Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

391 CRASHES IN
CANFIELD, OH
2024

All metrics benchmarked against2023

Total crashes in Canfield increased from 372 in the prior year to 391 in the current year, marking a 5.11% rise. While fatalities remained at zero in both periods, serious injury crashes more than doubled, increasing by 125% from 4 to 9. This significant increase in severe outcomes is the most notable year-over-year shift.

391

5.1%was 372

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

110

3.8%was 106

Persons Injured

27

42.1%was 19

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 · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall, crash incidents in Canfield show an increasing trend year-over-year, with total crashes rising by 5.11% from 372 to 391. Total injuries also increased by 3.77%, from 106 to 110. Fatalities remained at zero for both the current and prior periods.

27

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2024

42.1% vs prior (19)

Hit-and-run crashes increased significantly year-over-year, rising by 42.11% from 19 incidents in the prior period to 27 incidents in the current period. Consequently, the hit-and-run rate also increased from 5.1% of total crashes to 6.9% of total crashes.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

110

Motorists Injured

Prior: 1054.8%

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 Monday in the prior year, with 75 incidents, to Friday in the current year, with 77 incidents. Friday crashes increased by 37.5% year-over-year, while Monday crashes decreased by 33.3%. The peak hour for crashes also shifted from 5 PM (31 incidents) in the prior year to 4 PM (35 incidents) in the current year.

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 crash rates remained at 0% in both the current and prior periods. Serious injury crashes increased significantly from 4 incidents (1.1% of total crashes) in the prior year to 9 incidents (2.3% of total crashes) in the current year. Conversely, minor injury crashes decreased from 43 incidents (11.6% of total crashes) to 33 incidents (8.4% of total crashes) year-over-year.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Serious Injury9serious injury crashes2.3%
125.0%prior 4
Minor Injury33minor injury crashes8.4%
-23.3%prior 43
Possible Injury32possible injury crashes8.2%
14.3%prior 28
No Injury317no injury crashes81.1%
6.7%prior 297

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 on icy road surfaces saw a substantial increase, rising from 2 incidents in the prior year to 18 incidents in the current year. Crashes during snowy weather conditions also increased from 18 to 30 incidents. Conversely, crashes during dawn/dusk lighting conditions decreased from 34 to 24 incidents.

Weather

Clear200 (51.2%)
3.6%prior 193
Cloudy114 (29.2%)
-3.4%prior 118
Rain41 (10.5%)
-2.4%prior 42
Snow30 (7.7%)
66.7%prior 18
Freezing Rain or Freezing Drizzle2 (0.5%)
Sleet; Hail2 (0.5%)
Other/Unknown1 (0.3%)
Fog; Smog; Smoke1 (0.3%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight246 (62.9%)
5.1%prior 234
Dark - Lighted Roadway59 (15.1%)
22.9%prior 48
Dark - Roadway Not Lighted59 (15.1%)
5.4%prior 56
Dawn/Dusk24 (6.1%)
-29.4%prior 34
Dark - Unknown Roadway Lighting3 (0.8%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry283 (72.4%)
0.0%prior 283
Wet70 (17.9%)
-6.7%prior 75
Snow19 (4.9%)
90.0%prior 10
Ice18 (4.6%)
Slush1 (0.3%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

The total number of vehicles involved in crashes increased by 3.78%, from 608 in the prior year to 631 in the current year. The number of Sport Utility Vehicles involved increased by 9.2% from 207 to 226, while Semi-Tractors involved increased by 30% from 10 to 13. The age group 0-15 saw a 21.5% increase in persons involved, rising from 93 to 113, and the 35-44 age group increased by 22.5% from 80 to 98.

Top Vehicle Makes (631 vehicles)

1
CHEVROLET117 (18.5%)
-5.6%prior 124
2
FORD86 (13.6%)
-2.3%prior 88
3
HONDA48 (7.6%)
0.0%prior 48
4
JEEP38 (6%)
5.6%prior 36
5
TOYOTA35 (5.5%)
-2.8%prior 36
6
KIA29 (4.6%)
26.1%prior 23
7
HYUNDAI22 (3.5%)
0.0%prior 22
8
SUBARU22 (3.5%)
-24.1%prior 29
9
GMC21 (3.3%)
31.3%prior 16
10
NISSAN20 (3.2%)
25.0%prior 16

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (837 persons with recorded sex)

Male459 (54.8%)
10.1%prior 417
Female378 (45.2%)
-3.1%prior 390

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 5, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2024-01-01 through 2024-12-31 (366 days)
  • Geographic scope: Canfield, OH
  • Total crash records analyzed: 391
  • Total persons involved: 852
  • Total vehicles involved: 631

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). "Canfield, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2024." Published July 5, 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/canfield/2024-annual-report

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