Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

125 CRASHES IN
BEXLEY, OH
2025

All metrics benchmarked against2024

In 2025, Bexley experienced a notable decrease in total crashes, falling by 33.16% from 187 crashes in 2024 to 125 crashes. This reduction in overall incidents was accompanied by a significant 50.7% decrease in hit-and-run crashes, dropping from 69 to 34.

125

-33.2%was 187

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

36

5.9%was 34

Persons Injured

34

-50.7%was 69

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

The overall trend indicates a significant decrease in crashes, with total incidents falling from 187 in 2024 to 125 in 2025, representing a 33.16% reduction. This suggests a positive year-over-year trend in crash reduction for the area.

34

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2025

-50.7% vs prior (69)

Hit-and-run crashes decreased from 69 in 2024 to 34 in 2025. Correspondingly, the hit-and-run rate declined from 36.9% of all crashes in 2024 to 27.2% in 2025, indicating a downward trend.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

1

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 7-85.7%

35

Motorists Injured

Prior: 2729.6%

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 shifted from Wednesday in 2024 (33 crashes) to Monday in 2025 (30 crashes). While the peak hour remained 1 PM in both periods, the number of crashes during this hour decreased from 17 in 2024 to 13 in 2025.

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

Fatalities remained at zero in both 2024 and 2025. However, the proportion of serious injury crashes (Severity A) increased from 1.1% (2 crashes) in 2024 to 4% (5 crashes) in 2025, while possible injury crashes (Severity C) decreased from 5.9% (11 crashes) to 4% (5 crashes). Overall, the proportion of injury crashes (A, B, or C) increased from 15.6% to 20.8% of total crashes.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Serious Injury5serious injury crashes4%
150.0%prior 2
Minor Injury16minor injury crashes12.8%
0.0%prior 16
Possible Injury5possible injury crashes4%
-54.5%prior 11
No Injury99no injury crashes79.2%
-37.3%prior 158

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 daylight conditions increased from 70.6% in 2024 to 75.2% in 2025. Additionally, crashes on snow-covered road surfaces saw an increase in proportion, rising from 0.5% (1 crash) in 2024 to 2.4% (3 crashes) in 2025.

Weather

Clear85 (68.0%)
-33.1%prior 127
Cloudy27 (21.6%)
-25.0%prior 36
Rain9 (7.2%)
-35.7%prior 14
Other/Unknown3 (2.4%)
-50.0%prior 6
Snow1 (0.8%)

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

Lighting

Daylight94 (75.2%)
-28.8%prior 132
Dark - Lighted Roadway24 (19.2%)
-38.5%prior 39
Dawn/Dusk4 (3.2%)
-33.3%prior 6
Other/Unknown2 (1.6%)
-66.7%prior 6
Dark - Roadway Not Lighted1 (0.8%)

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

Road Surface

Dry101 (80.8%)
-33.6%prior 152
Wet21 (16.8%)
-32.3%prior 31
Snow3 (2.4%)

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 367 in 2024 to 246 in 2025. The proportion of Sport Utility Vehicles involved in crashes increased from 7.6% (28 vehicles) in 2024 to 15.4% (38 vehicles) in 2025. Among persons involved, the proportion of those aged 65 and older increased from 11.57% in 2024 to 14.73% in 2025.

Top Vehicle Makes (246 vehicles)

1
HONDA38 (15.4%)
-29.6%prior 54
2
TOYOTA30 (12.2%)
-3.2%prior 31
3
FORD29 (11.8%)
-29.3%prior 41
4
CHEVROLET26 (10.6%)
-10.3%prior 29
5
NISSAN12 (4.9%)
-14.3%prior 14
6
DODGE10 (4.1%)
11.1%prior 9
7
SUBARU8 (3.3%)
-20.0%prior 10
8
VOLVO6 (2.4%)
20.0%prior 5
9
HYUNDAI6 (2.4%)
-45.5%prior 11
10
KIA5 (2%)
-66.7%prior 15

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

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

Sex Distribution (242 persons with recorded sex)

Male123 (50.8%)
-31.7%prior 180
Female119 (49.2%)
-25.6%prior 160

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 5, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2025-01-01 through 2025-12-31 (365 days)
  • Geographic scope: Bexley, OH
  • Total crash records analyzed: 125
  • Total persons involved: 258
  • Total vehicles involved: 246

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). "Bexley, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2025." Published July 5, 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/bexley/2025-annual-report

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