Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

957 CRASHES IN
OHIO, OH
2022

All metrics benchmarked against2021

In 2022, Fulton County recorded 957 total traffic crashes, a 7.5% decrease from the 1,034 crashes reported in 2021. Despite the overall reduction in collisions, the number of fatalities increased significantly, rising from 4 in 2021 to 11 in 2022. This represents a 175% increase in traffic-related deaths year-over-year.

957

-7.4%was 1,034

Total Crash Events

11

175.0%was 4

Persons Killed

404

-0.2%was 405

Persons Injured

65

-39.3%was 107

Hit-and-Run Crashes

Note: "Persons Killed" (11) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (7) 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 · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall traffic crashes in Fulton County showed a downward trend, decreasing by 7.5% from 1,034 in 2021 to 957 in 2022. The total number of injuries remained stable, with 404 injuries in 2022 compared to 405 in the prior year.

65

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2022

-39.3% vs prior (107)

Hit-and-run incidents saw a notable decrease in 2022 compared to the previous year. The total number of hit-and-run crashes fell from 107 in 2021 to 65 in 2022. Consequently, the hit-and-run rate as a percentage of all crashes also declined, dropping from 10.3% to 6.8%.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

11

Motorists Killed

Prior: 4175.0%

4

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 40.0%

400

Motorists Injured

Prior: 401-0.2%

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)

When Crashes Happen

The temporal patterns of crashes showed a slight shift year-over-year. In 2022, the peak day for crashes was Wednesday with 158 incidents, a change from 2021 when Tuesday was the peak day with 178 crashes. The peak hour for collisions remained the same at 4 p.m. for both periods, although the number of crashes during that hour fell from 77 in 2021 to 69 in 2022.

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

While the total number of crashes decreased, the severity of those crashes increased in 2022. The number of fatal crashes more than doubled, from 3 in 2021 to 7 in 2022, and the fatal crash rate rose from 0.3% to 0.7% of all incidents. The proportion of minor injury crashes also increased from 13.1% to 14.7%, while the share of no-injury crashes declined from 74.8% to 72.4%.

Severity is per crash event (most severe injury). 7 fatal crash events resulted in 11 persons killed.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal7fatal crashes0.7%
133.3%prior 3
Serious Injury32serious injury crashes3.3%
-11.1%prior 36
Minor Injury141minor injury crashes14.7%
4.4%prior 135
Possible Injury84possible injury crashes8.8%
-3.4%prior 87
No Injury693no injury crashes72.4%
-10.3%prior 773

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record

Road & Environmental Conditions

The distribution of crashes across different environmental conditions remained largely consistent between 2021 and 2022. In both years, the majority of crashes occurred in daylight (53.0% in 2022 vs. 54.3% in 2021) and on dry road surfaces (77.2% vs. 78.8%). Similarly, clear weather was the dominant condition, accounting for 63.9% of crashes in 2022 and 66.5% in 2021, indicating no significant shift in crashes related to adverse conditions.

Weather

Clear612 (63.9%)
-11.0%prior 688
Cloudy183 (19.1%)
-8.5%prior 200
Snow77 (8.0%)
108.1%prior 37
Rain61 (6.4%)
-28.2%prior 85
Fog; Smog; Smoke10 (1.0%)
-41.2%prior 17
Other/Unknown4 (0.4%)
Sleet; Hail4 (0.4%)
Freezing Rain or Freezing Drizzle3 (0.3%)
Blowing Sand; Soil; Dirt; Snow3 (0.3%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight507 (53.0%)
-9.8%prior 562
Dark - Roadway Not Lighted334 (34.9%)
-4.8%prior 351
Dawn/Dusk68 (7.1%)
-5.6%prior 72
Dark - Lighted Roadway46 (4.8%)
7.0%prior 43
Dark - Unknown Roadway Lighting1 (0.1%)
Other/Unknown1 (0.1%)
-83.3%prior 6

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry739 (77.2%)
-9.3%prior 815
Wet107 (11.2%)
-28.7%prior 150
Snow74 (7.7%)
94.7%prior 38
Ice33 (3.4%)
32.0%prior 25
Other/Unknown3 (0.3%)
Slush1 (0.1%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

The types of vehicles involved in crashes remained stable year-over-year, with Passenger Cars, Sport Utility Vehicles, and Pick-ups being the most common in both 2022 and 2021. The top three vehicle makes also held their positions, with Chevrolet, Ford, and Dodge leading in both periods, though the number of vehicles from these makes involved in crashes decreased. Among persons involved, the 26-34 age group was the largest cohort in both years, accounting for 289 individuals in 2022, down from 318 in 2021.

Top Vehicle Makes (1,395 vehicles)

1
CHEVROLET259 (18.6%)
-17.8%prior 315
2
FORD235 (16.8%)
0.4%prior 234
3
DODGE91 (6.5%)
-31.1%prior 132
4
JEEP72 (5.2%)
-17.2%prior 87
5
HONDA71 (5.1%)
4.4%prior 68
6
GMC69 (4.9%)
0.0%prior 69
7
CHRYSLER63 (4.5%)
3.3%prior 61
8
FREIGHTLINER57 (4.1%)
16.3%prior 49
9
TOYOTA46 (3.3%)
-17.9%prior 56
10
KIA31 (2.2%)
-36.7%prior 49

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (1,836 persons with recorded sex)

Male1,110 (60.5%)
-6.9%prior 1,192
Female726 (39.5%)
-12.3%prior 828

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · 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: 2022-01-01 through 2022-12-31
  • Report generated: July 6, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2022-01-01 through 2022-12-31 (365 days)
  • Geographic scope: ohio, OH
  • Total crash records analyzed: 957
  • Total persons involved: 1,862
  • Total vehicles involved: 1,395

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). "ohio, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2022." Published July 6, 2026. Reporting period: 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31. Data source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS), Csv Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/ohio/statewide/2022-annual-report

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