Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

118 CRASHES IN
BRYAN, OH
2023

All metrics benchmarked against2022

Total crashes remained stable year-over-year at 118 for both the current (2023) and prior (2022) periods. Despite this stability, total injuries increased by 8.7%, rising from 23 to 25. The most notable shift was an 18.2% increase in hit-and-run crashes, which rose from 11 in the prior period to 13 in the current period.

118

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

25

8.7%was 23

Persons Injured

13

18.2%was 11

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 · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall crash volume remained consistent year-over-year, with 118 total crashes reported in both the current and prior periods. However, total injuries saw an increase of 8.7%, rising from 23 in the prior period to 25 in the current period. Fatalities remained unchanged at 0 for both periods.

13

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2023

18.2% vs prior (11)

Hit-and-run crashes increased by 18.2%, rising from 11 in the prior period to 13 in the current period. Correspondingly, the hit-and-run crash rate increased by 1.7 percentage points, from 9.3% in the prior period to 11% in the current period, indicating an upward trend.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

1

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 0%

24

Motorists Injured

Prior: 234.3%

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)

When Crashes Happen

While total crashes remained stable year-over-year, the monthly distribution for the prior period is incomplete, preventing a full comparison of monthly trends. The peak crash day remained Friday, although the number of crashes on this day slightly decreased from 23 in the prior period to 21 in the current period. The peak crash hour shifted from 3 p.m. in the prior period with 14 crashes to 1 p.m. in the current period with 15 crashes.

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

Total fatalities remained at 0 in both the current and prior periods. Total injuries increased by 8.7%, from 23 in the prior period to 25 in the current period. Notably, there were no serious injury crashes in the current period, a decrease from 2 such crashes in the prior period.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Minor Injury7minor injury crashes5.9%
-12.5%prior 8
Possible Injury8possible injury crashes6.8%
33.3%prior 6
No Injury103no injury crashes87.3%
1.0%prior 102

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record

Road & Environmental Conditions

Crashes occurring in daylight conditions increased from 85 in the prior period to 101 in the current period, while crashes in 'Dark - Lighted Roadway' conditions decreased significantly from 21 to 7. There was also an increase in crashes on wet road surfaces, rising from 13 to 19. Clear weather remained the dominant condition for crashes in both periods.

Weather

Clear83 (70.3%)
3.8%prior 80
Cloudy23 (19.5%)
-8.0%prior 25
Rain7 (5.9%)
16.7%prior 6
Snow5 (4.2%)
-16.7%prior 6

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight101 (85.6%)
18.8%prior 85
Dark - Lighted Roadway7 (5.9%)
-66.7%prior 21
Dawn/Dusk6 (5.1%)
20.0%prior 5
Dark - Roadway Not Lighted4 (3.4%)
-42.9%prior 7

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry95 (80.5%)
-2.1%prior 97
Wet19 (16.1%)
46.2%prior 13
Ice2 (1.7%)
Snow2 (1.7%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

The total number of vehicles involved in crashes increased by 2.2%, from 223 to 228. Passenger cars involved in crashes decreased by 18% (from 111 to 91), while Sport Utility Vehicles increased by 10.9% (from 55 to 61) and Pickups increased by 26.9% (from 26 to 33). Crashes involving Passenger Vans doubled from 9 to 18.

Top Vehicle Makes (228 vehicles)

1
CHEVROLET54 (23.7%)
-5.3%prior 57
2
FORD43 (18.9%)
10.3%prior 39
3
DODGE17 (7.5%)
142.9%prior 7
4
GMC13 (5.7%)
8.3%prior 12
5
KIA12 (5.3%)
6
JEEP9 (3.9%)
-40.0%prior 15
7
CHRYSLER9 (3.9%)
28.6%prior 7
8
NISSAN8 (3.5%)
60.0%prior 5
9
TOYOTA7 (3.1%)
16.7%prior 6
10
OTHER/UNKNOWN6 (2.6%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (278 persons with recorded sex)

Male148 (53.2%)
17.5%prior 126
Female130 (46.8%)
9.2%prior 119

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · 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: 2023-01-01 through 2023-12-31
  • Report generated: July 5, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2023-01-01 through 2023-12-31 (365 days)
  • Geographic scope: Bryan, OH
  • Total crash records analyzed: 118
  • Total persons involved: 287
  • Total vehicles involved: 228

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). "Bryan, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2023." Published July 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31. Data source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS), Csv Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/ohio/bryan/2023-annual-report

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