Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

392 CRASHES IN
BRUNSWICK, OH
2025

All metrics benchmarked against2024

Total crashes in Brunswick increased by 12.64% year-over-year, rising from 348 in 2024 to 392 in 2025. Despite this increase in total crashes, the number of total injuries decreased by 8.25%, from 97 in 2024 to 89 in 2025. Fatalities remained at zero for both years.

392

12.6%was 348

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

89

-8.2%was 97

Persons Injured

19

5.6%was 18

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

The overall trend indicates a rise in total crashes, with a 12.64% increase from 348 crashes in 2024 to 392 crashes in 2025. Conversely, total injuries decreased by 8.25% year-over-year, falling from 97 to 89.

19

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2025

5.6% vs prior (18)

The number of hit-and-run crashes slightly increased from 18 in 2024 to 19 in 2025. However, the hit-and-run rate decreased from 5.2% of total crashes in 2024 to 4.8% in 2025.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

1

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 10.0%

88

Motorists Injured

Prior: 96-8.3%

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 remained Friday in both 2024 and 2025, although the number of Friday crashes slightly decreased from 68 to 66. The peak hour for crashes also remained 5 PM, with crashes during this hour increasing from 45 in 2024 to 55 in 2025.

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 for both 2024 and 2025. Serious injury crashes decreased from 3 (0.9%) in 2024 to 2 (0.5%) in 2025. Minor injury crashes also saw a slight decrease from 35 (10.1%) to 34 (8.7%), while possible injury crashes increased from 29 (8.3%) to 33 (8.4%).

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Serious Injury2serious injury crashes0.5%
-33.3%prior 3
Minor Injury34minor injury crashes8.7%
-2.9%prior 35
Possible Injury33possible injury crashes8.4%
13.8%prior 29
No Injury323no injury crashes82.4%
14.9%prior 281

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 201 in 2024 to 235 in 2025, while crashes in rainy conditions decreased from 37 to 30. There was a notable increase in crashes on snow-covered roads, rising from 14 in 2024 to 32 in 2025, and on icy roads, increasing from 3 to 8.

Weather

Clear235 (59.9%)
16.9%prior 201
Cloudy86 (21.9%)
4.9%prior 82
Snow40 (10.2%)
81.8%prior 22
Rain30 (7.7%)
-18.9%prior 37
Sleet; Hail1 (0.3%)

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

Lighting

Daylight288 (73.5%)
16.6%prior 247
Dark - Lighted Roadway65 (16.6%)
6.6%prior 61
Dawn/Dusk23 (5.9%)
-8.0%prior 25
Dark - Roadway Not Lighted15 (3.8%)
7.1%prior 14
Dark - Unknown Roadway Lighting1 (0.3%)

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

Road Surface

Dry280 (71.4%)
8.5%prior 258
Wet71 (18.1%)
-2.7%prior 73
Snow32 (8.2%)
128.6%prior 14
Ice8 (2.0%)
Other/Unknown1 (0.3%)

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 684 in 2024 to 761 in 2025. The number of Passenger Cars involved increased from 305 to 336, and Sport Utility Vehicles increased from 252 to 271. A notable shift in persons involved shows an increase in the 55-64 age group from 87 to 129, and in the 65+ age group from 122 to 139.

Top Vehicle Makes (761 vehicles)

1
OTHER/UNKNOWN517 (67.9%)
5.5%prior 490
2
JEEP28 (3.7%)
27.3%prior 22
3
FORD25 (3.3%)
108.3%prior 12
4
RAM23 (3%)
155.6%prior 9
5
HONDA19 (2.5%)
90.0%prior 10
6
SUBARU19 (2.5%)
46.2%prior 13
7
CHEVROLET19 (2.5%)
0.0%prior 19
8
KIA14 (1.8%)
-36.4%prior 22
9
TOYOTA13 (1.7%)
-23.5%prior 17
10
HYUNDAI11 (1.4%)
-35.3%prior 17

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

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

Sex Distribution (952 persons with recorded sex)

Male486 (51.1%)
6.1%prior 458
Female466 (48.9%)
3.8%prior 449

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 7, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2025-01-01 through 2025-12-31 (365 days)
  • Geographic scope: Brunswick, OH
  • Total crash records analyzed: 392
  • Total persons involved: 961
  • Total vehicles involved: 761

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). "Brunswick, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2025." Published July 7, 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/brunswick/2025-annual-report

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