Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

102 CRASHES IN
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, OH
2022

All metrics benchmarked against2021

Total crashes in Brooklyn Heights decreased by 20.31% from 128 in 2021 to 102 in 2022. This period also saw a notable reduction in total injuries, falling from 64 to 45. The most significant shift was the 42.86% decrease in serious injury crashes, from 7 in the prior year to 4 in the current year.

102

-20.3%was 128

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

45

-29.7%was 64

Persons Injured

10

-23.1%was 13

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 crash trends in Brooklyn Heights show a decrease year-over-year. Total crashes fell by 20.31%, from 128 in 2021 to 102 in 2022. Concurrently, total injuries decreased by 29.69%, from 64 in the prior year to 45 in the current year.

10

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2022

-23.1% vs prior (13)

Hit-and-run crashes decreased from 13 in 2021 to 10 in 2022. The hit-and-run crash rate also saw a slight decrease, moving from 10.2% in the prior year to 9.8% in the current year.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

45

Motorists Injured

Prior: 64-29.7%

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 temporal distribution of crashes shifted year-over-year, with the peak day moving from Wednesday in 2021 (30 crashes) to Tuesday in 2022 (26 crashes). The peak crash hour also changed, occurring at 3 PM with 14 crashes in 2021, compared to 8 AM with 18 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

The distribution of crash severity shows a positive trend, with serious injury crashes decreasing from 7 (5.5% of total crashes) in 2021 to 4 (3.9%) in 2022. Minor injury crashes also fell from 22 (17.2%) to 13 (12.7%), and possible injury crashes decreased from 20 (15.6%) to 13 (12.7%). Consequently, the proportion of no-injury crashes increased from 61.7% to 70.6% year-over-year.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Serious Injury4serious injury crashes3.9%
-42.9%prior 7
Minor Injury13minor injury crashes12.7%
-40.9%prior 22
Possible Injury13possible injury crashes12.7%
-35.0%prior 20
No Injury72no injury crashes70.6%
-8.9%prior 79

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 conditions decreased from 87 in 2021 to 66 in 2022, while crashes in rainy conditions saw a notable reduction from 16 to 5. Similarly, crashes on dry road surfaces decreased from 95 to 70. There was an increase in crashes during snowy conditions, rising from 4 in 2021 to 7 in 2022.

Weather

Clear66 (64.7%)
-24.1%prior 87
Cloudy23 (22.5%)
9.5%prior 21
Snow7 (6.9%)
Rain5 (4.9%)
-68.8%prior 16
Fog; Smog; Smoke1 (1.0%)

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

Lighting

Daylight74 (72.5%)
-19.6%prior 92
Dark - Lighted Roadway20 (19.6%)
-23.1%prior 26
Dawn/Dusk7 (6.9%)
-12.5%prior 8
Dark - Roadway Not Lighted1 (1.0%)

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

Road Surface

Dry70 (68.6%)
-26.3%prior 95
Wet24 (23.5%)
-22.6%prior 31
Snow4 (3.9%)
Ice2 (2.0%)
Slush1 (1.0%)
Water (Standing; Moving)1 (1.0%)

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 decreased from 240 in 2021 to 201 in 2022. Passenger cars involved in crashes saw a significant reduction from 124 to 89, while cargo vans involved increased from 7 to 13. Chevrolet became the most frequently involved vehicle make in 2022 with 39 instances, surpassing Ford which was the top make in 2021 with 36 instances.

Top Vehicle Makes (201 vehicles)

1
CHEVROLET39 (19.4%)
39.3%prior 28
2
FORD28 (13.9%)
-22.2%prior 36
3
HONDA18 (9%)
-21.7%prior 23
4
KIA15 (7.5%)
-11.8%prior 17
5
NISSAN13 (6.5%)
0.0%prior 13
6
JEEP11 (5.5%)
-8.3%prior 12
7
TOYOTA10 (5%)
-9.1%prior 11
8
HYUNDAI10 (5%)
11.1%prior 9
9
GMC9 (4.5%)
10
DODGE7 (3.5%)
-36.4%prior 11

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

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

Sex Distribution (241 persons with recorded sex)

Male141 (58.5%)
-17.5%prior 171
Female100 (41.5%)
-16.0%prior 119

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: Brooklyn Heights, OH
  • Total crash records analyzed: 102
  • Total persons involved: 246
  • Total vehicles involved: 201

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). "Brooklyn 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/brooklyn-heights/2022-annual-report

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