Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

59 CRASHES IN
BAY VILLAGE, OH
2025

All metrics benchmarked against2024

Bay Village experienced a 15.71% decrease in total crashes, falling from 70 crashes in the prior year to 59 crashes in the current year. Despite this reduction in overall crashes, total injuries increased by 64.71%, rising from 17 to 28, representing the most notable year-over-year shift.

59

-15.7%was 70

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

28

64.7%was 17

Persons Injured

4

-50.0%was 8

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 · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall, total crashes in Bay Village decreased by 15.71% from 70 in the prior year to 59 in the current year. Conversely, total injuries saw a significant increase of 64.71%, climbing from 17 to 28. Fatalities remained at zero in both periods, indicating no change in the fatal crash trend.

4

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2025

-50.0% vs prior (8)

The number of hit-and-run crashes decreased by 50%, falling from 8 in the prior year to 4 in the current year. Consequently, the hit-and-run crash rate decreased from 11.4% of total crashes in the prior year to 6.8% in the current year, indicating a downward trend.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

1

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 0%

27

Motorists Injured

Prior: 1758.8%

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)

When Crashes Happen

The peak day for crashes remained Wednesday in both periods, although the number of crashes on Wednesdays decreased from 14 in the prior year to 12 in the current year. Similarly, the peak hour for crashes remained 3 PM, with crash counts at this hour decreasing from 15 in the prior year to 8 in the current year.

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

Despite a decrease in total crashes, total injuries increased by 64.71%, from 17 in the prior year to 28 in the current year. Serious injuries (Severity A) saw a notable increase, rising from 1 (1.4% of crashes) in the prior year to 3 (5.1% of crashes) in the current year. The proportion of crashes resulting in no injury decreased from 78.6% to 71.2%.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Serious Injury3serious injury crashes5.1%
200.0%prior 1
Minor Injury9minor injury crashes15.3%
-10.0%prior 10
Possible Injury5possible injury crashes8.5%
25.0%prior 4
No Injury42no injury crashes71.2%
-23.6%prior 55

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record

Road & Environmental Conditions

The proportion of crashes occurring in clear weather remained stable, accounting for 60% of crashes in the prior year and 61% in the current year. However, crashes occurring in snowy conditions increased from 1 (1.4% of crashes) in the prior year to 7 (11.9% of crashes) in the current year. The number of crashes on wet road surfaces decreased from 17 to 8, while those on snow increased from 1 to 6.

Weather

Clear36 (61.0%)
-14.3%prior 42
Cloudy12 (20.3%)
-33.3%prior 18
Snow7 (11.9%)
Rain3 (5.1%)
-66.7%prior 9
Freezing Rain or Freezing Drizzle1 (1.7%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight42 (71.2%)
-22.2%prior 54
Dark - Lighted Roadway13 (22.0%)
0.0%prior 13
Dawn/Dusk3 (5.1%)
Dark - Roadway Not Lighted1 (1.7%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry44 (74.6%)
-15.4%prior 52
Wet8 (13.6%)
-52.9%prior 17
Snow6 (10.2%)
Ice1 (1.7%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

The total number of vehicles involved in crashes decreased from 139 in the prior year to 107 in the current year. While several top makes like Chevrolet, Ford, and Toyota saw fewer vehicles involved, specific makes such as Jeep, Subaru, and Buick experienced an increase in their crash involvement counts.

Top Vehicle Makes (107 vehicles)

1
TOYOTA12 (11.2%)
-14.3%prior 14
2
FORD11 (10.3%)
-26.7%prior 15
3
CHEVROLET10 (9.3%)
-47.4%prior 19
4
HONDA9 (8.4%)
-30.8%prior 13
5
JEEP9 (8.4%)
80.0%prior 5
6
SUBARU5 (4.7%)
7
BUICK5 (4.7%)
8
HYUNDAI4 (3.7%)
-33.3%prior 6
9
KIA4 (3.7%)
-55.6%prior 9
10
GMC4 (3.7%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Vehicle unit records

2 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.

Sex Distribution (136 persons with recorded sex)

Female71 (52.2%)
-9.0%prior 78
Male65 (47.8%)
-40.4%prior 109

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · 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: 2025-01-01 through 2025-12-31
  • Report generated: July 6, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2025-01-01 through 2025-12-31 (365 days)
  • Geographic scope: Bay Village, OH
  • Total crash records analyzed: 59
  • Total persons involved: 138
  • Total vehicles involved: 107

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.

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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.

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Suggested Citation

ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). "Bay Village, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2025." Published July 6, 2026. Reporting period: 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31. Data source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS), Csv Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/ohio/bay-village/2025-annual-report

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