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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
1,588 CRASHES IN
OHIO, OH
2022
In 2022, Marion County recorded 1,588 total vehicle crashes, a 1.6% decrease from the 1,613 crashes documented in 2021. While the total number of crashes and fatalities (10 in both years) remained relatively stable, the number of people injured in these incidents increased by 9.9%, rising from 538 in 2021 to 591 in 2022. A notable shift was observed in pedestrian-involved incidents, which doubled from 10 to 20 year-over-year.
1,588
▼ -1.5%was 1,613
Total Crash Events
10
Persons Killed
591
▲ 9.9%was 538
Persons Injured
241
▼ -0.4%was 242
Hit-and-Run Crashes
Note: "Persons Killed" (10) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (9) 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
The overall trend in Marion County shows a slight decline in the total number of crashes, with a 1.6% decrease from 1,613 in 2021 to 1,588 in 2022. Despite this small reduction in crash volume, the number of resulting injuries saw a notable increase of 9.9% over the same period. The number of fatalities remained unchanged at 10 for both years.
241
Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2022
▼ -0.4% vs prior (242)
The frequency of hit-and-run incidents in Marion County remained remarkably stable between 2021 and 2022. There were 242 hit-and-run crashes in 2021, compared to 241 in 2022. The corresponding hit-and-run rate showed a negligible change, increasing slightly from 15.0% to 15.2% of all crashes.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
1
Pedestrians Killed
9
Motorists Killed
19
Pedestrians Injured
572
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 time patterns of crashes in Marion County showed some year-over-year shifts. The most common day for crashes moved from Thursday (267 incidents) in 2021 to Friday (278 incidents) in 2022. However, the peak hour for collisions remained consistent, with the 3 p.m. hour seeing the highest frequency in both years, recording 139 crashes in 2021 and 140 in 2022.
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 distribution of crash severity saw a slight shift between 2021 and 2022. The number of fatal crashes decreased minimally from 10 to 9, representing 0.6% of all crashes in both years. While the count of serious injury crashes fell from 47 to 36, the number of crashes involving possible injuries rose from 86 to 122. Overall, the proportion of crashes resulting in any level of injury increased from 23.9% in 2021 to 26.0% in 2022.
Severity is per crash event (most severe injury). 9 fatal crash events resulted in 10 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
Environmental conditions for crashes remained broadly consistent year-over-year, with the majority of incidents in both 2021 and 2022 occurring in clear weather and on dry roads. However, there was a notable increase in crashes reported during adverse winter conditions. Crashes on snowy roads increased from 61 in 2021 to 99 in 2022, and incidents on icy roads nearly doubled from 17 to 33.
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 most common vehicle makes involved in crashes remained consistent, with Ford, Chevrolet, and Honda leading in both 2021 and 2022. While the top makes were stable, the demographics of persons involved in crashes showed some changes as the total number of people involved increased from 3,343 to 3,565. Notably, the proportion of individuals in the 0-15 age group grew from 10.4% of all persons involved in 2021 to 14.1% in 2022.
Top Vehicle Makes (2,622 vehicles)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Vehicle unit records
198 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (3,429 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 5, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2022-01-01 through 2022-12-31 (365 days)
- Geographic scope: ohio, OH
- Total crash records analyzed: 1,588
- Total persons involved: 3,565
- Total vehicles involved: 2,622
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 5, 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 5, 2026 · All rights reserved