Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

204 CRASHES IN
GRANVILLE, OH
2023

All metrics benchmarked against2022

In 2023, Granville experienced 204 total crashes, a 15% decrease from the 240 crashes reported in 2022. Despite this overall reduction, total injuries saw a significant increase of 55.56%, rising from 54 in 2022 to 84 in 2023. Fatalities decreased by 33.33%, from 3 in 2022 to 2 in 2023.

204

-15.0%was 240

Total Crash Events

2

-33.3%was 3

Persons Killed

84

55.6%was 54

Persons Injured

17

-22.7%was 22

Hit-and-Run Crashes

Note: "Persons Killed" (2) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (2) 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

The overall trend indicates a decrease in total crashes, falling by 15% from 240 in 2022 to 204 in 2023. This reduction in crash events is accompanied by a decrease in fatalities, which dropped from 3 to 2 year-over-year. However, total injuries rose considerably by 55.56% during the same period.

17

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2023

-22.7% vs prior (22)

Hit-and-run crashes decreased from 22 in 2022 to 17 in 2023, representing a 22.73% reduction. The hit-and-run rate also saw a slight decrease, falling from 9.2% in 2022 to 8.3% in 2023. This indicates a downward trend in both the number and proportion of hit-and-run incidents.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

2

Motorists Killed

Prior: 3-33.3%

4

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 0%

80

Motorists Injured

Prior: 5448.1%

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 shifted from Monday with 42 crashes in 2022 to Tuesday with 40 crashes in 2023. The peak hour for crashes remained 4 PM in both years, though the count decreased from 21 in 2022 to 19 in 2023. Overall, the distribution of crashes across days of the week and hours of the day remained broadly similar, with minor shifts in peak activity.

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

The fatal crash rate decreased from 1.25% in 2022 to 0.98% in 2023, with the number of fatal crashes dropping from 3 to 2. Serious injury crashes also decreased, from 7 (2.9%) in 2022 to 2 (1%) in 2023. Conversely, minor injury crashes increased from 20 (8.3%) to 31 (15.2%), and possible injury crashes rose from 13 (5.4%) to 18 (8.8%) year-over-year.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal2fatal crashes1%
-33.3%prior 3
Serious Injury2serious injury crashes1%
-71.4%prior 7
Minor Injury31minor injury crashes15.2%
55.0%prior 20
Possible Injury18possible injury crashes8.8%
38.5%prior 13
No Injury151no injury crashes74%
-23.4%prior 197

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

Crashes occurring in clear weather conditions decreased from 150 in 2022 to 125 in 2023, while crashes in cloudy conditions remained stable at 46 in 2022 and 44 in 2023. Crashes on dry road surfaces saw a reduction from 185 in 2022 to 154 in 2023, but crashes on wet surfaces remained consistent at 36 in both periods. Crashes during daylight hours decreased from 148 in 2022 to 130 in 2023.

Weather

Clear125 (61.3%)
-16.7%prior 150
Cloudy44 (21.6%)
-4.3%prior 46
Rain25 (12.3%)
-3.8%prior 26
Snow6 (2.9%)
-57.1%prior 14
Fog; Smog; Smoke2 (1.0%)
Freezing Rain or Freezing Drizzle1 (0.5%)
Other/Unknown1 (0.5%)

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

Lighting

Daylight130 (63.7%)
-12.2%prior 148
Dark - Roadway Not Lighted48 (23.5%)
-15.8%prior 57
Dawn/Dusk13 (6.4%)
-7.1%prior 14
Dark - Lighted Roadway11 (5.4%)
-45.0%prior 20
Other/Unknown2 (1.0%)

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

Road Surface

Dry154 (75.5%)
-16.8%prior 185
Wet36 (17.6%)
0.0%prior 36
Ice8 (3.9%)
33.3%prior 6
Snow5 (2.5%)
-58.3%prior 12
Other/Unknown1 (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 393 in 2022 to 345 in 2023. There were notable shifts in age group representation among persons involved, with the 0-15 age group increasing from 32 to 45 and the 16-20 age group rising from 59 to 64. Conversely, older age groups like 45-54 and 65+ saw decreases in involvement, from 71 to 55 and 57 to 47 respectively.

Top Vehicle Makes (345 vehicles)

1
FORD58 (16.8%)
-10.8%prior 65
2
HONDA40 (11.6%)
-11.1%prior 45
3
TOYOTA38 (11%)
11.8%prior 34
4
CHEVROLET31 (9%)
-34.0%prior 47
5
DODGE18 (5.2%)
-30.8%prior 26
6
KIA17 (4.9%)
30.8%prior 13
7
JEEP17 (4.9%)
0.0%prior 17
8
GMC12 (3.5%)
9
SUBARU12 (3.5%)
20.0%prior 10
10
NISSAN9 (2.6%)
-47.1%prior 17

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

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

Sex Distribution (427 persons with recorded sex)

Male249 (58.3%)
-1.6%prior 253
Female178 (41.7%)
-14.4%prior 208

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: Granville, OH
  • Total crash records analyzed: 204
  • Total persons involved: 437
  • Total vehicles involved: 345

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). "Granville, 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/granville/2023-annual-report

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