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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · BEACHWOOD, OH · 2022
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GET: https://thatcarhitme.com/api/crash-data/reports/data/ohio/beachwood/2022-annual-report
Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis
458 CRASHES IN
BEACHWOOD, OH
2022
In 2022, Beachwood experienced 458 total crashes, an increase from 420 crashes in 2021, marking a 9.05% rise year-over-year. Fatalities remained at zero for both periods. The most notable shift was a 37.21% increase in hit-and-run crashes, rising from 43 in 2021 to 59 in 2022.
458
▲ 9.0%was 420
Total Crash Events
0
Persons Killed
224
▲ 1.4%was 221
Persons Injured
59
▲ 37.2%was 43
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 · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Overall, crashes in Beachwood increased year-over-year, rising by 9.05% from 420 crashes in 2021 to 458 crashes in 2022. Total injuries also saw a slight increase of 1.36%, from 221 in 2021 to 224 in 2022. There were no fatalities reported in either year.
59
Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2022
▲ 37.2% vs prior (43)
Hit-and-run crashes increased significantly year-over-year, rising by 37.21% from 43 incidents in 2021 to 59 in 2022. Consequently, the hit-and-run rate increased from 10.2% of total crashes in 2021 to 12.9% in 2022.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
0
Pedestrians Killed
0
Motorists Killed
4
Pedestrians Injured
220
Motorists Injured
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)
When Crashes Happen
The peak day for crashes shifted from Friday in 2021 (75 crashes) to Thursday in 2022 (83 crashes), while the peak hour remained consistent at 3 PM in both years. April experienced a significant increase in crashes, rising from 18 in 2021 to 41 in 2022, a 127.78% jump. Conversely, November saw a 35.19% decrease in crashes, from 54 in 2021 to 35 in 2022.
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
Fatal crashes remained at zero in both 2021 and 2022. Serious injury crashes increased by 33.33%, from 6 in 2021 to 8 in 2022, with their proportion of total crashes rising from 1.4% to 1.7%. Minor injury crashes also increased by 20%, from 40 to 48, while possible injury crashes decreased by 14.95%, from 107 to 91.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Road & Environmental Conditions
Crashes occurring in cloudy conditions increased by 24.3% from 111 in 2021 to 138 in 2022, and crashes during snow conditions rose by 38.2% from 34 to 47. Crashes on wet road surfaces increased by 15.56% (from 90 to 104), and those on icy surfaces increased by 66.67% (from 6 to 10). Crashes occurring in 'Dark - Roadway Not Lighted' conditions increased by 150%, from 2 in 2021 to 5 in 2022.
Weather
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Road surface condition field
Vehicles & Demographics
The total number of vehicles involved in crashes increased by 8.35%, from 838 in 2021 to 908 in 2022. Sport Utility Vehicle involvement rose by 13.23% (from 257 to 291), and Jeep make involvement increased by 59.3% (from 27 to 43). Conversely, Semi-Tractor involvement decreased by 33.33%, from 9 in 2021 to 6 in 2022.
Top Vehicle Makes (908 vehicles)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Vehicle unit records
49 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (1,160 persons with recorded sex)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · 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: 2022-01-01 through 2022-12-31
- Report generated: July 6, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2022-01-01 through 2022-12-31 (365 days)
- Geographic scope: Beachwood, OH
- Total crash records analyzed: 458
- Total persons involved: 1,194
- Total vehicles involved: 908
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). "Beachwood, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2022." Published July 6, 2026. Reporting period: 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31. Data source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS), Csv Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/ohio/beachwood/2022-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: 2022-01-01 – 2022-12-31
Generated: July 6, 2026 · All rights reserved