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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
5,239 CRASHES IN
OHIO, OH
2023
In Mahoning County, total vehicle crashes decreased by 7.2% from 5,648 in 2022 to 5,239 in 2023. While the overall number of crashes fell, the most significant year-over-year change was a 73% reduction in traffic fatalities, which dropped from 37 in the prior period to 10 in the current period. The total number of injuries saw a slight increase of 1.6%, rising from 1,971 to 2,002.
5,239
▼ -7.2%was 5,648
Total Crash Events
10
▼ -73.0%was 37
Persons Killed
2,002
▲ 1.6%was 1,971
Persons Injured
644
▼ -4.9%was 677
Hit-and-Run Crashes
Note: "Persons Killed" (10) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (10) 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 data for Mahoning County indicates a general downward trend in the total number of crashes, with a 7.2% decrease from 5,648 in 2022 to 5,239 in 2023. This decline was accompanied by a substantial drop in fatalities from 37 to 10. However, the total number of persons injured in crashes saw a slight increase, rising from 1,971 to 2,002.
644
Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2023
▼ -4.9% vs prior (677)
The total number of hit-and-run crashes in Mahoning County decreased from 677 in 2022 to 644 in 2023. However, due to the larger overall decline in total crashes, the hit-and-run rate as a percentage of all incidents slightly increased. In 2023, hit-and-runs constituted 12.3% of all crashes, compared to 12.0% in the prior year.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
0
Pedestrians Killed
10
Motorists Killed
27
Pedestrians Injured
1,975
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 temporal patterns of crashes showed a minor shift between the two periods. The peak day for crashes moved from Friday in 2022 (947 incidents) to Thursday in 2023 (809 incidents). Similarly, the peak hour shifted slightly later in the day, from the 3 p.m. hour in the prior period (458 crashes) to the 4 p.m. hour in the current period (448 crashes).
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 severity of crashes improved significantly year-over-year, primarily driven by a sharp drop in fatal incidents. Fatal crashes decreased from 34 in 2022 to 10 in 2023, causing the fatal crash rate to fall from 0.6% to 0.2% of all crashes. The proportion of serious injury crashes also declined from 2.4% to 2.2%, while crashes resulting in minor or possible injuries saw a slight proportional increase.
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
While most crashes in both periods occurred in clear weather on dry roads, there was a noticeable shift in the proportion of crashes under adverse conditions. In 2023, crashes during rain increased to account for 12.1% of all incidents, up from 8.0% in 2022. Correspondingly, crashes on wet road surfaces rose from 17.3% to 22.3% of the total. Lighting conditions at the time of crashes remained proportionally consistent year-over-year, with daylight crashes comprising the majority in both periods.
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 composition of vehicles involved in crashes remained stable year-over-year. Passenger Cars, Sport Utility Vehicles, and Pickups were the three most common vehicle types in both 2022 and 2023. The top vehicle makes involved also showed little change, with Chevrolet and Ford leading in both periods. The age distribution of persons involved in crashes was also consistent, with the 26-34 age group representing the largest share in both years.
Top Vehicle Makes (9,239 vehicles)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Vehicle unit records
667 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (11,864 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 6, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2023-01-01 through 2023-12-31 (365 days)
- Geographic scope: ohio, OH
- Total crash records analyzed: 5,239
- Total persons involved: 12,265
- Total vehicles involved: 9,239
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 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/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.
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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 6, 2026 · All rights reserved