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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · OHIO, OH · FEBRUARY 2022
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
21,035 CRASHES IN
OHIO, OH
FEBRUARY 2022
In February 2022, Ohio recorded 21,035 total vehicle crashes, a 4.2% increase from the 20,188 crashes documented in February 2021. While total crashes and resulting injuries rose, the number of fatalities remained nearly stable, with 63 in the current period compared to 62 in the prior year. A notable year-over-year shift occurred in crash conditions, with collisions in snow decreasing by 43.4% from 4,274 to 2,418, while crashes in rain increased by over 300%, from 532 to 2,126.
21,035
▲ 4.2%was 20,188
Total Crash Events
63
▲ 1.6%was 62
Persons Killed
6,567
▲ 5.1%was 6,251
Persons Injured
3,778
▼ -1.1%was 3,820
Hit-and-Run Crashes
Note: "Persons Killed" (63) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (59) 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 · 2022-02-01 to 2022-02-28 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Crash data for February 2022 indicates an upward trend compared to the same month in the previous year. Total collisions increased by 4.2%, rising from 20,188 to 21,035. Similarly, the number of persons injured grew by 5.1% from 6,251 to 6,567, while fatalities saw a slight increase from 62 to 63.
3,778
Hit-and-Run Crashes — February 2022
▼ -1.1% vs prior (3,820)
Hit-and-run incidents showed a slight downward trend in February 2022 compared to the same month in 2021. The total number of hit-and-run crashes decreased from 3,820 to 3,778. Correspondingly, the hit-and-run rate, which measures the proportion of all crashes that were hit-and-runs, declined from 18.9% to 18.0%.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
13
Pedestrians Killed
50
Motorists Killed
139
Pedestrians Injured
6,428
Motorists Injured
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-02-01 to 2022-02-28 · 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 minor shifts between February 2021 and February 2022. The peak day for crashes moved from Wednesday (3,302 incidents) in the prior year to Thursday (3,479 incidents) in the current period. The peak hour for collisions shifted slightly earlier, from the 4 p.m. hour in 2021 (1,580 crashes) to the 3 p.m. hour in 2022 (1,554 crashes), though the afternoon commute hours consistently saw the highest crash volumes in both years.
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-02-01 to 2022-02-28 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-02-01 to 2022-02-28 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
The distribution of crash severity remained largely consistent year-over-year, with fatal crashes holding steady at 59 incidents in both February 2021 and February 2022. Crashes resulting in serious injuries increased both in count, from 304 to 355, and as a proportion of all crashes, from 1.5% to 1.7%. Conversely, minor injury crashes saw a slight proportional decrease from 10.9% to 10.6% of all incidents, while the share of crashes with no reported injuries was unchanged at 77.6%.
Severity is per crash event (most severe injury). 59 fatal crash events resulted in 63 persons killed.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-02-01 to 2022-02-28 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-02-01 to 2022-02-28 · Most severe injury per crash record
Road & Environmental Conditions
Crash conditions in February 2022 differed significantly from the prior year, primarily due to weather. The proportion of crashes occurring in snow fell sharply from 21.2% (4,274 crashes) in 2021 to 11.5% (2,418 crashes) in 2022. Conversely, crashes in rainy conditions increased substantially, accounting for 10.1% of all incidents (2,126 crashes) compared to just 2.6% (532 crashes) the previous year. Lighting conditions for crashes remained consistent, with daylight accounting for approximately 57% of the total in both periods.
Weather
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-02-01 to 2022-02-28 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-02-01 to 2022-02-28 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-02-01 to 2022-02-28 · Road surface condition field
Vehicles & Demographics
The top vehicle makes involved in crashes, including Chevrolet, Ford, and Honda, maintained their rankings with similar involvement counts compared to the prior year. An analysis of persons involved shows the 26-34 age group remained the most represented in both periods, with 7,343 individuals in February 2022 compared to 7,252 in the prior year. There was a shift in other age demographics, as the 35-44 age group's involvement increased from 5,806 to 6,478, moving it to the second most-involved group.
Top Vehicle Makes (36,833 vehicles)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-02-01 to 2022-02-28 · Vehicle unit records
3,563 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (42,118 persons with recorded sex)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2022-02-01 to 2022-02-28 · 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: 2022-02-01 through 2022-02-28
- Report generated: July 5, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2022-02-01 through 2022-02-28 (28 days)
- Geographic scope: ohio, OH
- Total crash records analyzed: 21,035
- Total persons involved: 45,021
- Total vehicles involved: 36,833
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: February 2022." Published July 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2022-02-01 to 2022-02-28. Data source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS), Csv Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/ohio/statewide/february-2022-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: 2022-02-01 – 2022-02-28
Generated: July 5, 2026 · All rights reserved