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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · OHIO, OH · 2023
Purpose: Machine-readable JSON endpoint for AI agents, LLMs, researchers, and programmatic consumers. Returns all underlying crash data and AI-generated commentary without HTML.
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GET: https://thatcarhitme.com/api/crash-data/reports/data/ohio/statewide/2023-annual-report
Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis
589 CRASHES IN
OHIO, OH
2023
In 2023, Holmes County recorded 589 total crashes, an 11.2% decrease from the 663 crashes reported in 2022. The most significant year-over-year change was a substantial reduction in traffic fatalities, which fell from 11 in 2022 to 4 in 2023. Total injuries also saw a decline, from 261 to 226.
589
▼ -11.2%was 663
Total Crash Events
4
▼ -63.6%was 11
Persons Killed
226
▼ -13.4%was 261
Persons Injured
32
▼ -20.0%was 40
Hit-and-Run Crashes
Note: "Persons Killed" (4) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (3) 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
Traffic safety trends in Holmes County showed improvement from 2022 to 2023. Total crashes decreased by 11.2%, from 663 to 589. This downward trend was also reflected in crash outcomes, with total injuries declining by 13.4% and fatalities decreasing by 63.6%.
32
Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2023
▼ -20.0% vs prior (40)
The number of hit-and-run incidents in Holmes County decreased from 40 in 2022 to 32 in 2023. The hit-and-run rate, which measures these incidents as a percentage of total crashes, also saw a slight decline. In 2023, hit-and-runs accounted for 5.4% of all crashes, down from 6.0% in the previous year.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
0
Pedestrians Killed
4
Motorists Killed
1
Pedestrians Injured
225
Motorists Injured
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 time for crashes in Holmes County remained consistent, with the 3 p.m. hour being the most frequent in both 2023 (50 crashes) and 2022 (63 crashes). However, the peak day for crashes shifted from Friday in 2022, which saw 123 incidents, to Thursday in 2023, with 103 incidents. Crash volumes were generally lower across all days of the week in 2023 compared to the prior year.
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
Crash severity decreased from 2022 to 2023. The number of fatal crashes fell from 9 to 3, and their proportion of all crashes dropped from 1.4% to 0.5%. Similarly, serious injury crashes decreased from 28 (4.2% of total) to 20 (3.4% of total). The proportion of crashes resulting in minor or possible injuries remained relatively stable, accounting for a combined 23.6% of crashes in 2023 compared to 22.4% in 2022.
Severity is per crash event (most severe injury). 3 fatal crash events resulted in 4 persons killed.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
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
The distribution of crashes across different environmental conditions remained largely consistent between 2022 and 2023. In both years, the vast majority of crashes occurred in daylight (66.4% in 2023 vs. 68.0% in 2022) and on dry roads (79.6% in 2023 vs. 77.4% in 2022). There were no significant shifts in the proportion of crashes occurring in adverse lighting or road surface conditions.
Weather
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Road surface condition field
Vehicles & Demographics
The types of vehicles involved in crashes were similar year-over-year, with Passenger Cars, Sport Utility Vehicles, and Pick-ups being the most common in both periods. The top five vehicle makes—Ford, Chevrolet, Honda, Dodge, and Toyota—also remained unchanged, though counts for each decreased in 2023, consistent with the overall drop in crashes. The age distribution of persons involved in crashes was also stable, with the 65+ and 16-20 age groups being the most represented in both 2022 and 2023.
Top Vehicle Makes (955 vehicles)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Vehicle unit records
46 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (1,392 persons with recorded sex)
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 5, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2023-01-01 through 2023-12-31 (365 days)
- Geographic scope: ohio, OH
- Total crash records analyzed: 589
- Total persons involved: 1,415
- Total vehicles involved: 955
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
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Suggested Citation
ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). "ohio, OH Crash Intelligence Report: 2023." Published July 5, 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/statewide/2023-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: 2023-01-01 – 2023-12-31
Generated: July 5, 2026 · All rights reserved