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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH · 2022
Purpose: Machine-readable JSON endpoint for AI agents, LLMs, researchers, and programmatic consumers. Returns all underlying crash data and AI-generated commentary without HTML.
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GET: https://thatcarhitme.com/api/crash-data/reports/data/ohio/cleveland-heights/2022-annual-report
Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis
767 CRASHES IN
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH
2022
Total crashes in Cleveland Heights increased by 9.73%, from 699 crashes in 2021 to 767 crashes in 2022. While total fatalities remained stable at 3, the number of total injuries rose significantly by 34.86%, from 175 to 236. This marks a notable shift towards crashes resulting in injury.
767
▲ 9.7%was 699
Total Crash Events
3
Persons Killed
236
▲ 34.9%was 175
Persons Injured
153
▼ -3.8%was 159
Hit-and-Run Crashes
Note: "Persons Killed" (3) 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 · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Overall, crash data indicates a rising trend year-over-year in Cleveland Heights. Total crashes increased by 68, representing a 9.73% rise from 2021 to 2022. Concurrently, total injuries saw a substantial increase of 61, or 34.86%, over the same period.
153
Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2022
▼ -3.8% vs prior (159)
Hit-and-run crashes decreased from 159 in 2021 to 153 in 2022. Correspondingly, the hit-and-run rate decreased from 22.7% to 19.9% year-over-year. This indicates a downward trend in both the number and proportion of crashes involving a hit-and-run.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
0
Pedestrians Killed
3
Motorists Killed
11
Pedestrians Injured
225
Motorists Injured
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 Thursday in 2021 (117 crashes) to Tuesday in 2022 (127 crashes). The peak hour for crashes also shifted, moving from 4 p.m. in 2021 (65 crashes) to 5 p.m. in 2022 (67 crashes). While Tuesdays saw a notable increase in crashes, Thursdays experienced a decrease from 117 to 101 crashes.
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
The fatal crash rate slightly decreased from 0.43% in 2021 to 0.39% in 2022, with total fatalities remaining constant at 3. However, the proportion of crashes resulting in any injury (serious, minor, or possible) increased from 20.7% in 2021 to 21.9% in 2022. Specifically, minor injury crashes increased from 47 to 63, and possible injury crashes rose from 90 to 96.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
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 conditions increased from 467 in 2021 to 534 in 2022, while crashes in snowy conditions also rose from 38 to 45. Regarding lighting, daylight crashes increased from 476 to 527, and crashes on dry road surfaces increased from 502 to 561. Conversely, crashes on wet road surfaces slightly decreased from 119 to 114.
Weather
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
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 increased from 1357 in 2021 to 1501 in 2022. Passenger cars involved in crashes increased from 1043 to 1191, while SUVs decreased from 148 to 129. All reported age groups saw an increase in persons involved, with the 0-15 age group increasing from 116 to 161 and the 26-34 age group increasing from 291 to 341.
Top Vehicle Makes (1,501 vehicles)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Vehicle unit records
105 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (1,817 persons with recorded sex)
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: July 6, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2022-01-01 through 2022-12-31 (365 days)
- Geographic scope: Cleveland Heights, OH
- Total crash records analyzed: 767
- Total persons involved: 1,887
- Total vehicles involved: 1,501
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). "Cleveland Heights, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2022." Published July 6, 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/cleveland-heights/2022-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: 2022-01-01 – 2022-12-31
Generated: July 6, 2026 · All rights reserved