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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · BARBERTON, OH · 2023
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GET: https://thatcarhitme.com/api/crash-data/reports/data/ohio/barberton/2023-annual-report
Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis
456 CRASHES IN
BARBERTON, OH
2023
In 2023, Barberton recorded 456 total crashes, a decrease of 4.60% compared to 478 crashes in 2022. Total fatalities remained constant at 1 in both years, while total injuries saw a slight decrease from 158 to 156. A notable year-over-year shift was the 33.3% reduction in DUI-related crashes.
456
▼ -4.6%was 478
Total Crash Events
1
Persons Killed
156
▼ -1.3%was 158
Persons Injured
98
▼ -2.0%was 100
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 · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Overall crash data for Barberton indicates a slight downward trend in 2023 compared to 2022. Total crashes decreased by 4.60%, from 478 to 456. Total injuries also saw a minor reduction of 1.27%, falling from 158 to 156, while total fatalities remained unchanged at 1 in both periods.
98
Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2023
▼ -2.0% vs prior (100)
The number of hit-and-run crashes decreased slightly from 100 in 2022 to 98 in 2023. However, the hit-and-run rate, calculated as a percentage of total crashes, increased from 20.9% in 2022 to 21.5% in 2023, indicating a slight upward trend in the proportion of crashes that are hit-and-runs.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
0
Pedestrians Killed
1
Motorists Killed
10
Pedestrians Injured
146
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 distribution of crashes shifted year-over-year. In 2023, the peak day for crashes moved from Thursday (77 crashes in 2022) to Friday, which recorded 88 crashes. The peak crash hour also shifted from 3 PM (45 crashes in 2022) to 5 PM, with 50 crashes recorded in 2023.
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
The fatal crash rate remained relatively stable, increasing slightly from 0.21% in 2022 to 0.22% in 2023. Serious injury crashes decreased from 3.1% to 2.9% of all crashes, while minor injury crashes increased from 9.2% to 9.4%. The proportion of crashes resulting in no injury also slightly increased from 77.0% to 77.2%.
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 proportion of crashes occurring in clear weather increased from 62.55% in 2022 to 65.57% in 2023, while crashes in snowy conditions decreased from 5.02% to 2.85%. Correspondingly, crashes on dry road surfaces increased from 74.48% to 79.61%, and crashes on snow-covered roads decreased significantly from 5.02% to 1.32%.
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 total number of vehicles involved in crashes decreased from 929 in 2022 to 869 in 2023. Ford, which was the most frequently involved make in 2022 with 156 vehicles, saw a decrease to 129 vehicles in 2023, while Chevrolet remained at 129, becoming tied for the top spot. The age distribution of persons involved showed a notable decrease of 41 individuals in the 26-34 age group, and significant increases of 26 and 35 individuals in the 45-54 and 55-64 age groups, respectively.
Top Vehicle Makes (869 vehicles)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Vehicle unit records
66 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (1,081 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: Barberton, OH
- Total crash records analyzed: 456
- Total persons involved: 1,123
- Total vehicles involved: 869
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). "Barberton, 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/barberton/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