Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

1,231 CRASHES IN
CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH
2025

All metrics benchmarked against2024

Cuyahoga Falls experienced a 3.53% increase in total crashes year-over-year, rising from 1189 crashes in 2024 to 1231 crashes in 2025. Fatalities saw a significant 100% increase, with 2 fatalities reported in 2025 compared to 1 in 2024. Total injuries also increased by 10.67%, from 253 in 2024 to 280 in 2025.

1,231

3.5%was 1,189

Total Crash Events

2

100.0%was 1

Persons Killed

280

10.7%was 253

Persons Injured

150

-19.8%was 187

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

Trend Summary

Overall, crash data for Cuyahoga Falls indicates an upward trend year-over-year. Total crashes increased by 42, from 1189 in 2024 to 1231 in 2025. This period also saw a 100% rise in fatalities, from 1 to 2, and a 10.67% increase in total injuries, from 253 to 280.

150

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2025

-19.8% vs prior (187)

The number of hit-and-run crashes decreased from 187 in 2024 to 150 in 2025. Correspondingly, the hit-and-run rate decreased from 15.7% in 2024 to 12.2% in 2025.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 1-100.0%

2

Motorists Killed

Prior: 0%

5

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 11-54.5%

275

Motorists Injured

Prior: 24213.6%

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 251 crashes in 2025 compared to 199 in 2024. However, the peak hour shifted from 5 PM with 132 crashes in 2024 to 3 PM with 118 crashes in 2025. Crashes on Saturdays decreased from 165 in 2024 to 147 in 2025, while crashes on Sundays increased from 117 to 130.

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

The fatal crash rate increased from 0.08% in 2024 to 0.16% in 2025, corresponding to an increase from 1 fatal crash to 2 fatal crashes. Serious injury crashes decreased from 18 (1.5%) in 2024 to 13 (1.1%) in 2025. Conversely, minor injury crashes rose from 88 (7.4%) to 104 (8.4%), and possible injury crashes increased from 78 (6.6%) to 97 (7.9%).

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal2fatal crashes0.2%
100.0%prior 1
Serious Injury13serious injury crashes1.1%
-27.8%prior 18
Minor Injury104minor injury crashes8.4%
18.2%prior 88
Possible Injury97possible injury crashes7.9%
24.4%prior 78
No Injury1,015no injury crashes82.5%
1.1%prior 1,004

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 snowy weather conditions significantly increased by 70, from 55 in 2024 to 125 in 2025. This aligns with a 64-crash increase in snow-covered road surfaces, rising from 42 in 2024 to 106 in 2025. Crashes under clear weather conditions increased by 31, from 676 to 707, while crashes in rainy conditions decreased by 30, from 123 to 93.

Weather

Clear707 (57.4%)
4.6%prior 676
Cloudy289 (23.5%)
-9.7%prior 320
Snow125 (10.2%)
127.3%prior 55
Rain93 (7.6%)
-24.4%prior 123
Other/Unknown13 (1.1%)
44.4%prior 9
Sleet; Hail2 (0.2%)
Severe Crosswinds1 (0.1%)
Fog; Smog; Smoke1 (0.1%)

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

Lighting

Daylight893 (72.5%)
2.3%prior 873
Dark - Lighted Roadway216 (17.5%)
9.6%prior 197
Dawn/Dusk58 (4.7%)
-12.1%prior 66
Dark - Roadway Not Lighted54 (4.4%)
35.0%prior 40
Other/Unknown9 (0.7%)
80.0%prior 5
Dark - Unknown Roadway Lighting1 (0.1%)
-87.5%prior 8

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

Road Surface

Dry886 (72.0%)
-2.1%prior 905
Wet205 (16.7%)
-7.2%prior 221
Snow106 (8.6%)
152.4%prior 42
Ice21 (1.7%)
61.5%prior 13
Other/Unknown9 (0.7%)
12.5%prior 8
Slush4 (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 71, from 2251 in 2024 to 2322 in 2025. Sport Utility Vehicles involved in crashes increased by 104, from 773 to 877, while Passenger Cars involved decreased by 26, from 955 to 929. The number of male persons involved in crashes increased by 183, from 1335 in 2024 to 1518 in 2025, and female persons involved increased by 55, from 1280 to 1335.

Top Vehicle Makes (2,322 vehicles)

1
FORD296 (12.7%)
2.8%prior 288
2
CHEVROLET260 (11.2%)
10.2%prior 236
3
TOYOTA215 (9.3%)
-1.8%prior 219
4
HONDA207 (8.9%)
-14.8%prior 243
5
HYUNDAI147 (6.3%)
9.7%prior 134
6
KIA137 (5.9%)
8.7%prior 126
7
NISSAN122 (5.3%)
1.7%prior 120
8
JEEP120 (5.2%)
1.7%prior 118
9
SUBARU89 (3.8%)
6.0%prior 84
10
DODGE88 (3.8%)
15.8%prior 76

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

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

Sex Distribution (2,853 persons with recorded sex)

Male1,518 (53.2%)
13.7%prior 1,335
Female1,335 (46.8%)
4.3%prior 1,280

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 5, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2025-01-01 through 2025-12-31 (365 days)
  • Geographic scope: Cuyahoga Falls, OH
  • Total crash records analyzed: 1,231
  • Total persons involved: 2,975
  • Total vehicles involved: 2,322

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). "Cuyahoga Falls, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2025." Published July 5, 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/cuyahoga-falls/2025-annual-report

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