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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · DELAWARE, 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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GET: https://thatcarhitme.com/api/crash-data/reports/data/ohio/delaware/2024-annual-report
Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis
904 CRASHES IN
DELAWARE, OH
2024
In 2024, the city of Delaware experienced 904 total crashes, a slight increase of 0.56% compared to 899 crashes in 2023. Total fatalities saw a significant 50% increase, rising from 2 in 2023 to 3 in 2024. This notable shift indicates a concerning rise in fatal outcomes despite a minimal change in overall crash volume.
904
▲ 0.6%was 899
Total Crash Events
3
▲ 50.0%was 2
Persons Killed
297
▲ 12.9%was 263
Persons Injured
134
▼ -9.5%was 148
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 · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Overall crash data for Delaware shows a relatively stable number of incidents year-over-year, with total crashes increasing by just 0.56% from 899 in 2023 to 904 in 2024. However, this stability does not extend to crash outcomes, as total fatalities rose by 50% from 2 to 3, and total injuries increased by 12.93%, from 263 to 297.
134
Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2024
▼ -9.5% vs prior (148)
Hit-and-run incidents decreased in 2024 compared to the prior year. The number of hit-and-run crashes fell from 148 in 2023 to 134 in 2024. Consequently, the hit-and-run rate also decreased from 16.5% of all crashes in 2023 to 14.8% in 2024.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
0
Pedestrians Killed
3
Motorists Killed
10
Pedestrians Injured
287
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 temporal patterns of crashes shifted between 2023 and 2024. In 2024, Thursday became the peak day for crashes with 163 incidents, whereas Friday was the peak in 2023 with 171 crashes. The peak crash hour also changed from 3 PM in 2023 (79 crashes) to 5 PM in 2024 (72 crashes).
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 severity distribution of crashes changed year-over-year, with fatal crashes increasing by 50% from 2 in 2023 to 3 in 2024, resulting in a fatal rate increase from 0.22% to 0.33%. Minor injury crashes also rose significantly, from 89 incidents (9.9%) in 2023 to 117 incidents (12.9%) in 2024. Conversely, possible injury crashes decreased from 91 (10.1%) to 76 (8.4%).
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
Regarding crash conditions, incidents on 'Dry' road surfaces decreased from 750 in 2023 to 722 in 2024, while crashes on 'Wet' surfaces saw a slight increase from 126 to 135. Notably, crashes occurring during 'Dawn/Dusk' conditions nearly doubled, rising from 35 incidents in 2023 to 63 in 2024. Additionally, crashes on 'Snow' and 'Ice' surfaces each increased by 10 incidents year-over-year.
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 total number of vehicles involved in crashes remained stable, with 1595 in 2023 and 1597 in 2024. There was a shift in the top vehicle makes involved in crashes, with Chevrolet moving to the top spot (219 incidents) in 2024 from third in 2023, while Honda moved from first (212 incidents) to third (192 incidents). The age distribution of persons involved showed a decrease in the 0-15 age group (from 213 to 173) and an increase in the 26-34 age group (from 280 to 307).
Top Vehicle Makes (1,597 vehicles)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Vehicle unit records
103 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (1,903 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: Delaware, OH
- Total crash records analyzed: 904
- Total persons involved: 1,998
- Total vehicles involved: 1,597
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). "Delaware, 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/delaware/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