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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · AVON LAKE, OH · 2024
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Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis
138 CRASHES IN
AVON LAKE, OH
2024
In 2024, Avon Lake experienced 138 total crashes, a slight increase from 135 crashes in 2023, representing a 2.22% rise. Fatalities remained constant at 1 in both years, while total injuries increased by 10.53% from 38 to 42. A notable shift includes a 27.27% decrease in DUI-related crashes, falling from 11 in 2023 to 8 in 2024.
138
▲ 2.2%was 135
Total Crash Events
1
Persons Killed
42
▲ 10.5%was 38
Persons Injured
15
▲ 15.4%was 13
Hit-and-Run Crashes
Note: "Persons Killed" (1) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (1) 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 · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Overall, crash data for Avon Lake shows a slight upward trend in total crashes, increasing by 2.22% from 135 in 2023 to 138 in 2024. Fatalities remained stable year-over-year with 1 recorded in both periods. However, total injuries saw a more significant rise, increasing by 10.53% from 38 in 2023 to 42 in 2024.
15
Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2024
▲ 15.4% vs prior (13)
Hit-and-run crashes increased year-over-year, rising from 13 in 2023 to 15 in 2024. This resulted in an increase in the hit-and-run rate, which climbed from 9.6% of all crashes in 2023 to 10.9% in 2024.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
1
Motorists Killed
42
Motorists Injured
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)
When Crashes Happen
The temporal patterns of crashes in Avon Lake shifted year-over-year. The peak day for crashes moved from Tuesday in 2023 (27 crashes) to Thursday in 2024 (27 crashes). Similarly, the peak hour for crashes changed from 6 PM in 2023 (14 crashes) to 5 PM in 2024 (18 crashes).
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
The fatal crash rate remained stable year-over-year, with 1 fatal crash recorded in both periods. Total injuries increased by 10.53%, rising from 38 in 2023 to 42 in 2024. Specifically, minor injuries (B) increased from 11 to 13, and possible injuries (C) increased from 16 to 19, while serious injuries (A) remained constant at 1.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Road & Environmental Conditions
Crashes occurring in wet road conditions increased by 50%, rising from 16 in 2023 to 24 in 2024. Concurrently, crashes in daylight conditions increased from 89 to 99, while crashes in dark-lighted roadway conditions decreased from 33 to 27. There was also an increase in crashes during rainy weather, from 9 to 13, and a decrease in crashes during snowy weather, from 5 to 2.
Weather
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Road surface condition field
Vehicles & Demographics
The total number of persons involved in crashes decreased by 4.21% from 309 in 2023 to 296 in 2024. The 16-20 age group saw an increase in involvement from 45 to 58 persons, while the 0-15 age group decreased from 33 to 23 persons. In terms of vehicle makes, Ford remained the most involved make, though its count decreased from 45 to 41, while Toyota involvement significantly increased from 13 to 24.
Top Vehicle Makes (257 vehicles)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Vehicle unit records
7 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (289 persons with recorded sex)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · 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: 2024-01-01 through 2024-12-31
- Report generated: July 5, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2024-01-01 through 2024-12-31 (366 days)
- Geographic scope: Avon Lake, OH
- Total crash records analyzed: 138
- Total persons involved: 296
- Total vehicles involved: 257
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). "Avon Lake, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2024." Published July 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31. Data source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS), Csv Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/ohio/avon-lake/2024-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.
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An Injuria.ai Company
Crash Data Intelligence
Data: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv
Period: 2024-01-01 – 2024-12-31
Generated: July 5, 2026 · All rights reserved