Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

586 CRASHES IN
CLINTON, OH
2025

All metrics benchmarked against2024

Total crashes in Clinton increased by 20.08% from 488 in the prior year to 586 in the current year. This notable increase in overall crash incidents is accompanied by a slight decrease in the fatal crash rate, despite an increase in total injuries.

586

20.1%was 488

Total Crash Events

4

-20.0%was 5

Persons Killed

212

3.9%was 204

Persons Injured

60

15.4%was 52

Hit-and-Run Crashes

Note: "Persons Killed" (4) 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 · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

The overall trend indicates a significant increase in crash incidents, with total crashes rising from 488 in the prior year to 586 in the current year. This represents a 20.08% year-over-year increase in crash volume.

60

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2025

15.4% vs prior (52)

Hit-and-run crashes increased by 15.38%, from 52 incidents in the prior year to 60 in the current year. Despite this increase in raw numbers, the hit-and-run crash rate slightly decreased from 10.7% to 10.2% of all crashes.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

1

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 0%

3

Motorists Killed

Prior: 5-40.0%

3

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 5-40.0%

209

Motorists Injured

Prior: 1995.0%

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 remained Friday in both periods, with 100 crashes in the current year compared to 91 in the prior year. However, the peak hour shifted significantly from 9 PM with 36 crashes in the prior year to 4 PM with 48 crashes in the current year, indicating a change in peak crash timing towards the afternoon commute.

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 by 20%, from 5 in the prior year to 4 in the current year, leading to a drop in the fatal crash rate from 0.82% to 0.68%. Conversely, total injuries increased by 3.92%, from 204 to 212. Serious injury crashes (severity 'A') saw a decrease from 19 (3.9%) to 13 (2.2%), while minor injury crashes (severity 'B') increased from 73 (15%) to 85 (14.5%).

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal4fatal crashes0.7%
0.0%prior 4
Serious Injury13serious injury crashes2.2%
-31.6%prior 19
Minor Injury85minor injury crashes14.5%
16.4%prior 73
Possible Injury38possible injury crashes6.5%
15.2%prior 33
No Injury446no injury crashes76.1%
24.2%prior 359

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 conditions increased from 278 to 339, and cloudy conditions also saw an increase from 118 to 157 crashes. Crashes during daylight hours increased from 240 to 296, while those in dark, unlighted conditions rose from 179 to 209. Crashes on dry road surfaces increased from 369 to 445, even as crashes on wet surfaces slightly decreased from 88 to 84.

Weather

Clear339 (57.8%)
21.9%prior 278
Cloudy157 (26.8%)
33.1%prior 118
Rain44 (7.5%)
-21.4%prior 56
Snow35 (6.0%)
45.8%prior 24
Fog; Smog; Smoke3 (0.5%)
-57.1%prior 7
Other/Unknown2 (0.3%)
Freezing Rain or Freezing Drizzle2 (0.3%)
Sleet; Hail2 (0.3%)
Blowing Sand; Soil; Dirt; Snow1 (0.2%)
Severe Crosswinds1 (0.2%)

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

Lighting

Daylight296 (50.5%)
23.3%prior 240
Dark - Roadway Not Lighted209 (35.7%)
16.8%prior 179
Dawn/Dusk45 (7.7%)
28.6%prior 35
Dark - Lighted Roadway34 (5.8%)
3.0%prior 33
Dark - Unknown Roadway Lighting1 (0.2%)
Other/Unknown1 (0.2%)

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

Road Surface

Dry445 (75.9%)
20.6%prior 369
Wet84 (14.3%)
-4.5%prior 88
Snow39 (6.7%)
95.0%prior 20
Ice16 (2.7%)
60.0%prior 10
Other/Unknown2 (0.3%)

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 by 20.69%, from 749 to 904. Significant increases were observed in crashes involving Passenger Cars (from 336 to 387), Pickups (from 94 to 145), and Semi-Tractors (from 27 to 59). In terms of persons involved, the 0-15 age group saw a decrease from 134 to 99, while the 55-64 age group experienced an increase from 89 to 125.

Top Vehicle Makes (904 vehicles)

1
FORD149 (16.5%)
34.2%prior 111
2
CHEVROLET138 (15.3%)
7.0%prior 129
3
TOYOTA78 (8.6%)
32.2%prior 59
4
HONDA71 (7.9%)
29.1%prior 55
5
DODGE44 (4.9%)
-13.7%prior 51
6
NISSAN37 (4.1%)
19.4%prior 31
7
KIA32 (3.5%)
39.1%prior 23
8
JEEP31 (3.4%)
3.3%prior 30
9
HYUNDAI29 (3.2%)
20.8%prior 24
10
GMC27 (3%)
-10.0%prior 30

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

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

Sex Distribution (1,179 persons with recorded sex)

Male699 (59.3%)
21.6%prior 575
Female480 (40.7%)
0.8%prior 476

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: Clinton, OH
  • Total crash records analyzed: 586
  • Total persons involved: 1,218
  • Total vehicles involved: 904

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). "Clinton, 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/clinton/2025-annual-report

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