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Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

496 CRASHES IN
CENTERVILLE, OH
2022

All metrics benchmarked against2021

In 2022, Centerville experienced 496 crashes, an 8.32% decrease from 541 crashes in 2021. A notable shift was the increase in total fatalities from 0 in 2021 to 2 in 2022.

496

▼ -8.3%was 541

Total Crash Events

Persons Killed

169

▼ -18.4%was 207

Persons Injured

▲ 12.7%was 55

Hit-and-Run Crashes

Note: "Persons Killed" (2) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (1) 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 · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall, crashes in Centerville decreased year-over-year, with total crashes falling by 8.32% from 541 in 2021 to 496 in 2022. Concurrently, total injuries decreased by 18.36%, from 207 in 2021 to 169 in 2022. However, total fatalities increased from 0 in 2021 to 2 in 2022.

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2022

▲ 12.7% vs prior (55)

Hit-and-run crashes increased from 55 incidents in 2021 to 62 incidents in 2022. This led to an increase in the hit-and-run rate, rising from 10.2% of total crashes in 2021 to 12.5% in 2022.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 0→0.0%

Motorists Killed

Prior: 0→%

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 2↑50.0%

166

Motorists Injured

Prior: 205↓-19.0%

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · 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 Tuesday in 2021, which saw 108 crashes, to Thursday in 2022, with 86 crashes. While the peak hour remained 5 PM in both years, the number of crashes at this hour slightly decreased from 64 in 2021 to 61 in 2022. Crashes on Tuesday saw a significant reduction from 108 in 2021 to 67 in 2022.

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

Fatal crashes increased from 0 in 2021 to 1 in 2022, resulting in an increase in total fatalities from 0 to 2. Serious injury crashes decreased from 5 (0.9% of total crashes) in 2021 to 3 (0.6%) in 2022. Possible injury crashes also decreased, from 91 (16.8%) in 2021 to 66 (13.3%) in 2022.

Severity is per crash event (most severe injury). 1 fatal crash events resulted in 2 persons killed.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal1fatal crashes0.2%

Serious Injury3serious injury crashes0.6%

↓-40.0%prior 5

Minor Injury51minor injury crashes10.3%

↓-7.3%prior 55

Possible Injury66possible injury crashes13.3%

↓-27.5%prior 91

No Injury375no injury crashes75.6%

↓-3.8%prior 390

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record

Road & Environmental Conditions

Crashes occurring in Clear weather decreased by 41 incidents, from 340 in 2021 to 299 in 2022. The proportion of crashes on Dry road surfaces decreased from 79.5% in 2021 to 77% in 2022. Crashes in Dark - Roadway Not Lighted conditions saw a slight increase from 27 in 2021 to 29 in 2022.

Weather

Clear299 (60.3%)

↓-12.1%prior 340

Cloudy117 (23.6%)

↓-2.5%prior 120

Rain54 (10.9%)

↓-11.5%prior 61

Snow14 (2.8%)

↓-6.7%prior 15

Other/Unknown11 (2.2%)

Freezing Rain or Freezing Drizzle1 (0.2%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight368 (74.2%)

↓-9.4%prior 406

Dark - Lighted Roadway68 (13.7%)

↓-12.8%prior 78

Dark - Roadway Not Lighted29 (5.8%)

↑7.4%prior 27

Dawn/Dusk23 (4.6%)

↓-4.2%prior 24

Other/Unknown5 (1.0%)

Dark - Unknown Roadway Lighting3 (0.6%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry382 (77.0%)

↓-11.2%prior 430

Wet97 (19.6%)

↑1.0%prior 96

Snow10 (2.0%)

→0.0%prior 10

Other/Unknown4 (0.8%)

Ice2 (0.4%)

Sand; Mud; Dirt; Oil; Gravel1 (0.2%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

The total number of vehicles involved in crashes decreased by 84, from 1044 in 2021 to 960 in 2022. Chevrolet, which was the top vehicle make with 155 vehicles involved in 2021, saw a decrease to 112 in 2022, moving it to fourth place behind Honda (122), Toyota (115), and Ford (112). Most age groups saw a decrease in persons involved, with the 26-34 age group being an exception, increasing from 168 persons in 2021 to 186 in 2022.

Top Vehicle Makes (960 vehicles)

HONDA122 (12.7%)

↓-0.8%prior 123

TOYOTA115 (12%)

→0.0%prior 115

FORD112 (11.7%)

↓-8.2%prior 122

CHEVROLET112 (11.7%)

↓-27.7%prior 155

NISSAN50 (5.2%)

↓-16.7%prior 60

HYUNDAI40 (4.2%)

↓-7.0%prior 43

JEEP38 (4%)

↑11.8%prior 34

KIA36 (3.8%)

↑9.1%prior 33

DODGE34 (3.5%)

↓-10.5%prior 38

SUBARU33 (3.4%)

↑32.0%prior 25

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (1,263 persons with recorded sex)

Female660 (52.3%)

↓-8.1%prior 718

Male603 (47.7%)

↓-9.0%prior 663

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · 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: 2022-01-01 through 2022-12-31
Report generated: August 22, 2026

Data Coverage

Reporting period: 2022-01-01 through 2022-12-31 (365 days)
Geographic scope: Centerville, OH
Total crash records analyzed: 496
Total persons involved: 1,302
Total vehicles involved: 960

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). "Centerville, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2022." Published August 22, 2026. Reporting period: 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31. Data source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS), Csv Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/ohio/centerville/2022-annual-report

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