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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · EASTLAKE, OH · 2023
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/eastlake/2023-annual-report
Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis
203 CRASHES IN
EASTLAKE, OH
2023
Total crashes decreased from 239 in 2022 to 203 in 2023, representing a 15.1% reduction. Total injuries also saw a slight decrease of 2.7%, from 113 to 110. However, the most notable shift was the increase in total fatalities from 0 in 2022 to 1 in 2023.
203
▼ -15.1%was 239
Total Crash Events
1
Persons Killed
110
▼ -2.7%was 113
Persons Injured
42
▼ -28.8%was 59
Hit-and-Run Crashes
Note: "Persons Killed" (1) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (1) 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 · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Overall, total crashes decreased by 15.1%, from 239 crashes in 2022 to 203 crashes in 2023. Total injuries saw a slight decrease of 2.7%, from 113 in 2022 to 110 in 2023. Despite the reduction in total crashes and injuries, total fatalities increased from 0 in 2022 to 1 in 2023.
42
Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2023
▼ -28.8% vs prior (59)
Hit-and-run crashes decreased from 59 in 2022 to 42 in 2023. The hit-and-run crash rate also decreased from 24.7% of total crashes in 2022 to 20.7% in 2023.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
0
Pedestrians Killed
1
Motorists Killed
3
Pedestrians Injured
107
Motorists Injured
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · 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 Saturday in 2022, with 45 incidents, to Wednesday in 2023, with 41 incidents. The peak hour for crashes also changed, moving from 5 PM with 20 crashes in 2022 to 4 PM with 29 crashes in 2023. Crashes on Mondays increased from 29 in 2022 to 33 in 2023, while crashes on Sundays decreased from 34 to 17.
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
Fatal crashes increased from 0 in 2022 to 1 in 2023, resulting in a fatal crash rate increase from 0% to 0.5% of total crashes. Serious injury crashes increased from 8 (3.3% of total crashes) in 2022 to 11 (5.4%) in 2023. Conversely, possible injury crashes decreased from 48 (20.1%) in 2022 to 29 (14.3%) in 2023.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Road & Environmental Conditions
Crashes occurring in clear weather conditions decreased from 135 in 2022 to 119 in 2023. Crashes during daylight hours increased from 138 in 2022 to 143 in 2023, while crashes in dark-lighted roadway conditions decreased from 68 to 39. The number of crashes on dry road surfaces decreased from 176 in 2022 to 156 in 2023, while crashes on wet surfaces slightly increased from 35 to 38.
Weather
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Road surface condition field
Vehicles & Demographics
The number of Sport Utility Vehicles involved in crashes decreased significantly from 101 in 2022 to 54 in 2023. Conversely, motorcycle involvement in crashes increased from 4 in 2022 to 6 in 2023, and bicycle involvement increased from 1 to 4. The age group 16-20 saw an increase in persons involved in crashes from 52 in 2022 to 63 in 2023, while the 0-15 age group saw a decrease from 55 to 42.
Top Vehicle Makes (389 vehicles)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Vehicle unit records
16 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (483 persons with recorded sex)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · 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: 2023-01-01 through 2023-12-31
- Report generated: July 5, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2023-01-01 through 2023-12-31 (365 days)
- Geographic scope: Eastlake, OH
- Total crash records analyzed: 203
- Total persons involved: 494
- Total vehicles involved: 389
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). "Eastlake, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2023." Published July 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31. Data source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS), Csv Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/ohio/eastlake/2023-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: 2023-01-01 – 2023-12-31
Generated: July 5, 2026 · All rights reserved