Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

182 CRASHES IN
BRATENAHL, OH
2025

All metrics benchmarked against2024

Overall, Bratenahl experienced a 10.98% increase in total crashes, rising from 164 in the prior year to 182 in the current year. Fatalities doubled from 1 to 2, marking a significant year-over-year shift in crash outcomes.

182

11.0%was 164

Total Crash Events

2

100.0%was 1

Persons Killed

57

-19.7%was 71

Persons Injured

30

-31.8%was 44

Hit-and-Run Crashes

Note: "Persons Killed" (2) 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 · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall, crash trends in Bratenahl show an increase, with total crashes rising by 10.98% from 164 in the prior year to 182 in the current year. This increase in crashes was accompanied by a 100% rise in total fatalities, from 1 to 2, despite a 19.72% decrease in total injuries, from 71 to 57.

30

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2025

-31.8% vs prior (44)

Hit-and-run crashes decreased from 44 in the prior year to 30 in the current year. This represents a reduction in the hit-and-run crash rate from 26.8% to 16.5% of all crashes.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

2

Motorists Killed

Prior: 1100.0%

57

Motorists Injured

Prior: 71-19.7%

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 temporal distribution of crashes shifted year-over-year, with the peak crash day moving from Friday in the prior year (39 crashes) to Saturday in the current year (36 crashes). The peak crash hour remained consistent at 12 AM, with 14 crashes recorded in both the current and prior years.

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

While the number of fatal crashes remained at 1 for both years, the fatal crash rate slightly decreased from 0.61% in the prior year to 0.55% in the current year. Serious injury crashes (A) saw a notable decrease, falling from 7 (4.3% of total crashes) in the prior year to 1 (0.5% of total crashes) in the current year. Conversely, crashes resulting in no injuries increased from 112 (68.3%) to 134 (73.6%) of total crashes.

Severity is per crash event (most severe injury). 1 fatal crash events resulted in 2 persons killed.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal1fatal crashes0.5%
0.0%prior 1
Serious Injury1serious injury crashes0.5%
-85.7%prior 7
Minor Injury24minor injury crashes13.2%
-4.0%prior 25
Possible Injury22possible injury crashes12.1%
15.8%prior 19
No Injury134no injury crashes73.6%
19.6%prior 112

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

Crashes occurring in clear weather conditions increased from 104 to 113, while crashes during rainy conditions also rose from 17 to 26. There was a notable increase in crashes occurring in 'Dark - Lighted Roadway' conditions, from 58 in the prior year to 74 in the current year. Wet road surface crashes increased from 23 to 36, while crashes on snowy surfaces decreased from 13 to 7.

Weather

Clear113 (62.1%)
8.7%prior 104
Rain26 (14.3%)
52.9%prior 17
Cloudy21 (11.5%)
0.0%prior 21
Snow15 (8.2%)
-6.3%prior 16
Sleet; Hail5 (2.7%)
Other/Unknown1 (0.5%)
Freezing Rain or Freezing Drizzle1 (0.5%)

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

Lighting

Daylight91 (50.0%)
-3.2%prior 94
Dark - Lighted Roadway74 (40.7%)
27.6%prior 58
Dawn/Dusk11 (6.0%)
22.2%prior 9
Dark - Roadway Not Lighted5 (2.7%)
Dark - Unknown Roadway Lighting1 (0.5%)

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

Road Surface

Dry126 (69.2%)
0.0%prior 126
Wet36 (19.8%)
56.5%prior 23
Snow7 (3.8%)
-46.2%prior 13
Ice5 (2.7%)
Slush4 (2.2%)
Water (Standing; Moving)2 (1.1%)
Other/Unknown2 (1.1%)

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 increased from 299 in the prior year to 319 in the current year. Passenger cars involved in crashes increased from 132 to 158, while Sport Utility Vehicles decreased from 110 to 98. Semi-Tractors involved in crashes saw a significant increase, rising from 4 in the prior year to 11 in the current year.

Top Vehicle Makes (319 vehicles)

1
CHEVROLET45 (14.1%)
2.3%prior 44
2
FORD27 (8.5%)
-3.6%prior 28
3
HONDA24 (7.5%)
41.2%prior 17
4
TOYOTA21 (6.6%)
61.5%prior 13
5
JEEP19 (6%)
-5.0%prior 20
6
KIA18 (5.6%)
63.6%prior 11
7
HYUNDAI16 (5%)
33.3%prior 12
8
NISSAN14 (4.4%)
-26.3%prior 19
9
GMC13 (4.1%)
30.0%prior 10
10
DODGE12 (3.8%)
9.1%prior 11

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

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

Sex Distribution (356 persons with recorded sex)

Male208 (58.4%)
5.6%prior 197
Female148 (41.6%)
0.7%prior 147

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: Bratenahl, OH
  • Total crash records analyzed: 182
  • Total persons involved: 381
  • Total vehicles involved: 319

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

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Suggested Citation

ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). "Bratenahl, 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/bratenahl/2025-annual-report

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