Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

83 CRASHES IN
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, OH
2025

All metrics benchmarked against2024

Total crashes in Brooklyn Heights decreased by 5.68%, from 88 in 2024 to 83 in 2025. Despite this overall reduction in crashes, total injuries increased by 43.3%, rising from 30 in 2024 to 43 in 2025.

83

-5.7%was 88

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

43

43.3%was 30

Persons Injured

8

-20.0%was 10

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

Overall, crashes in Brooklyn Heights decreased year-over-year, with 83 crashes reported in 2025 compared to 88 crashes in 2024. This represents a reduction of 5 crashes, or 5.68%.

8

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2025

-20.0% vs prior (10)

Hit-and-run crashes decreased from 10 in 2024 to 8 in 2025. This resulted in a decrease in the hit-and-run rate from 11.4% in 2024 to 9.6% in 2025.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

43

Motorists Injured

Prior: 3043.3%

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 Thursday in 2024, which had 20 crashes, to Friday in 2025, with 19 crashes. Similarly, the peak hour for crashes moved from 3 PM in 2024 (14 crashes) to 4 PM in 2025 (8 crashes).

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. Serious injuries decreased from 3 in 2024 to 2 in 2025, while minor injuries increased from 7 to 11, and possible injuries rose from 12 to 15. Overall, total injuries increased from 30 in 2024 to 43 in 2025.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Serious Injury2serious injury crashes2.4%
-33.3%prior 3
Minor Injury11minor injury crashes13.3%
57.1%prior 7
Possible Injury15possible injury crashes18.1%
25.0%prior 12
No Injury55no injury crashes66.3%
-16.7%prior 66

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 decreased from 52 in 2024 to 49 in 2025, and crashes in rainy conditions decreased from 13 to 5. Conversely, crashes on snow-covered roads increased from 6 in 2024 to 11 in 2025. Daylight crashes decreased from 63 to 54, but crashes in dark-lighted roadway conditions increased from 18 to 23.

Weather

Clear49 (59.0%)
-5.8%prior 52
Cloudy17 (20.5%)
6.3%prior 16
Snow10 (12.0%)
42.9%prior 7
Rain5 (6.0%)
-61.5%prior 13
Blowing Sand; Soil; Dirt; Snow1 (1.2%)
Sleet; Hail1 (1.2%)

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

Lighting

Daylight54 (65.1%)
-14.3%prior 63
Dark - Lighted Roadway23 (27.7%)
27.8%prior 18
Dark - Roadway Not Lighted3 (3.6%)
Dawn/Dusk3 (3.6%)
-57.1%prior 7

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

Road Surface

Dry60 (72.3%)
-1.6%prior 61
Wet12 (14.5%)
-40.0%prior 20
Snow11 (13.3%)
83.3%prior 6

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 slightly decreased from 163 in 2024 to 160 in 2025. Semi-tractor involvement increased from 4 vehicles in 2024 to 8 in 2025, while SUV involvement decreased from 54 to 47. Among persons involved, the 35-44 age group saw a significant increase from 25 to 46, and the 45-54 age group saw a decrease from 30 to 14.

Top Vehicle Makes (160 vehicles)

1
CHEVROLET20 (12.5%)
-25.9%prior 27
2
FORD18 (11.3%)
-10.0%prior 20
3
HONDA18 (11.3%)
5.9%prior 17
4
KIA12 (7.5%)
50.0%prior 8
5
TOYOTA10 (6.3%)
-28.6%prior 14
6
HYUNDAI8 (5%)
14.3%prior 7
7
GMC7 (4.4%)
-12.5%prior 8
8
NISSAN6 (3.8%)
-25.0%prior 8
9
BMW6 (3.8%)
10
FREIGHTLINER5 (3.1%)

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

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

Sex Distribution (195 persons with recorded sex)

Male126 (64.6%)
11.5%prior 113
Female69 (35.4%)
1.5%prior 68

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: Brooklyn Heights, OH
  • Total crash records analyzed: 83
  • Total persons involved: 200
  • Total vehicles involved: 160

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: 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/brooklyn-heights/2025-annual-report

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