Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

36 CRASHES IN
BELLBROOK, OH
2022

All metrics benchmarked against2021

Bellbrook experienced a stable number of total crashes year-over-year, with 36 crashes reported in both 2022 and 2021. However, total injuries increased significantly by 70% from 10 in 2021 to 17 in 2022. This period also saw a notable 50% decrease in DUI crashes, from 4 in 2021 to 2 in 2022.

36

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

17

70.0%was 10

Persons Injured

5

-37.5%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 · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

The overall number of crashes remained stable year-over-year, with 36 crashes reported in both 2022 and 2021. Despite this stability in crash count, total injuries increased by 70%, rising from 10 in 2021 to 17 in 2022. There were no fatalities reported in either period.

5

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2022

-37.5% vs prior (8)

Hit-and-run crashes decreased from 8 incidents in 2021 to 5 in 2022. This represents a reduction in the hit-and-run rate from 22.2% of total crashes in 2021 to 13.9% in 2022.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

17

Motorists Injured

Prior: 1070.0%

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 Wednesday with 7 crashes in 2021 to Friday with 8 crashes in 2022. The peak hour also changed, moving from 1 p.m. with 4 crashes in 2021 to 5 p.m. with 5 crashes 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 0 in both 2022 and 2021. While serious and minor injury crash counts remained stable at 2 for each category in both periods, possible injury crashes increased from 4 in 2021 to 9 in 2022. Consequently, the proportion of crashes resulting in no injury decreased from 77.8% in 2021 to 63.9% in 2022.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Serious Injury2serious injury crashes5.6%
0.0%prior 2
Minor Injury2minor injury crashes5.6%
0.0%prior 2
Possible Injury9possible injury crashes25%
125.0%prior 4
No Injury23no injury crashes63.9%
-17.9%prior 28

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 in 2022 were more frequently reported under clear weather, daylight, and dry road conditions compared to 2021. Clear weather crashes increased from 15 in 2021 to 21 in 2022, and daylight crashes rose from 18 to 26. Conversely, crashes in wet road conditions decreased from 10 in 2021 to 6 in 2022, and crashes during dawn/dusk decreased from 6 to 2.

Weather

Clear21 (58.3%)
40.0%prior 15
Cloudy13 (36.1%)
0.0%prior 13
Rain2 (5.6%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight26 (72.2%)
44.4%prior 18
Dark - Lighted Roadway6 (16.7%)
-33.3%prior 9
Dark - Roadway Not Lighted2 (5.6%)
Dawn/Dusk2 (5.6%)
-66.7%prior 6

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry30 (83.3%)
36.4%prior 22
Wet6 (16.7%)
-40.0%prior 10

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 from 61 in 2021 to 67 in 2022. Passenger cars and SUVs continued to be the most involved vehicle types, with passenger car involvement increasing from 28 to 30 and SUV involvement from 17 to 20. Motorcycle involvement increased from 0 in 2021 to 3 in 2022, and bicycle involvement increased from 0 to 1.

Top Vehicle Makes (67 vehicles)

1
FORD11 (16.4%)
83.3%prior 6
2
HONDA11 (16.4%)
83.3%prior 6
3
CHEVROLET8 (11.9%)
-11.1%prior 9
4
SUBARU5 (7.5%)
5
TOYOTA5 (7.5%)
-37.5%prior 8
6
JEEP4 (6%)
7
HYUNDAI4 (6%)
8
PONTIAC3 (4.5%)
9
MERCEDES-BENZ2 (3%)
10
NISSAN2 (3%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (95 persons with recorded sex)

Male51 (53.7%)
27.5%prior 40
Female44 (46.3%)
10.0%prior 40

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 5, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2022-01-01 through 2022-12-31 (365 days)
  • Geographic scope: Bellbrook, OH
  • Total crash records analyzed: 36
  • Total persons involved: 95
  • Total vehicles involved: 67

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). "Bellbrook, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2022." Published July 5, 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/bellbrook/2022-annual-report

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