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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · EASTLAKE, 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/eastlake/2024-annual-report
Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis
233 CRASHES IN
EASTLAKE, OH
2024
In 2024, there were 233 total crashes, an increase of 14.78% compared to the 203 crashes recorded in 2023. A significant change was the absence of fatalities in 2024, down from 1 fatality in 2023. Total injuries also decreased by 15.45%, from 110 in 2023 to 93 in 2024.
233
▲ 14.8%was 203
Total Crash Events
0
▼ -100.0%was 1
Persons Killed
93
▼ -15.5%was 110
Persons Injured
37
▼ -11.9%was 42
Hit-and-Run Crashes
Note: "Persons Killed" (0) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (0) 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 incidents in Eastlake increased year-over-year, with total crashes rising by 14.78% from 203 in 2023 to 233 in 2024. Despite this increase in crash volume, total fatalities dropped from 1 in 2023 to 0 in 2024, and total injuries decreased by 15.45%.
37
Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2024
▼ -11.9% vs prior (42)
Hit-and-run incidents decreased year-over-year, falling from 42 crashes in 2023 to 37 crashes in 2024. This reduction is also reflected in the hit-and-run rate, which declined from 20.7% of all crashes in 2023 to 15.9% in 2024, indicating a positive trend.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
0
Pedestrians Killed
0
Motorists Killed
1
Pedestrians Injured
92
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 Wednesday in 2023, with 41 incidents, to Tuesday in 2024, with 43 incidents. While 4 PM remained the peak hour for crashes in both periods, the number of crashes occurring at this time decreased from 29 in 2023 to 21 in 2024.
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
Fatal crashes decreased from 1 in 2023 to 0 in 2024, representing a complete elimination of fatal incidents. Serious injury crashes (Severity A) saw a notable decrease from 11 (5.4% of crashes) in 2023 to 4 (1.7% of crashes) in 2024. Conversely, possible injury crashes (Severity C) increased from 29 (14.3% of crashes) to 41 (17.6% of crashes), while the proportion of no-injury crashes rose from 65% to 69.5%.
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 remained at 119 incidents, though their proportion of total crashes decreased from 58.6% in 2023 to 51.1% in 2024. Crashes in cloudy conditions increased from 49 to 63, while rain-related incidents rose from 21 to 33. Regarding lighting, crashes in daylight increased from 143 to 149, but their proportion decreased from 70.4% to 64%, whereas crashes in dark-lighted roadway conditions increased from 39 to 62, rising from 19.2% to 26.6% of all incidents.
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 increased from 389 in 2023 to 444 in 2024. Passenger cars involved rose from 260 to 304, while SUVs increased from 54 to 66. Notably, motorcycle involvement decreased from 6 incidents in 2023 to 3 in 2024. Among top makes, Chevrolet and Ford maintained their positions, with Toyota moving to fourth place from fifth, increasing its count from 20 to 29.
Top Vehicle Makes (444 vehicles)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Vehicle unit records
17 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (545 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 5, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2024-01-01 through 2024-12-31 (366 days)
- Geographic scope: Eastlake, OH
- Total crash records analyzed: 233
- Total persons involved: 558
- Total vehicles involved: 444
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
If you believe any data in this report is inaccurate or have questions about our methodology, please contact: data@injuria.ai. We are committed to accuracy and will issue corrections promptly.
Suggested Citation
ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). "Eastlake, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2024." Published July 5, 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/eastlake/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 5, 2026 · All rights reserved