Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

272 CRASHES IN
FREMONT, OH
2024

All metrics benchmarked against2023

Total crashes in Fremont increased by 36.7% year-over-year, rising from 199 in the prior period to 272 in the current period. This period also saw a significant 70% increase in DUI crashes, from 10 to 17.

272

36.7%was 199

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

106

37.7%was 77

Persons Injured

25

4.2%was 24

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 data indicates a rising trend year-over-year, with total crashes increasing by 36.7%, from 199 to 272. Concurrently, the total number of injuries also rose by 37.7%, from 77 to 106. Fatalities remained at zero in both periods.

25

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2024

4.2% vs prior (24)

Hit-and-run crashes increased slightly from 24 in the prior period to 25 in the current period. However, the overall hit-and-run rate decreased from 12.1% of total crashes in the prior period to 9.2% in the current period.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

1

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 2-50.0%

105

Motorists Injured

Prior: 7540.0%

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, with 39 crashes in the prior period, to Tuesday, with 52 crashes in the current period. The peak hour remained 3 p.m. in both periods, with crashes occurring at this hour increasing from 25 to 40.

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 remained at zero in both the current and prior periods. While total injuries increased from 77 to 106, the proportion of serious injury crashes decreased slightly from 4% to 3.7%. Similarly, minor injury crashes saw a slight decrease in proportion, from 14.1% to 13.2% of total crashes.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Serious Injury10serious injury crashes3.7%
25.0%prior 8
Minor Injury36minor injury crashes13.2%
28.6%prior 28
Possible Injury21possible injury crashes7.7%
-4.5%prior 22
No Injury205no injury crashes75.4%
45.4%prior 141

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 during rainy conditions doubled from 13 in the prior period to 26 in the current period. Similarly, wet road surface crashes increased by 87.5%, rising from 24 to 45. Crashes during dark-lighted roadway conditions also saw an increase, from 30 to 44.

Weather

Clear202 (74.3%)
45.3%prior 139
Cloudy35 (12.9%)
-10.3%prior 39
Rain26 (9.6%)
100.0%prior 13
Snow7 (2.6%)
Fog; Smog; Smoke1 (0.4%)
Other/Unknown1 (0.4%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight200 (73.5%)
37.9%prior 145
Dark - Lighted Roadway44 (16.2%)
46.7%prior 30
Dawn/Dusk12 (4.4%)
-14.3%prior 14
Dark - Roadway Not Lighted11 (4.0%)
37.5%prior 8
Dark - Unknown Roadway Lighting3 (1.1%)
Other/Unknown2 (0.7%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry214 (78.7%)
25.9%prior 170
Wet45 (16.5%)
87.5%prior 24
Ice8 (2.9%)
Snow4 (1.5%)
-20.0%prior 5
Other/Unknown1 (0.4%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

The number of passenger cars involved in crashes increased from 195 to 233, and Sport Utility Vehicles increased from 92 to 155. Chevrolet remained the most common vehicle make involved in crashes, increasing from 84 to 112, while Ford also saw an increase from 71 to 99. The 65+ age group experienced a notable increase in persons involved in crashes, rising from 70 to 115.

Top Vehicle Makes (509 vehicles)

1
CHEVROLET112 (22%)
33.3%prior 84
2
FORD99 (19.4%)
39.4%prior 71
3
DODGE39 (7.7%)
62.5%prior 24
4
JEEP31 (6.1%)
47.6%prior 21
5
TOYOTA26 (5.1%)
188.9%prior 9
6
HONDA25 (4.9%)
8.7%prior 23
7
GMC18 (3.5%)
63.6%prior 11
8
CHRYSLER17 (3.3%)
30.8%prior 13
9
KIA17 (3.3%)
54.5%prior 11
10
NISSAN16 (3.1%)
23.1%prior 13

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (635 persons with recorded sex)

Male344 (54.2%)
34.4%prior 256
Female291 (45.8%)
38.6%prior 210

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: Fremont, OH
  • Total crash records analyzed: 272
  • Total persons involved: 645
  • Total vehicles involved: 509

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

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.

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Suggested Citation

ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). "Fremont, 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/fremont/2024-annual-report

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