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Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

580 CRASHES IN
CENTERVILLE, OH
2024

All metrics benchmarked against2023

Centerville experienced an increase in total crashes, rising from 529 in 2023 to 580 in 2024, marking a 9.64% increase year-over-year. Fatalities also increased by 100%, from 1 to 2. The most notable year-over-year shift was in speeding-related crashes, which more than doubled from 16 in 2023 to 34 in 2024.

580

▲ 9.6%was 529

Total Crash Events

▲ 100.0%was 1

Persons Killed

226

▲ 5.6%was 214

Persons Injured

▼ -6.7%was 75

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

Trend Summary

Overall, crash data for Centerville indicates an upward trend year-over-year. Total crashes increased by 9.64%, from 529 in 2023 to 580 in 2024. Fatalities saw a 100% increase, rising from 1 in 2023 to 2 in 2024, while total injuries increased by 5.6%, from 214 to 226.

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2024

▼ -6.7% vs prior (75)

Hit-and-run crashes decreased from 75 in 2023 to 70 in 2024, a reduction of 5 crashes. Correspondingly, the hit-and-run rate decreased by 2.1 percentage points, from 14.2% in 2023 to 12.1% in 2024. This indicates a downward trend in the proportion of crashes involving hit-and-run incidents.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 1↓-100.0%

Motorists Killed

Prior: 0→%

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 5↑40.0%

219

Motorists Injured

Prior: 209↑4.8%

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 temporal patterns for crashes shifted between the two periods. The peak day for crashes moved from Friday in 2023 (98 crashes) to Wednesday in 2024 (104 crashes). Similarly, the peak hour for crashes shifted from 6 PM in 2023 (53 crashes) to 3 PM in 2024 (54 crashes).

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

The fatal crash rate increased from 0.19% in 2023 to 0.34% in 2024, representing an increase of 0.15 percentage points. Serious injuries (A) as a proportion of total crashes increased from 1.3% to 1.9%, while minor injuries (B) decreased from 13.2% to 10.7% and possible injuries (C) decreased from 14.6% to 12.6%.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal2fatal crashes0.3%

↑100.0%prior 1

Serious Injury11serious injury crashes1.9%

↑57.1%prior 7

Minor Injury62minor injury crashes10.7%

↓-11.4%prior 70

Possible Injury73possible injury crashes12.6%

↓-5.2%prior 77

No Injury432no injury crashes74.5%

↑15.5%prior 374

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 clear weather increased by 15.6%, from 315 in 2023 to 364 in 2024, while crashes in rainy conditions decreased by 19.4%, from 72 to 58. Crashes on dry road surfaces increased by 13.3% (406 to 460), contrasting with a 5.5% decrease in crashes on wet surfaces (110 to 104). The proportion of crashes occurring in daylight remained stable, accounting for approximately 75% of all crashes in both periods.

Weather

Clear364 (62.8%)

↑15.6%prior 315

Cloudy141 (24.3%)

↑13.7%prior 124

Rain58 (10.0%)

↓-19.4%prior 72

Snow9 (1.6%)

↑12.5%prior 8

Other/Unknown5 (0.9%)

↓-37.5%prior 8

Sleet; Hail2 (0.3%)

Fog; Smog; Smoke1 (0.2%)

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

Lighting

Daylight438 (75.5%)

↑9.8%prior 399

Dark - Lighted Roadway90 (15.5%)

↑3.4%prior 87

Dark - Roadway Not Lighted20 (3.4%)

↑25.0%prior 16

Dawn/Dusk20 (3.4%)

↑11.1%prior 18

Other/Unknown8 (1.4%)

→0.0%prior 8

Dark - Unknown Roadway Lighting4 (0.7%)

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

Road Surface

Dry460 (79.3%)

↑13.3%prior 406

Wet104 (17.9%)

↓-5.5%prior 110

Snow6 (1.0%)

Ice5 (0.9%)

Other/Unknown4 (0.7%)

↓-33.3%prior 6

Slush1 (0.2%)

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 7.7%, from 1033 in 2023 to 1113 in 2024. Honda vehicles involved in crashes increased by 29.3% (123 to 159), while Ford vehicles decreased by 6.9% (116 to 108). A notable shift in age demographics shows a 55.6% increase in crash involvement for the 21-25 age group, rising from 90 persons in 2023 to 140 in 2024.

Top Vehicle Makes (1,113 vehicles)

HONDA159 (14.3%)

↑29.3%prior 123

CHEVROLET148 (13.3%)

↑6.5%prior 139

TOYOTA129 (11.6%)

↑17.3%prior 110

FORD108 (9.7%)

↓-6.9%prior 116

JEEP57 (5.1%)

↑26.7%prior 45

HYUNDAI49 (4.4%)

↑8.9%prior 45

NISSAN44 (4%)

↓-8.3%prior 48

KIA40 (3.6%)

↑5.3%prior 38

SUBARU34 (3.1%)

↑17.2%prior 29

LEXUS29 (2.6%)

↑61.1%prior 18

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

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

Sex Distribution (1,416 persons with recorded sex)

Female734 (51.8%)

↑11.2%prior 660

Male682 (48.2%)

↑5.2%prior 648

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: August 22, 2026

Data Coverage

Reporting period: 2024-01-01 through 2024-12-31 (366 days)
Geographic scope: Centerville, OH
Total crash records analyzed: 580
Total persons involved: 1,461
Total vehicles involved: 1,113

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). "Centerville, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2024." Published August 22, 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/centerville/2024-annual-report

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