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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · CAMBRIDGE, OH · 2024
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GET: https://thatcarhitme.com/api/crash-data/reports/data/ohio/cambridge/2024-annual-report
Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis
441 CRASHES IN
CAMBRIDGE, OH
2024
Total crashes in Cambridge increased by 1.61% year-over-year, from 434 in the prior period to 441 in the current period. This overall increase was accompanied by a notable 50% rise in fatal crashes, which climbed from 2 to 3 incidents. Total fatalities also increased by 25%, from 4 to 5, while total injuries decreased by 9.77%.
441
▲ 1.6%was 434
Total Crash Events
5
▲ 25.0%was 4
Persons Killed
120
▼ -9.8%was 133
Persons Injured
27
▲ 8.0%was 25
Hit-and-Run Crashes
Note: "Persons Killed" (5) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (3) 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 · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
The overall trend indicates a slight increase in total crashes, rising from 434 in the prior year to 441 in the current year, a 1.61% change. Total fatalities increased by 25%, from 4 to 5, while total injuries decreased by 9.77%, from 133 to 120. This suggests a mixed trend with an increase in crash severity despite a reduction in overall injuries.
27
Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2024
▲ 8.0% vs prior (25)
Hit-and-run crashes increased by 8% year-over-year, rising from 25 in the prior period to 27 in the current period. The hit-and-run rate also saw a slight increase, moving from 5.8% to 6.1% of all crashes. This indicates a slight upward trend in the proportion of crashes involving a hit-and-run driver.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
0
Pedestrians Killed
5
Motorists Killed
1
Pedestrians Injured
119
Motorists Injured
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · 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 the prior period (75 crashes) to Friday in the current period (88 crashes), representing a 20.5% increase in Friday crashes. The peak crash hour remained consistent at 3 PM for both periods, with incidents at this hour increasing from 43 to 47, a 9.3% rise. Crashes on Saturdays decreased by 33.9% (from 59 to 39), while crashes on Sundays increased by 4.7% (from 43 to 45).
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
Fatal crashes increased by 50%, rising from 2 in the prior year to 3 in the current year, with the fatal crash rate increasing from 0.46% to 0.68%. Serious injury crashes decreased by 9.1% (from 11 to 10), and minor injury crashes decreased by 16.7% (from 48 to 40). Possible injury crashes saw a slight increase of 2.9%, from 34 to 35 incidents.
Severity is per crash event (most severe injury). 3 fatal crash events resulted in 5 persons killed.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Road & Environmental Conditions
Crashes occurring in snowy conditions more than doubled, increasing from 5 in the prior year to 12 in the current year. Incidents on wet road surfaces decreased by 22.9% (from 83 to 64), while crashes on icy roads appeared with 6 incidents in the current year compared to none in the prior period. Crashes under 'Dark - Lighted Roadway' conditions increased by 26.8%, rising from 41 to 52.
Weather
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Road surface condition field
Vehicles & Demographics
Total vehicles involved increased by 2.67%, from 750 to 770. Chevrolet overtook Ford as the most frequently involved make, with Chevrolet involvement increasing by 31.4% (from 102 to 134), while Ford involvement slightly decreased. Semi-Tractor involvement increased by 31.4% (from 35 to 46), whereas motorcycle involvement decreased by 60% (from 10 to 4). There was a 29.5% decrease in persons aged 0-15 involved, while involvement for those aged 16-20 increased by 20.2% and for those aged 55-64 increased by 17%.
Top Vehicle Makes (770 vehicles)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Vehicle unit records
29 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (960 persons with recorded sex)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · 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: 2024-01-01 through 2024-12-31
- Report generated: July 6, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2024-01-01 through 2024-12-31 (366 days)
- Geographic scope: Cambridge, OH
- Total crash records analyzed: 441
- Total persons involved: 978
- Total vehicles involved: 770
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.
Non-Affiliation Disclosure
This report is produced independently by ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced in partnership with any law enforcement agency, municipal government, state department of transportation, or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Data is sourced from publicly available government open data portals.
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.
Corrections & Feedback
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Suggested Citation
ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). "Cambridge, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2024." Published July 6, 2026. Reporting period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31. Data source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS), Csv Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/ohio/cambridge/2024-annual-report
About the Publisher
ThatCarHitMe.com is a crash data intelligence platform developed by Injuria.ai, a legal technology company specializing in traffic safety analytics. We aggregate and analyze publicly available government crash data to produce structured intelligence reports for communities, researchers, journalists, and legal professionals. Our reports combine programmatic data retrieval from official open data portals with AI-assisted narrative analysis.
Questions about this report's data or methodology: data@injuria.ai
ThatCarHitMe.com · An Injuria.ai Company
ThatCarHitMe.com
An Injuria.ai Company
Crash Data Intelligence
Data: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv
Period: 2024-01-01 – 2024-12-31
Generated: July 6, 2026 · All rights reserved