Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

426 CRASHES IN
FAIRBORN, OH
2023

All metrics benchmarked against2022

Total crashes in Fairborn decreased from 500 in 2022 to 426 in 2023, representing a 14.8% reduction year-over-year. A significant positive shift was observed in fatalities, which dropped from 2 in 2022 to 0 in 2023.

426

-14.8%was 500

Total Crash Events

0

-100.0%was 2

Persons Killed

135

-19.2%was 167

Persons Injured

79

-21.8%was 101

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 · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall crash trends in Fairborn show a decrease, with total crashes falling by 14.8% from 500 in 2022 to 426 in 2023. This indicates a notable decline in crash incidents compared to the previous year.

79

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2023

-21.8% vs prior (101)

Hit-and-run crashes decreased from 101 in 2022 to 79 in 2023. The hit-and-run crash rate also saw a decrease, falling from 20.2% in 2022 to 18.5% in 2023. This represents a reduction of 1.7 percentage points in the proportion of crashes identified as hit-and-run.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 1-100.0%

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 1-100.0%

1

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 3-66.7%

134

Motorists Injured

Prior: 164-18.3%

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 remained Friday in both periods, with 76 crashes in 2023 compared to 78 in 2022. However, the peak hour for crashes shifted from 6 p.m. (43 crashes) in 2022 to 4 p.m. (44 crashes) in 2023.

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

Fatalities in Fairborn decreased from 2 in 2022 to 0 in 2023. Total injuries also saw a reduction, dropping by 19.2% from 167 in 2022 to 135 in 2023. Serious injuries decreased from 12 (2.4% of crashes) to 9 (2.1%), and minor injuries fell from 73 (14.6%) to 54 (12.7%) year-over-year.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Serious Injury9serious injury crashes2.1%
-25.0%prior 12
Minor Injury54minor injury crashes12.7%
-26.0%prior 73
Possible Injury36possible injury crashes8.5%
16.1%prior 31
No Injury327no injury crashes76.8%
-14.4%prior 382

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

Clear weather remained the most common condition for crashes, though the count decreased slightly from 287 in 2022 to 277 in 2023. Crashes occurring in cloudy conditions decreased significantly from 130 in 2022 to 88 in 2023, while crashes in dark, lighted roadway conditions also saw a substantial drop from 136 to 61.

Weather

Clear277 (65.0%)
-3.5%prior 287
Cloudy88 (20.7%)
-32.3%prior 130
Rain44 (10.3%)
7.3%prior 41
Snow11 (2.6%)
-57.7%prior 26
Other/Unknown4 (0.9%)
-63.6%prior 11
Severe Crosswinds1 (0.2%)
Freezing Rain or Freezing Drizzle1 (0.2%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight307 (72.1%)
2.3%prior 300
Dark - Lighted Roadway61 (14.3%)
-55.1%prior 136
Dark - Roadway Not Lighted23 (5.4%)
53.3%prior 15
Dawn/Dusk23 (5.4%)
-14.8%prior 27
Dark - Unknown Roadway Lighting6 (1.4%)
-33.3%prior 9
Other/Unknown6 (1.4%)
-53.8%prior 13

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry348 (81.7%)
-7.4%prior 376
Wet64 (15.0%)
-25.6%prior 86
Snow8 (1.9%)
-55.6%prior 18
Ice4 (0.9%)
-75.0%prior 16
Other/Unknown2 (0.5%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

The total number of vehicles involved in crashes decreased from 913 in 2022 to 785 in 2023. Chevrolet remained the most frequently involved make, though its count decreased from 143 to 131. Honda's involvement increased from 81 to 97, moving it from third to second most frequent make, while Ford's involvement decreased from 125 to 93, dropping it to third.

Top Vehicle Makes (785 vehicles)

1
CHEVROLET131 (16.7%)
-8.4%prior 143
2
HONDA97 (12.4%)
19.8%prior 81
3
FORD93 (11.8%)
-25.6%prior 125
4
TOYOTA60 (7.6%)
-4.8%prior 63
5
HYUNDAI40 (5.1%)
-2.4%prior 41
6
NISSAN37 (4.7%)
-7.5%prior 40
7
JEEP29 (3.7%)
-31.0%prior 42
8
DODGE28 (3.6%)
-49.1%prior 55
9
KIA28 (3.6%)
-17.6%prior 34
10
GMC25 (3.2%)
-7.4%prior 27

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (899 persons with recorded sex)

Male470 (52.3%)
-10.6%prior 526
Female429 (47.7%)
-9.1%prior 472

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 6, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2023-01-01 through 2023-12-31 (365 days)
  • Geographic scope: Fairborn, OH
  • Total crash records analyzed: 426
  • Total persons involved: 959
  • Total vehicles involved: 785

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). "Fairborn, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2023." Published July 6, 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/fairborn/2023-annual-report

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