Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

54 CRASHES IN
CLEVES, OH
2025

All metrics benchmarked against2024

Total crashes in Cleves increased by 5.88%, from 51 in the prior year to 54 in the current year. A notable shift was the 100% increase in hit-and-run crashes, rising from 6 to 12 incidents year-over-year. Concurrently, DUI crashes decreased by 60%, from 5 to 2.

54

5.9%was 51

Total Crash Events

0

-100.0%was 1

Persons Killed

10

-9.1%was 11

Persons Injured

12

100.0%was 6

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 · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall, total crashes in Cleves showed a slight increase, rising from 51 in the prior year to 54 in the current year. This represents a 5.88% increase in crash incidents year-over-year. The data indicates a minor upward trend in overall crash frequency.

12

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2025

100.0% vs prior (6)

Hit-and-run crashes increased significantly, doubling from 6 in the prior year to 12 in the current year. This resulted in the hit-and-run crash rate rising from 11.8% to 22.2%, an increase of 10.4 percentage points. The data indicates a clear upward trend in hit-and-run incidents.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 1-100.0%

10

Motorists Injured

Prior: 11-9.1%

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 Friday with 9 crashes in the prior year to Tuesday with 12 crashes in the current year. The peak hour also changed, moving from 10 p.m. with 6 crashes in the prior year to 5 p.m. with 7 crashes in the current year. This suggests a shift in when and on which days crashes are most frequent.

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

Fatalities decreased from 1 in the prior year to 0 in the current year, indicating no fatal crashes occurred. Total injuries also saw a slight decrease, from 11 to 10. While serious injuries remained stable at 1, minor injuries decreased from 4 to 2, and possible injuries increased from 4 to 6.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Serious Injury1serious injury crashes1.9%
0.0%prior 1
Minor Injury2minor injury crashes3.7%
-50.0%prior 4
Possible Injury6possible injury crashes11.1%
50.0%prior 4
No Injury45no injury crashes83.3%
9.8%prior 41

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 decreased from 34 to 29, while those in rainy conditions doubled from 5 to 10, and snow-related crashes increased from 2 to 7. Regarding lighting, crashes during daylight hours slightly increased from 30 to 32, but crashes in dark-lighted roadway conditions decreased from 13 to 7, while those in dark-roadway not lighted conditions more than doubled from 4 to 9. For road surface conditions, crashes on dry roads decreased from 40 to 33, whereas crashes on wet roads increased from 10 to 13, and those on snow-covered roads rose from 1 to 6.

Weather

Clear29 (53.7%)
-14.7%prior 34
Rain10 (18.5%)
100.0%prior 5
Snow7 (13.0%)
Cloudy6 (11.1%)
-40.0%prior 10
Fog; Smog; Smoke1 (1.9%)
Other/Unknown1 (1.9%)

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

Lighting

Daylight32 (59.3%)
6.7%prior 30
Dark - Roadway Not Lighted9 (16.7%)
Dark - Lighted Roadway7 (13.0%)
-46.2%prior 13
Dawn/Dusk5 (9.3%)
Other/Unknown1 (1.9%)

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

Road Surface

Dry33 (61.1%)
-17.5%prior 40
Wet13 (24.1%)
30.0%prior 10
Snow6 (11.1%)
Other/Unknown1 (1.9%)
Slush1 (1.9%)

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 slightly from 91 to 94. While passenger cars remained relatively stable (45 to 44), sport utility vehicle involvement decreased from 21 to 15, cargo van involvement doubled from 3 to 6, and passenger van involvement increased from 1 to 6. Among top makes, Ford and Honda saw increased involvement, while Chevrolet and Jeep saw decreased involvement. The age group 65+ experienced a significant increase in persons involved, rising from 2 to 13, while the 16-20 age group saw a decrease from 23 to 14.

Top Vehicle Makes (94 vehicles)

1
FORD20 (21.3%)
42.9%prior 14
2
HONDA14 (14.9%)
55.6%prior 9
3
CHEVROLET11 (11.7%)
-31.3%prior 16
4
OTHER/UNKNOWN10 (10.6%)
100.0%prior 5
5
NISSAN8 (8.5%)
6
TOYOTA7 (7.4%)
16.7%prior 6
7
KIA4 (4.3%)
-20.0%prior 5
8
GMC3 (3.2%)
9
DODGE3 (3.2%)
10
JEEP2 (2.1%)
-60.0%prior 5

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

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

Sex Distribution (102 persons with recorded sex)

Male65 (63.7%)
8.3%prior 60
Female37 (36.3%)
-22.9%prior 48

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 6, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2025-01-01 through 2025-12-31 (365 days)
  • Geographic scope: Cleves, OH
  • Total crash records analyzed: 54
  • Total persons involved: 111
  • Total vehicles involved: 94

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). "Cleves, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2025." Published July 6, 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/cleves/2025-annual-report

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