1998 Ohio Crash Frequency By County And Selected Cities
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Crash frequency is greater in areas of higher traffic density. It makes sense-the greater the number of vehicles on the road in an area, the greater the chance for involvement in a car crash.
To illustrate, during 1998 the 317,916 registered vehicles in Cleveland were involved in 20,428 crashes, a ratio of 1 crash for every 15.6 registered vehicles. The 823,121 vehicles in the remainder of Cuyahoga County were involved in 21,682 crashes, a ratio of 1 crash for every 38.0 registered vehicles. For the sake of comparison, the 41,895 registered vehicles in Putnam County were involved in only 630 crashes, a ratio of 1 crash for every 66.5 vehicles. The average statewide ratio was 1 crash for every 30.2 registered vehicles.
The tables below show the number of motor vehicle registrations, crashes and a ratio of crashes to vehicles within each Ohio county. Cities within counties are listed where information was available (population in excess of 5,000).
| REMAINDER OF COUNTY |
Motor Vehicle Registrations |
Crashes | Ratio of Crashes to Vehicles |
| City | |||
| ADAMS * | 33,068 | 1,060 | 1 IN 31.2 |
| ALLEN | 80,618 | 2,162 | 1 IN 37.3 |
|
Lima |
36,995 | 1,013 | 1 in 36.5 |
| ASHLAND | 38,561 | 1,221 | 1 IN 31.6 |
| Ashland | 20,813 | 548 | 1 in 38.0 |
| ASHTABULA | 93,482 | 2,492 | 1 IN 37.5 |
| Ashtabula | 21,248 | 650 | 1 in 32.7 |
| ATHENS | 41,541 | 1,533 | 1 IN 27.1 |
| Athens | 9,708 | 467 | 1 in 20.8 |
| AUGLAIZE | 42,657 | 1,107 | 1 IN 38.5 |
| Wapakoneta | 9,798 | 291 | 1 in 33.7 |
| BELMONT | 69,698 | 2,121 | 1 IN 32.9 |
| Martins Ferry | 7,648 | 281 | 1 in 27.2 |
| BROWN * | 56,194 | 1,328 | 1 IN 42.3 |
| BUTLER | 250,609 | 7,898 | 1 IN 31.7 |
| Hamilton | 54,156 | 2,395 | 1 in 22.6 |
| CARROLL * | 36,948 | 856 | 1 IN 43.2 |
| CHAMPAIGN | 34,505 | 756 | 1 IN 45.6 |
| Urbana | 12,624 | 383 | 1 in 33.0 |
| CLARK | 83,789 | 2,253 | 1 IN 37.2 |
| Springfield | 52,132 | 2,219 | 1 in 23.5 |
| CLERMONT | 179,456 | 5,816 | 1 IN 30.9 |
| Milford | 7,715 | 186 | 1 in 41.5 |
| CLINTON | 36,374 | 1,224 | 1 IN 29.7 |
| Wilmington | 16,064 | 483 | 1 in 33.3 |
| COLUMBIANA | 111,521 | 2,432 | 1 IN 45.9 |
| East Liverpool | 13,152 | 434 | 1 in 30.3 |
| COSHOCTON | 27,621 | 855 | 1 IN 32.3 |
| Coshocton | 14,100 | 446 | 1 in 31.6 |
| CRAWFORD | 39,684 | 988 | 1 IN 40.2 |
| Bucyrus | 14,249 | 346 | 1 in 41.2 |
| CUYAHOGA | 823,121 | 21,682 | 1 IN 38.0 |
| Cleveland | 317,916 | 20,428 | 1 in 15.6 |
| DARKE | 53,606 | 986 | 1 IN 54.4 |
| Greenville | 14,470 | 507 | 1 in 28.5 |
| DEFIANCE | 27,873 | 943 | 1 IN 29.6 |
| Defiance | 17,609 | 773 | 1 in 22.8 |
| DELAWARE | 82,013 | 2,261 | 1 IN 36.3 |
| Delaware | 23,850 | 679 | 1 in 35.1 |
| ERIE | 65,649 | 1,996 | 1 IN 32.9 |
| Sandusky | 27,273 | 1,014 | 1 in 26.9 |
| FAIRFIELD | 93,834 | 2,231 | 1 IN 42.1 |
| Lancaster | 38,009 | 1,424 | 1 in 26.7 |
| FAYETTE | 18,593 | 708 | 1 IN 26.3 |
| Washington C.H. | 13,590 | 370 | 1 in 36.7 |
| FRANKLIN | 363,303 | 11,620 | 1 IN 31.3 |
| Columbus | 667,252 | 27,337 | 1 in 24.4 |
| FULTON | 42,698 | 1,115 | 1 IN 38.3 |
| Wauseon | 7,539 | 217 | 1 in 34.7 |
| GALLIA | 31,498 | 1,171 | 1 IN 26.9 |
| Gallipolis | 5,140 | 289 | 1 in 17.8 |
| GEAUGA | 92,716 | 2,171 | 1 IN 42.7 |
| Chardon | 6,875 | 209 | 1 in 32.9 |
| GREENE | 99,919 | 3,161 | 1 IN 31.6 |
| Beavercreek | 38,099 | 1,380 | 1 in 27.6 |
| GUERNSEY | 35,236 | 1,194 | 1 IN 29.5 |
| Cambridge | 11,771 | 165 | 1 in 71.3 |
| HAMILTON | 501,526 | 18,096 | 1 IN 27.7 |
| Cincinnati | 248,165 | 17,508 | 1 in 14.2 |
| HANCOCK | 37,660 | 1,315 | 1 IN 28.6 |
| Findlay | 44,632 | 1,403 | 1 in 31.8 |
| HARDIN | 24,671 | 635 | 1 IN 38.9 |
| Kenton | 9,140 | 238 | 1 in 38.4 |
| HARRISON * | 19,773 | 525 | 1 IN 37.7 |
| HENRY | 25,035 | 509 | 1 IN 49.2 |
| Napoleon | 10,117 | 241 | 1 in 42.0 |
| HIGHLAND | 40,125 | 1,117 | 1 IN 35.9 |
| Hillsboro | 7,003 | 369 | 1 in 19.0 |
| HOCKING | 26,411 | 823 | 1 IN 32.1 |
| Logan | 7,540 | 249 | 1 in 30.3 |
| HOLMES * | 30,449 | 1,087 | 1 IN 28.0 |
| HURON | 51,807 | 1,324 | 1 IN 39.1 |
| Norwalk | 17,162 | 469 | 1 in 36.6 |
| JACKSON | 29,703 | 1,277 | 1 IN 23.3 |
| Jackson | 7,065 | 247 | 1 in 28.6 |
| JEFFERSON | 62,135 | 1,015 | 1 IN 61.2 |
| Steubenville | 17,989 | 815 | 1 in 22.1 |
| KNOX | 42,321 | 1,369 | 1 IN 30.9 |
| Mt. Vernon | 15,143 | 735 | 1 in 20.6 |
| LAKE | 181,178 | 4,571 | 1 IN 39.6 |
| Mentor | 53,292 | 1,935 | 1 in 27.5 |
| LAWRENCE | 57,721 | 1,398 | 1 IN 41.3 |
| Ironton | 12,499 | 372 | 1 in 33.6 |
| LICKING | 114,687 | 2,985 | 1 IN 38.4 |
| Newark | 51,337 | 1,566 | 1 in 32.8 |
| LOGAN | 41,405 | 1,190 | 1 IN 34.8 |
| Bellefontaine | 13,748 | 427 | 1 in 32.2 |
| LORAIN | 216,027 | 6,340 | 1 IN 34.1 |
| Lorain | 58,902 | 1,590 | 1 in 37.0 |
| LUCAS | 149,564 | 5,099 | 1 IN 29.3 |
| Toledo | 280,243 | 14,530 | 1 in 19.3 |
| MADISON | 31,124 | 932 | 1 IN 33.4 |
| London | 9,727 | 159 | 1 in 61.2 |
| MAHONING | 187,716 | 5,223 | 1 IN 35.9 |
| Youngstown | 71,914 | 2,736 | 1 in 26.3 |
| MARION | 30,217 | 1,227 | 1 IN 24.6 |
| Marion | 38,668 | 924 | 1 in 41.8 |
| MEDINA | 127,470 | 3,430 | 1 IN 37.2 |
| Brunswick | 32,447 | 402 | 1 in 80.7 |
| MEIGS * | 28,424 | 645 | 1 IN 44.1 |
| MERCER | 36,545 | 655 | 1 IN 55.8 |
| Celina | 11,854 | 281 | 1 in 42.2 |
| MIAMI | 95,708 | 2,454 | 1 IN 39.0 |
| Troy | 24,690 | 772 | 1 in 32.0 |
| MONROE * | 18,279 | 353 | 1 IN 51.8 |
| MONTGOMERY | 362,035 | 11,031 | 1 IN 32.8 |
| Dayton | 158,068 | 6,138 | 1 in 25.8 |
| MORGAN * | 17,906 | 507 | 1 IN 35.3 |
| MORROW * | 38,784 | 1,064 | 1 IN 36.5 |
| MUSKINGUM | 66,099 | 2,142 | 1 IN 30.9 |
| Zanesville | 26,943 | 1,418 | 1 in 19.0 |
| NOBLE * | 14,492 | 519 | 1 IN 27.9 |
| OTTAWA | 46,472 | 986 | 1 IN 47.1 |
| Port Clinton | 8,600 | 205 | 1 in 42.0 |
| PAULDING * | 25,425 | 499 | 1 IN 51.0 |
| PERRY | 33,194 | 911 | 1 IN 36.4 |
| New Lexington | 5,039 | 120 | 1 in 42.0 |
| PICKAWAY | 39,784 | 1,365 | 1 IN 29.1 |
| Circleville | 14,742 | 455 | 1 in 32.4 |
| PIKE * | 32,068 | 1,074 | 1 IN 29.9 |
| PORTAGE | 132,130 | 3,848 | 1 IN 34.3 |
| Kent | 20,816 | 824 | 1 in 25.3 |
| PREBLE | 47,719 | 967 | 1 IN 49.3 |
| Eaton | 9,703 | 236 | 1 in 41.1 |
| PUTNAM * | 41,895 | 630 | 1 IN 66.5 |
| RICHLAND | 85,544 | 2,695 | 1 IN 31.7 |
| Mansfield | 57,140 | 1,764 | 1 in 32.4 |
| ROSS | 57,665 | 2,130 | 1 IN 27.1 |
| Chillicothe | 25,238 | 991 | 1 in 25.5 |
| SANDUSKY | 51,423 | 1,557 | 1 IN 33.0 |
| Fremont | 19,293 | 750 | 1 in 25.7 |
| SCIOTO | 65,540 | 1,979 | 1 IN 33.1 |
| Portsmouth | 24,256 | 1,089 | 1 in 22.3 |
| SENECA | 48,829 | 1,322 | 1 IN 36.9 |
| Tiffin | 18,175 | 623 | 1 in 29.2 |
| SHELBY | 31,378 | 1,025 | 1 IN 30.6 |
| Sidney | 24,694 | 706 | 1 in 35.0 |
| STARK | 326,835 | 9,197 | 1 IN 35.5 |
| Canton | 84,274 | 3,727 | 1 in 22.6 |
| SUMMIT | 323,603 | 10,163 | 1 IN 31.8 |
| Akron | 193,501 | 9,251 | 1 in 20.9 |
| TRUMBULL | 208,457 | 5,371 | 1 IN 38.8 |
| Warren | 41,523 | 1,212 | 1 in 34.3 |
| TUSCARAWAS | 87,007 | 2,316 | 1 IN 37.6 |
| New Philadelphia | 18,869 | 726 | 1 in 26.0 |
| UNION | 35,637 | 936 | 1 IN 38.1 |
| Marysville | 14,609 | 320 | 1 in 45.7 |
| VAN WERT | 23,617 | 432 | 1 IN 54.7 |
| Van Wert | 12,554 | 379 | 1 in 33.1 |
| VINTON * | 15,889 | 528 | 1 IN 30.1 |
| WARREN | 130,848 | 4,078 | 1 IN 32.1 |
| Mason | 19,610 | 447 | 1 in 43.9 |
| WASHINGTON | 59,270 | 1,517 | 1 IN 39.1 |
| Marietta | 17,169 | 626 | 1 in 27.4 |
| WAYNE | 95,092 | 2,382 | 1 IN 39.9 |
| Wooster | 25,129 | 810 | 1 in 31.0 |
| WILLIAMS | 35,971 | 1,118 | 1 IN 32.2 |
| Bryan | 9,335 | 313 | 1 in 29.8 |
| WOOD | 104,856 | 3,053 | 1 IN 34.3 |
| Bowling Green | 18,881 | 863 | 1 in 21.9 |
| WYANDOT | 21,764 | 571 | 1 IN 38.1 |
| Upper Sandusky | 7,114 | 177 | 1 in 40.2 |
| STATEWIDE | 11,399,641 | 377,920 | 1 IN 30.2 |
| * No data was available for
a city within the county Sources-Crashes: Ohio Department of Public Safety, 1998 Ohio Traffic Crash Facts; Registrations: Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles |
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(Columbus Dispatch, 9/2/99 and The New York Times, 7/29/99)