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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · OHIO, OH · OCTOBER 2023
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GET: https://thatcarhitme.com/api/crash-data/reports/data/ohio/statewide/october-2023-report
Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
23,808 CRASHES IN
OHIO, OH
OCTOBER 2023
In October 2023, Ohio recorded 23,808 vehicle crashes, a 4.6% decrease from the 24,958 crashes reported in October 2022. This overall downturn was accompanied by similar decreases in fatalities and injuries. The most notable year-over-year shift was a 10.6% reduction in hit-and-run incidents, which fell from 4,195 to 3,751.
23,808
▼ -4.6%was 24,958
Total Crash Events
111
▼ -5.9%was 118
Persons Killed
8,500
▼ -5.6%was 9,009
Persons Injured
3,751
▼ -10.6%was 4,195
Hit-and-Run Crashes
Note: "Persons Killed" (111) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (102) 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 · 2023-10-01 to 2023-10-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Overall traffic safety metrics improved in October 2023 compared to the same month in the prior year. Total crashes fell by 4.6% (from 24,958 to 23,808), while total injuries decreased by 5.6% (from 9,009 to 8,500). Fatalities also saw a decline of 5.9%, with 111 deaths recorded compared to 118 in the previous year.
3,751
Hit-and-Run Crashes — October 2023
▼ -10.6% vs prior (4,195)
Hit-and-run incidents saw a marked decrease in October 2023 compared to the same month in 2022. The total number of hit-and-run crashes fell by 10.6% from 4,195 to 3,751. This downward trend is also reflected in the hit-and-run rate, which decreased from 16.8% of all crashes in the prior period to 15.8% in the current period.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
15
Pedestrians Killed
96
Motorists Killed
274
Pedestrians Injured
8,226
Motorists Injured
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-10-01 to 2023-10-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)
When Crashes Happen
The peak hour for crashes remained consistent year-over-year at 4 p.m., although the number of crashes during this hour decreased from 1,978 to 1,857. However, the peak day for collisions shifted from Monday in the prior period (4,162 crashes) to Tuesday in the current period (4,019 crashes). This represents a significant increase in Tuesday crashes, which numbered only 3,275 in the prior year's period.
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-10-01 to 2023-10-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-10-01 to 2023-10-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
The severity of crashes showed a slight improvement year-over-year. The fatal crash rate decreased from 0.46% in October 2022 to 0.43% in October 2023, with fatal incidents dropping from 115 to 102. The proportion of crashes resulting in serious injuries also saw a marginal decline from 2.4% to 2.3%, while no-injury crashes constituted a slightly larger share of the total, rising from 74.4% to 74.7%.
Severity is per crash event (most severe injury). 102 fatal crash events resulted in 111 persons killed.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-10-01 to 2023-10-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-10-01 to 2023-10-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Road & Environmental Conditions
There was a notable shift in crash conditions compared to the previous year, with a higher prevalence of adverse weather. Crashes occurring in rain accounted for 17.2% of incidents in October 2023 versus 8.8% in October 2022. Correspondingly, crashes on wet road surfaces increased from 13.4% to 25.3% of all collisions. The proportion of crashes in daylight remained relatively stable.
Weather
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-10-01 to 2023-10-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-10-01 to 2023-10-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-10-01 to 2023-10-31 · Road surface condition field
Vehicles & Demographics
The types of vehicles involved in crashes remained consistent year-over-year. The top four makes involved in collisions were Chevrolet, Ford, Honda, and Toyota in both periods, with no change in their ranking. Similarly, the age distribution of persons involved in crashes showed little change, with the 26-34 age group remaining the largest cohort in both October 2023 (15.6% of persons) and October 2022 (15.4% of persons).
Top Vehicle Makes (41,919 vehicles)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-10-01 to 2023-10-31 · Vehicle unit records
3,511 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (50,660 persons with recorded sex)
Source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS) · Csv Open Data · 2023-10-01 to 2023-10-31 · 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: 2023-10-01 through 2023-10-31
- Report generated: July 5, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2023-10-01 through 2023-10-31 (31 days)
- Geographic scope: ohio, OH
- Total crash records analyzed: 23,808
- Total persons involved: 53,414
- Total vehicles involved: 41,919
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: October 2023." Published July 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2023-10-01 to 2023-10-31. Data source: Ohio Crash Data (ODOT TIMS), Csv Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/ohio/statewide/october-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: 2023-10-01 – 2023-10-31
Generated: July 5, 2026 · All rights reserved