rose by 5.9% from 916 to 970. Concurrently, total injuries increased by 14.9% from 295 to 339, and the number of persons killed in crashes grew from 7 to 10.
73
Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2023
▼ -13.1% vs prior (84)
Hit-and-run incidents in Athens County trended downward from 2022 to 2023. The total number of hit-and-run crashes decreased from 84 to 73. As a result, the hit-and-run rate, representing the percentage of all crashes classified as such, fell from 9.2% in 2022 to 7.5% in 2023.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
2
Pedestrians Killed
8
Motorists Killed
8
Pedestrians Injured
331
Motorists Injured
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · 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 2023, the peak day for crashes was Friday with 187 incidents, changing from Saturday in 2022 (154 incidents). The peak hour for collisions also shifted earlier, moving from 5 p.m. in 2022 (69 crashes) to 3 p.m. in 2023 (83 crashes).
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
While the overall distribution of crash severity remained relatively stable, the rate of fatal crashes increased from 0.8% of all crashes in 2022 to 0.9% in 2023. The proportion of crashes involving serious injuries decreased from 4.1% to 3.6% year-over-year. Conversely, the share of crashes resulting in minor injuries increased from 13.4% to 14.3%.
Severity is per crash event (most severe injury). 9 fatal crash events resulted in 10 persons killed.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Road & Environmental Conditions
The conditions under which crashes occurred were largely consistent year-over-year, with most incidents happening in daylight and on dry roads in both periods. Crashes on wet road surfaces saw a proportional increase, accounting for 20.0% of crashes in 2023 compared to 16.8% in 2022. Similarly, crashes during rainy weather increased from 8.4% of the total in 2022 to 10.7% in 2023.
Weather
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Road surface condition field
Vehicles & Demographics
The top vehicle makes involved in crashes remained similar, with Ford leading in both years, increasing from 217 vehicles in 2022 to 237 in 2023. Honda moved from fourth to second place in crash involvement, while Chevrolet and Toyota shifted down. Among persons involved, the 16-20 age group saw a 17.5% increase in representation, growing from 280 individuals in 2022 to 329 in 2023.
Top Vehicle Makes (1,472 vehicles)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Vehicle unit records
64 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (1,936 persons with recorded sex)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · 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: 2023-01-01 through 2023-12-31
- Report generated: July 6, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2023-01-01 through 2023-12-31 (365 days)
- Geographic scope: ohio, OH
- Total crash records analyzed: 970
- Total persons involved: 1,988
- Total vehicles involved: 1,472
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: 2023." Published July 6, 2026. Reporting period: 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31. Data source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS), Csv Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/ohio/statewide/2023-annual-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: 2023-01-01 – 2023-12-31
Generated: July 6, 2026 · All rights reserved