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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, OH · 2022
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Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis
292 CRASHES IN
BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, OH
2022
Total crashes in Broadview Heights increased by 4.66% from 279 in the prior year to 292 in the current year. Fatalities saw a significant decrease of 66.67%, falling from 3 in the prior year to 1 in the current year. Concurrently, hit-and-run crashes rose by 43.48%, from 23 to 33 incidents.
292
▲ 4.7%was 279
Total Crash Events
1
▼ -66.7%was 3
Persons Killed
70
▲ 18.6%was 59
Persons Injured
33
▲ 43.5%was 23
Hit-and-Run Crashes
Note: "Persons Killed" (1) 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 · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Overall, crash incidents in Broadview Heights showed a slight upward trend, increasing by 4.66% from 279 crashes in the prior year to 292 crashes in the current year. Despite this increase in total crashes, fatalities decreased by 66.67%, from 3 to 1. Injuries, however, rose by 18.64%, from 59 to 70.
33
Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2022
▲ 43.5% vs prior (23)
Hit-and-run crashes increased substantially by 43.48%, rising from 23 incidents in the prior year to 33 in the current year. This led to an increase in the hit-and-run rate from 8.2% of all crashes in the prior year to 11.3% in the current year. The data indicates an upward trend in the proportion of crashes involving a hit-and-run.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
1
Pedestrians Killed
0
Motorists Killed
4
Pedestrians Injured
66
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 Thursday in the prior year (61 crashes) to Friday in the current year (52 crashes). The peak hour also changed slightly, moving from 5 p.m. in the prior year (25 crashes) to 4 p.m. in the current year (25 crashes), maintaining the same number of incidents. Crash distribution by month indicates a more consistent pattern in the current year compared to the prior year, which had lower crash counts in early months.
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
The number of fatalities decreased from 3 in the prior year to 1 in the current year, resulting in a lower fatal crash rate of 0.34% compared to 1.08%. There was a notable increase in serious injuries (code A), which rose from 0 in the prior year to 8 in the current year. Minor injuries (code B) remained stable at 27, while possible injuries (code C) saw a slight increase from 32 to 35. The total number of injured persons increased from 59 to 70.
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 clear weather decreased from 160 in the prior year to 149 in the current year, while crashes in cloudy conditions increased from 72 to 87. Incidents during snowy weather more than doubled, rising from 12 to 28, and crashes in rain decreased from 32 to 27. Crashes on dry road surfaces decreased from 213 to 199, but crashes on wet surfaces increased from 53 to 62, and on snow-covered surfaces from 9 to 19.
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 from 512 in the prior year to 541 in the current year. There was a decrease in passenger cars involved (from 235 to 226) but an increase in Sport Utility Vehicles (from 130 to 143) and Semi-Tractors (from 34 to 51). The number of pedestrians involved rose from 1 to 5, while bicycles involved decreased from 2 to 0. Among vehicle makes, Ford involvement decreased from 59 to 53, while Jeep involvement increased from 17 to 28.
Top Vehicle Makes (541 vehicles)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Vehicle unit records
26 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (656 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 5, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2022-01-01 through 2022-12-31 (365 days)
- Geographic scope: Broadview Heights, OH
- Total crash records analyzed: 292
- Total persons involved: 675
- Total vehicles involved: 541
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). "Broadview Heights, 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/broadview-heights/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.
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ThatCarHitMe.com · An Injuria.ai Company
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An Injuria.ai Company
Crash Data Intelligence
Data: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv
Period: 2022-01-01 – 2022-12-31
Generated: July 5, 2026 · All rights reserved