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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · OHIO, OH · 2024
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GET: https://thatcarhitme.com/api/crash-data/reports/data/ohio/statewide/2024-annual-report
Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis
24,156 CRASHES IN
OHIO, OH
2024
In 2024, Franklin County recorded 24,156 total crashes, a 2.6% increase from the 23,553 crashes reported in 2023. While total crashes and injuries saw a slight rise, the most significant year-over-year change was a substantial decrease in traffic-related fatalities. The number of fatalities fell from 130 in 2023 to 89 in 2024, a reduction of 31.5%.
24,156
▲ 2.6%was 23,553
Total Crash Events
89
▼ -31.5%was 130
Persons Killed
10,571
▲ 0.4%was 10,524
Persons Injured
7,953
▼ -4.8%was 8,350
Hit-and-Run Crashes
Note: "Persons Killed" (89) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (83) 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, the total number of crashes in Franklin County trended slightly upward in 2024, increasing by 2.6% from 23,553 to 24,156 compared to the prior year. This rise in collisions was accompanied by a marginal 0.4% increase in total injuries, from 10,524 to 10,571. However, this period saw a notable counter-trend in crash lethality, with total fatalities decreasing by 31.5%.
7,953
Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2024
▼ -4.8% vs prior (8,350)
The incidence of hit-and-run crashes in Franklin County showed a downward trend in 2024. The total number of hit-and-run incidents decreased from 8,350 in 2023 to 7,953 in 2024. This represents a drop in the hit-and-run rate from 35.5% of all crashes in the prior year to 32.9% in the current year, marking a 2.6 percentage point decrease.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
20
Pedestrians Killed
69
Motorists Killed
552
Pedestrians Injured
10,019
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 remained largely consistent year-over-year, with Friday being the peak day for crashes in both 2024 (3,942 crashes) and 2023 (3,981 crashes). The 5 PM hour was also the peak hour in both periods, with crash counts in that hour increasing from 1,836 to 1,995. The most notable temporal shift occurred in the peak month for collisions, which moved from October in 2023 (2,230 crashes) to May in 2024 (2,231 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
In 2024, there was a significant reduction in the most severe crashes compared to the previous year. The number of fatal crashes dropped from 119 to 83, causing the fatal crash rate to fall from 0.5% to 0.3% of all collisions. Crashes resulting in serious injuries also saw a decrease from 547 to 508. Conversely, crashes involving possible injuries increased from 2,665 to 2,929, while the proportion of non-injury crashes remained stable at 68.3% in both periods.
Severity is per crash event (most severe injury). 83 fatal crash events resulted in 89 persons killed.
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
The distribution of crashes across different environmental conditions remained largely unchanged year-over-year, with the majority of crashes in both 2024 (65.8%) and 2023 (65.2%) occurring in clear weather. There was a notable increase in the number of crashes occurring in snow, rising from 323 to 482, which represents a proportional increase from 1.4% to 2.0% of all crashes. Crashes in daylight conditions increased in count but their proportion of the total remained steady, accounting for 63.4% of crashes in 2024 versus 62.5% in 2023.
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 top vehicle makes involved in crashes remained consistent, with Honda, Ford, Chevrolet, and Toyota leading in both years. In 2024, Ford (5,129 vehicles) surpassed Chevrolet (5,123) to become the second most frequently involved make, while Honda's involvement increased from 5,792 to 6,387 vehicles. The age distribution of persons involved in crashes was also stable, although the 26-34 age group saw a slight increase in representation, accounting for 17.0% of all persons in 2024 compared to 16.3% in 2023.
Top Vehicle Makes (47,768 vehicles)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Vehicle unit records
7,581 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (54,207 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: ohio, OH
- Total crash records analyzed: 24,156
- Total persons involved: 59,839
- Total vehicles involved: 47,768
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). "ohio, 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/statewide/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