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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · OHIO, OH · 2022
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/2022-annual-report
Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis
6,023 CRASHES IN
OHIO, OH
2022
In 2022, Lorain County recorded 6,023 total traffic crashes, a 1.9% decrease from the 6,138 crashes reported in 2021. The most significant year-over-year change was a substantial reduction in traffic fatalities, which fell by 47.5% from 40 in 2021 to 21 in 2022.
6,023
▼ -1.9%was 6,138
Total Crash Events
21
▼ -47.5%was 40
Persons Killed
2,134
▼ -9.4%was 2,355
Persons Injured
784
▼ -14.0%was 912
Hit-and-Run Crashes
Note: "Persons Killed" (21) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (20) 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 safety metrics in Lorain County showed improvement from 2021 to 2022. Total crashes saw a minor decrease of 1.9%, from 6,138 to 6,023. This downward trend was more pronounced in crash outcomes, with total injuries declining by 9.4% and total fatalities decreasing by 47.5%.
784
Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2022
▼ -14.0% vs prior (912)
Hit-and-run incidents in Lorain County saw a decrease from 2021 to 2022. The total number of hit-and-run crashes fell from 912 to 784. This decline was also reflected in the hit-and-run rate, which dropped from 14.9% of all crashes in 2021 to 13.0% in 2022, indicating a downward trend for this crash type.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
2
Pedestrians Killed
19
Motorists Killed
37
Pedestrians Injured
2,097
Motorists Injured
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 in Lorain County remained largely consistent year-over-year. Friday was the peak day for crashes in both 2022 (1,008 crashes) and 2021 (1,034 crashes). However, the peak hour for collisions shifted slightly, moving from the 5 PM hour in 2021 (539 crashes) to the 4 PM hour in 2022 (553 crashes).
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
The severity of crashes in Lorain County decreased from 2021 to 2022. The proportion of fatal crashes dropped from 0.6% to 0.3% of all incidents. Similarly, the share of crashes resulting in serious, minor, or possible injuries all saw slight decreases, while the proportion of no-injury crashes increased from 73.2% in 2021 to 75.2% in 2022.
Severity is per crash event (most severe injury). 20 fatal crash events resulted in 21 persons killed.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
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 showed some shifts between 2021 and 2022. While the majority of crashes in both years occurred in clear weather and daylight on dry roads, there was a notable increase in incidents during adverse winter conditions. Crashes occurring in snow increased from 277 in 2021 to 426 in 2022, and crashes on snowy or icy road surfaces rose from a combined 290 to 486.
Weather
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
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 largely consistent, with Ford and Chevrolet being the top two makes in both 2021 and 2022, though both saw a decrease in involved vehicles. Kia moved into the top five makes in 2022, replacing Dodge. The age demographics of persons involved in crashes also showed stability, with the 26-34 age group being the most frequently involved in both periods, followed by the 35-44 and 45-54 age groups.
Top Vehicle Makes (10,788 vehicles)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Vehicle unit records
663 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (13,273 persons with recorded sex)
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: 6,023
- Total persons involved: 13,773
- Total vehicles involved: 10,788
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: 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
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: 2022-01-01 – 2022-12-31
Generated: July 6, 2026 · All rights reserved