Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

504 CRASHES IN
BROOKLYN, OH
2025

All metrics benchmarked against2024

Total crashes in Brooklyn increased by 13.51% year-over-year, rising from 444 in 2024 to 504 in 2025. This represents an increase of 60 crashes. The most notable shift was a 133.33% increase in pedestrian crashes, which rose from 3 in 2024 to 7 in 2025.

504

13.5%was 444

Total Crash Events

1

Persons Killed

139

-6.7%was 149

Persons Injured

86

19.4%was 72

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 · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall, crash incidents in Brooklyn showed an upward trend year-over-year, increasing by 13.51% from 444 total crashes in 2024 to 504 in 2025. While total fatalities remained stable at 1 in both periods, total injuries decreased by 6.71%, from 149 in 2024 to 139 in 2025.

86

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2025

19.4% vs prior (72)

Hit-and-run crashes increased by 19.44% year-over-year, rising from 72 incidents in 2024 to 86 in 2025. The hit-and-run rate also saw an increase of 0.9 percentage points, from 16.2% in 2024 to 17.1% in 2025. This indicates an upward trend in hit-and-run incidents.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

1

Motorists Killed

Prior: 10.0%

9

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 2350.0%

130

Motorists Injured

Prior: 147-11.6%

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 Friday in 2024, with 73 incidents, to Thursday in 2025, recording 92 crashes. Concurrently, the peak hour for crashes changed from 5 PM with 45 incidents in 2024 to 3 PM with 49 incidents in 2025. Crashes on Thursdays increased by 31.43% year-over-year, from 70 to 92.

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

Fatal crashes remained constant at 1 in both 2024 and 2025, maintaining a fatal rate of 0.2% in the current period. Serious injuries decreased from 14 (3.2% of crashes) in 2024 to 9 (1.8% of crashes) in 2025. Conversely, possible injuries increased from 50 (11.3% of crashes) to 72 (14.3% of crashes) year-over-year.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal1fatal crashes0.2%
0.0%prior 1
Serious Injury9serious injury crashes1.8%
-35.7%prior 14
Minor Injury31minor injury crashes6.2%
-13.9%prior 36
Possible Injury72possible injury crashes14.3%
44.0%prior 50
No Injury391no injury crashes77.6%
14.0%prior 343

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 increased from 269 in 2024 to 292 in 2025, while those in snowy conditions nearly doubled from 26 to 46. Crashes on dry road surfaces increased from 312 to 344, and those on snowy surfaces rose from 19 to 39. Crashes during daylight hours also saw an increase, from 317 to 359.

Weather

Clear292 (57.9%)
8.6%prior 269
Cloudy98 (19.4%)
14.0%prior 86
Rain59 (11.7%)
1.7%prior 58
Snow46 (9.1%)
76.9%prior 26
Sleet; Hail4 (0.8%)
Fog; Smog; Smoke3 (0.6%)
Freezing Rain or Freezing Drizzle1 (0.2%)
Severe Crosswinds1 (0.2%)

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

Lighting

Daylight359 (71.2%)
13.2%prior 317
Dark - Lighted Roadway115 (22.8%)
19.8%prior 96
Dawn/Dusk27 (5.4%)
12.5%prior 24
Dark - Unknown Roadway Lighting2 (0.4%)
Other/Unknown1 (0.2%)
-80.0%prior 5

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

Road Surface

Dry344 (68.3%)
10.3%prior 312
Wet113 (22.4%)
8.7%prior 104
Snow39 (7.7%)
105.3%prior 19
Ice5 (1.0%)
-28.6%prior 7
Slush3 (0.6%)

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 increased by 16.27% year-over-year, rising from 848 in 2024 to 986 in 2025. Passenger cars and SUVs continued to be the most frequently involved vehicle types, with passenger cars increasing from 424 to 488 and SUVs from 248 to 304. Chevrolet became the top make involved in crashes in 2025 with 117 vehicles, surpassing Ford which recorded 114 in 2024 and 111 in 2025.

Top Vehicle Makes (986 vehicles)

1
CHEVROLET117 (11.9%)
11.4%prior 105
2
FORD111 (11.3%)
-2.6%prior 114
3
OTHER/UNKNOWN109 (11.1%)
41.6%prior 77
4
TOYOTA95 (9.6%)
26.7%prior 75
5
HONDA74 (7.5%)
27.6%prior 58
6
NISSAN60 (6.1%)
25.0%prior 48
7
JEEP51 (5.2%)
30.8%prior 39
8
KIA49 (5%)
4.3%prior 47
9
HYUNDAI49 (5%)
11.4%prior 44
10
GMC28 (2.8%)
64.7%prior 17

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

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

Sex Distribution (1,251 persons with recorded sex)

Male683 (54.6%)
20.7%prior 566
Female568 (45.4%)
17.4%prior 484

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 6, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2025-01-01 through 2025-12-31 (365 days)
  • Geographic scope: Brooklyn, OH
  • Total crash records analyzed: 504
  • Total persons involved: 1,303
  • Total vehicles involved: 986

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). "Brooklyn, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2025." Published July 6, 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/2025-annual-report

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