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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · OHIO, OH · MARCH 2023
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GET: https://thatcarhitme.com/api/crash-data/reports/data/ohio/statewide/march-2023-report
Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
21,193 CRASHES IN
OHIO, OH
MARCH 2023
In March 2023, Ohio recorded 21,193 total crashes, a 5.5% increase from the 20,098 crashes reported in March 2022. While total fatalities remained unchanged at 93 for both periods, the data shows a notable 27% increase in crashes involving pedestrians, which rose from 178 to 226 year-over-year. Conversely, motorcycle-involved crashes decreased by 43.6%, from 202 to 114.
21,193
▲ 5.4%was 20,098
Total Crash Events
93
Persons Killed
7,404
▲ 1.7%was 7,279
Persons Injured
3,877
▲ 6.5%was 3,642
Hit-and-Run Crashes
Note: "Persons Killed" (93) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (86) 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 · 2023-03-01 to 2023-03-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Crash trends in Ohio for March 2023 show an increase compared to the same month in the prior year. Total crashes rose by 5.5%, from 20,098 to 21,193. While the number of fatalities was identical at 93 in both periods, the total number of injuries saw a slight increase of 1.7%, from 7,279 to 7,404.
3,877
Hit-and-Run Crashes — March 2023
▲ 6.5% vs prior (3,642)
Hit-and-run incidents increased in both absolute numbers and as a percentage of total crashes. The count of hit-and-run crashes rose from 3,642 in March 2022 to 3,877 in March 2023, an increase of 6.5%. The hit-and-run rate, which measures the proportion of all crashes that are hit-and-runs, edged up slightly from 18.1% to 18.3% over the same period.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
12
Pedestrians Killed
81
Motorists Killed
210
Pedestrians Injured
7,194
Motorists Injured
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-03-01 to 2023-03-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)
When Crashes Happen
The temporal patterns of crashes shifted between March 2022 and March 2023. The peak day for crashes moved from Wednesday (3,433 crashes) in the prior year to Friday (4,075 crashes) in the current period. The peak hour for collisions, however, remained consistent, with the 3 p.m. hour seeing the highest volume in both years (1,683 and 1,712 crashes, respectively).
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-03-01 to 2023-03-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-03-01 to 2023-03-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
The distribution of crash severity remained largely stable year-over-year, with minor shifts across categories. The proportion of fatal crashes held steady at 0.4% of all incidents in both March 2022 and March 2023, though the absolute count of fatal crashes rose from 79 to 86. The share of serious injury crashes decreased slightly from 2.3% to 2.1%, while crashes resulting in no injuries increased from 74.7% to 75.2% of the total.
Severity is per crash event (most severe injury). 86 fatal crash events resulted in 93 persons killed.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-03-01 to 2023-03-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-03-01 to 2023-03-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Road & Environmental Conditions
A comparison of crash conditions reveals a notable increase in incidents occurring during adverse weather. The proportion of crashes happening in the rain grew from 9.6% of all crashes in March 2022 to 15.1% in March 2023. Correspondingly, crashes on wet road surfaces increased from 18.4% to 26.0% of all incidents. The share of crashes occurring in daylight remained relatively stable, shifting from 63.4% to 64.5% year-over-year.
Weather
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-03-01 to 2023-03-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-03-01 to 2023-03-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-03-01 to 2023-03-31 · Road surface condition field
Vehicles & Demographics
The demographic profile of persons involved in crashes and the most common vehicle makes remained consistent year-over-year. The top three vehicle makes involved in crashes were Chevrolet, Ford, and Honda in both March 2022 and March 2023, with each showing an increase in total count consistent with the overall rise in crashes. The age distribution of individuals in crashes also saw minimal change, with the 26-34 age group representing the largest share in both periods (16.0% in 2022 vs. 15.6% in 2023).
Top Vehicle Makes (38,127 vehicles)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-03-01 to 2023-03-31 · Vehicle unit records
3,500 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (44,835 persons with recorded sex)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-03-01 to 2023-03-31 · 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: 2023-03-01 through 2023-03-31
- Report generated: July 5, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2023-03-01 through 2023-03-31 (31 days)
- Geographic scope: ohio, OH
- Total crash records analyzed: 21,193
- Total persons involved: 47,631
- Total vehicles involved: 38,127
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: March 2023." Published July 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2023-03-01 to 2023-03-31. Data source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS), Csv Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/ohio/statewide/march-2023-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: 2023-03-01 – 2023-03-31
Generated: July 5, 2026 · All rights reserved