Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

253 CRASHES IN
GRANVILLE, OH
2025

All metrics benchmarked against2024

Total crashes in Granville increased from 218 in the prior year to 253 in the current year, marking a 16.06% rise. Total injuries also saw a significant increase of 39.06%, from 64 to 89. The most notable year-over-year shift was an 81.25% increase in possible injury crashes, rising from 16 to 29.

253

16.1%was 218

Total Crash Events

1

Persons Killed

89

39.1%was 64

Persons Injured

23

21.1%was 19

Hit-and-Run Crashes

Note: "Persons Killed" (1) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (1) 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 · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall, crash activity in Granville is rising, with total crashes increasing by 16.06% year-over-year. While total fatalities remained stable at 1 for both periods, total injuries increased by 39.06%, from 64 to 89. This indicates a general upward trend in crash frequency and injury severity.

23

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2025

21.1% vs prior (19)

Hit-and-run crashes increased by 21.1%, rising from 19 incidents in the prior year to 23 in the current year. Correspondingly, the hit-and-run rate also increased from 8.7% to 9.1% of all crashes.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

1

Motorists Killed

Prior: 10.0%

89

Motorists Injured

Prior: 6341.3%

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · 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 41 crashes in the prior year to Thursday with 48 crashes in the current year. The peak hour also changed, moving from 3 PM with 21 crashes to 4 PM with 27 crashes. Notably, crashes at 6 PM saw a 157.1% increase, rising from 7 to 18 incidents.

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

The fatal crash rate slightly decreased from 0.46% in the prior year to 0.4% in the current year, with 1 fatality recorded in both periods. Serious injury crashes (severity A) decreased by 20% from 10 to 8, while minor injury crashes (severity B) increased by 47.8% from 23 to 34. Possible injury crashes (severity C) saw the largest increase, rising by 81.25% from 16 to 29.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal1fatal crashes0.4%
0.0%prior 1
Serious Injury8serious injury crashes3.2%
-20.0%prior 10
Minor Injury34minor injury crashes13.4%
47.8%prior 23
Possible Injury29possible injury crashes11.5%
81.3%prior 16
No Injury181no injury crashes71.5%
7.7%prior 168

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record

Road & Environmental Conditions

Crashes occurring in clear weather increased by 24.03%, from 129 to 160 incidents. Crashes on snowy roads saw a substantial increase of 200%, rising from 4 to 12. Conversely, crashes on wet road surfaces decreased by 23.9%, from 46 to 35, while crashes on icy roads increased by 250% from 2 to 7.

Weather

Clear160 (63.2%)
24.0%prior 129
Cloudy52 (20.6%)
-3.7%prior 54
Rain25 (9.9%)
-10.7%prior 28
Snow13 (5.1%)
85.7%prior 7
Freezing Rain or Freezing Drizzle1 (0.4%)
Fog; Smog; Smoke1 (0.4%)
Other/Unknown1 (0.4%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight155 (61.3%)
16.5%prior 133
Dark - Roadway Not Lighted50 (19.8%)
19.0%prior 42
Dawn/Dusk29 (11.5%)
16.0%prior 25
Dark - Lighted Roadway17 (6.7%)
0.0%prior 17
Dark - Unknown Roadway Lighting1 (0.4%)
Other/Unknown1 (0.4%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry196 (77.5%)
18.8%prior 165
Wet35 (13.8%)
-23.9%prior 46
Snow12 (4.7%)
Ice7 (2.8%)
Slush1 (0.4%)
Other/Unknown1 (0.4%)
Water (Standing; Moving)1 (0.4%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

The total number of vehicles involved in crashes increased by 8.8%, from 365 to 397. Passenger cars involved increased by 12.4% (from 185 to 208), and sport utility vehicles increased by 19.8% (from 81 to 97). Motorcycle involvement decreased by 28.6%, from 7 to 5 incidents, while the number of involved Honda and Ford vehicles each increased by 16 incidents.

Top Vehicle Makes (397 vehicles)

1
HONDA68 (17.1%)
30.8%prior 52
2
FORD60 (15.1%)
36.4%prior 44
3
CHEVROLET52 (13.1%)
13.0%prior 46
4
TOYOTA35 (8.8%)
-5.4%prior 37
5
DODGE19 (4.8%)
26.7%prior 15
6
SUBARU15 (3.8%)
50.0%prior 10
7
KIA15 (3.8%)
36.4%prior 11
8
JEEP11 (2.8%)
0.0%prior 11
9
HYUNDAI11 (2.8%)
-21.4%prior 14
10
MAZDA11 (2.8%)

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (483 persons with recorded sex)

Male276 (57.1%)
2.6%prior 269
Female207 (42.9%)
3.0%prior 201

Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · 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: 2025-01-01 through 2025-12-31
  • Report generated: July 6, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2025-01-01 through 2025-12-31 (365 days)
  • Geographic scope: Granville, OH
  • Total crash records analyzed: 253
  • Total persons involved: 498
  • Total vehicles involved: 397

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: 2025." Published July 6, 2026. Reporting period: 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31. Data source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS), Csv Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/ohio/granville/2025-annual-report

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