Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

78 CRASHES IN
CEDARVILLE, OH
2025

All metrics benchmarked against2024

Total crashes in Cedarville increased by 56% year-over-year, rising from 50 crashes in the prior year to 78 crashes in the current year. A significant shift was observed in fatalities, increasing from 0 in the prior year to 2 in the current year. Overall, there was an increase in crash frequency and severity.

78

56.0%was 50

Total Crash Events

2

Persons Killed

23

35.3%was 17

Persons Injured

6

-25.0%was 8

Hit-and-Run Crashes

Note: "Persons Killed" (2) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (2) 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 substantial increase in crash activity, with total crashes rising by 56% from 50 to 78. This was accompanied by a concerning increase in fatalities, which went from 0 in the prior year to 2 in the current year. Total injuries also saw an increase of 35.3%, from 17 to 23.

6

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2025

-25.0% vs prior (8)

Hit-and-run crashes decreased from 8 in the prior year to 6 in the current year. The hit-and-run rate also saw a decrease, falling from 16% in the prior year to 7.7% in the current year.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

2

Motorists Killed

Prior: 0%

1

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 0%

22

Motorists Injured

Prior: 1729.4%

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 Wednesday with 12 crashes in the prior year to Monday with 21 crashes in the current year. Similarly, the peak hour for crashes moved from 2 PM with 6 crashes in the prior year to 5 PM with 10 crashes in the current year. This indicates a change in the temporal patterns of crash occurrences.

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

The fatal crash rate increased from 0% in the prior year to 2.6% in the current year, corresponding to 2 fatal crashes compared to none previously. While serious injury crashes remained constant at 2 for both periods, minor injury crashes increased from 7 to 9, and possible injury crashes rose from 4 to 7. The proportion of crashes resulting in no injury remained relatively stable at 74% in the prior year and 74.4% in the current year.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal2fatal crashes2.6%
Serious Injury2serious injury crashes2.6%
0.0%prior 2
Minor Injury9minor injury crashes11.5%
28.6%prior 7
Possible Injury7possible injury crashes9%
75.0%prior 4
No Injury58no injury crashes74.4%
56.8%prior 37

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 34 to 52, and those in cloudy conditions rose from 8 to 17. Crashes during daylight hours increased from 29 to 41, and those in dark conditions with unlighted roadways increased from 17 to 25. Crashes on dry road surfaces increased from 40 to 61, while wet road crashes remained at 8.

Weather

Clear52 (66.7%)
52.9%prior 34
Cloudy17 (21.8%)
112.5%prior 8
Snow5 (6.4%)
Rain2 (2.6%)
-66.7%prior 6
Freezing Rain or Freezing Drizzle1 (1.3%)
Other/Unknown1 (1.3%)

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

Lighting

Daylight41 (52.6%)
41.4%prior 29
Dark - Roadway Not Lighted25 (32.1%)
47.1%prior 17
Dawn/Dusk8 (10.3%)
Dark - Lighted Roadway2 (2.6%)
Dark - Unknown Roadway Lighting1 (1.3%)
Other/Unknown1 (1.3%)

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

Road Surface

Dry61 (78.2%)
52.5%prior 40
Wet8 (10.3%)
0.0%prior 8
Snow5 (6.4%)
Ice3 (3.8%)
Other/Unknown1 (1.3%)

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 by 63.8%, from 69 in the prior year to 113 in the current year. Passenger cars involved in crashes increased from 30 to 56, and sport utility vehicles increased from 15 to 29. The 21-25 age group saw a notable increase in persons involved, rising from 10 to 29.

Top Vehicle Makes (113 vehicles)

1
CHEVROLET17 (15%)
2
HONDA16 (14.2%)
166.7%prior 6
3
TOYOTA14 (12.4%)
55.6%prior 9
4
FORD11 (9.7%)
83.3%prior 6
5
BUICK5 (4.4%)
6
JEEP4 (3.5%)
7
KIA4 (3.5%)
8
DODGE4 (3.5%)
9
SUBARU4 (3.5%)
10
INFINITI2 (1.8%)

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

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

Sex Distribution (141 persons with recorded sex)

Male76 (53.9%)
46.2%prior 52
Female65 (46.1%)
140.7%prior 27

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 5, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2025-01-01 through 2025-12-31 (365 days)
  • Geographic scope: Cedarville, OH
  • Total crash records analyzed: 78
  • Total persons involved: 147
  • Total vehicles involved: 113

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). "Cedarville, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2025." Published July 5, 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/cedarville/2025-annual-report

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