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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · CLINTON, OH · 2024
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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Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis
488 CRASHES IN
CLINTON, OH
2024
In 2024, there were 488 total crashes, a slight decrease from 494 crashes in 2023, representing a 1.21% reduction. Despite this decrease in overall crashes, total fatalities increased significantly by 66.67%, rising from 3 in 2023 to 5 in 2024.
488
▼ -1.2%was 494
Total Crash Events
5
▲ 66.7%was 3
Persons Killed
204
▲ 21.4%was 168
Persons Injured
52
▼ -8.8%was 57
Hit-and-Run Crashes
Note: "Persons Killed" (5) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (4) 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 crashes saw a minor decrease of 1.21% year-over-year, from 494 in 2023 to 488 in 2024. However, total fatalities increased substantially by 66.67%, rising from 3 to 5. Concurrently, total injuries also increased by 21.43%, from 168 in 2023 to 204 in 2024.
52
Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2024
▼ -8.8% vs prior (57)
Hit-and-run crashes decreased from 57 in 2023 to 52 in 2024, a reduction of 5 incidents. The hit-and-run rate also saw a decrease, moving from 11.5% of total crashes in 2023 to 10.7% in 2024, indicating a downward trend in these types of incidents.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
0
Pedestrians Killed
5
Motorists Killed
5
Pedestrians Injured
199
Motorists Injured
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 peak day for crashes shifted from Tuesday with 86 crashes in 2023 to Friday with 91 crashes in 2024. The peak hour for crashes also changed, moving from 6 PM with 34 crashes in 2023 to 9 PM with 36 crashes in 2024, indicating a shift in peak crash times.
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 0.61% in 2023 to 0.82% in 2024, with total fatalities rising from 3 to 5. Serious injuries increased from 16 to 19, and minor injuries increased from 62 to 73, contributing to an overall increase in total injuries from 168 to 204. Conversely, possible injury crashes decreased from 37 to 33, and no-injury crashes decreased from 376 to 359.
Severity is per crash event (most severe injury). 4 fatal crash events resulted in 5 persons killed.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
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 decreased from 321 to 278, while crashes in 'Cloudy' conditions increased from 97 to 118. Crashes on 'Wet' road surfaces increased from 79 to 88, and those on 'Snow' surfaces doubled from 7 to 20. Crashes in 'Dark - Roadway Not Lighted' conditions also saw an increase, rising from 170 to 179.
Weather
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Road surface condition field
Vehicles & Demographics
The number of passenger cars involved in crashes increased from 305 to 336, and sport utility vehicles increased from 179 to 199. Conversely, motorcycle involvement decreased from 12 to 5, and pickup truck involvement decreased from 103 to 94. The 0-15 age group saw an increase in representation from 97 to 134, while the 55-64 age group decreased from 118 to 89.
Top Vehicle Makes (749 vehicles)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Vehicle unit records
64 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (1,051 persons with recorded sex)
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: July 6, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2024-01-01 through 2024-12-31 (366 days)
- Geographic scope: Clinton, OH
- Total crash records analyzed: 488
- Total persons involved: 1,083
- Total vehicles involved: 749
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). "Clinton, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2024." Published July 6, 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/clinton/2024-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: 2024-01-01 – 2024-12-31
Generated: July 6, 2026 · All rights reserved