1998-99 Ohio Alcohol-Related Crash Statistics by County

1998–99 Ohio Alcohol-Related Crash Statistics
By County

	Site Map
	Preface
	Chapter 1
	Chapter 2
	Chapter 3
-	Ohio's Drunk Driving Laws
-	1990–99 Alcohol-Related Crash Statistics for Ohio
-	Administrative License Suspension Statistics
-	DUI Repeat Offender Statistics
	1998–99 Ohio Alcohol-Related Crash Statistics by County
	Chapter 4
	Chapter 5
	Chapter 6
	Chapter 7
	Glossary
	OII Sound-Off Page

COUNTY	Crashes		Deaths		Injuries
COUNTY	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999

Adams	70	77	3	2	80	70
Allen	205	174	1	2	176	129
Ashland	110	120	2	2	69	94
Ashtabula	308	284	3	5	248	249
Athens	137	147	4	4	105	94
Auglaize	73	70	2	3	51	63
Belmont	226	179	1	3	146	115
Brown	119	81	2	2	100	69
Butler	698	701	16	13	596	524
Carroll	68	99	3	1	59	66
Champaign	81	66	2	3	63	38
Clark	371	321	7	7	305	232
Clermont	435	398	2	12	378	306
Clinton	76	94	5	1	53	75
Columbiana	229	212	4	3	188	208
Coshocton	55	77	5	5	40	58
Crawford	78	71	3	6	45	65
Cuyahoga	2,741	2,996	19	23	2,491	2,629
Darke	92	102	4	4	71	84
Defiance	107	75	2	0	84	56
Delaware	171	177	7	2	113	130
Erie	192	181	3	3	103	129
Fairfield	210	275	5	7	182	201
Fayette	83	60	6	2	60	32
Franklin	1,721	1,660	29	26	1,348	1,263
Fulton	93	83	4	9	78	54
Gallia	94	102	0	1	78	92
Geauga	200	179	2	2	141	138
Green	369	280	2	3	233	187
Guernsey	99	107	3	0	71	81
Hamilton	1,817	1,536	14	15	1,107	1,010
Hancock	155	114	3	3	109	73
Hardin	73	54	1	2	51	43
Harrison	41	43	0	1	32	33
Henry	51	34	2	0	36	33
Highland	110	113	2	3	92	95
Hocking	76	80	6	1	68	56
Holmes	50	40	0	1	32	26
Huron	109	104	1	2	59	74
Jackson	89	98	1	3	95	58
Jefferson	125	138	4	2	86	120
Knox	106	118	3	2	68	84
Lake	378	359	3	4	245	216
Lawrence	123	155	0	5	104	109
Licking	321	322	4	5	240	272
Logan	94	78	1	2	68	64
Lorain	633	575	12	8	520	486
Lucas	1,367	1,136	12	17	881	749
Madison	81	75	2	1	66	73
Mahoning	499	473	6	18	464	422
Marion	141	137	3	3	99	78
Medina	235	257	7	8	152	145
Meigs	44	65	1	1	38	46
Mercer	86	68	3	3	74	68
Miami	219	198	6	2	127	136
Monroe	46	34	1	1	47	29
Montgomery	1,027	938	12	14	880	756
Morgan	44	36	1	0	33	21
Morrow	68	63	1	2	51	44
Muskingum	262	262	6	6	209	252
Noble	39	28	1	0	24	12
Ottawa	111	76	1	2	99	59
Paulding	41	39	1	0	32	39
Perry	106	99	2	3	72	76
Pickaway	106	119	1	1	63	95
Pike	89	93	2	3	64	70
Portage	367	406	6	4	287	319
Preble	102	85	4	3	66	59
Putnam	61	72	3	2	48	58
Richland	309	352	3	5	218	231
Ross	233	218	8	5	167	147
Sandusky	161	134	2	2	132	88
Scioto	225	201	2	4	176	170
Seneca	127	142	4	3	119	95
Shelby	121	114	1	1	69	92
Stark	895	802	12	7	653	559
Summit	1,179	1,179	14	12	964	899
Trumbull	564	548	10	10	559	505
Tuscarawas	191	205	10	4	164	183
Union	60	60	2	2	33	41
Van wert	40	45	1	0	29	35
Vinton	40	37	0	3	37	28
Warren	312	330	6	11	267	275
Washington	129	101	1	4	102	78
Wayne	194	157	3	5	143	122
Williams	68	73	1	3	60	58
Wood	287	255	4	2	206	180
Wyandot	41	35	0	2	42	25
STATEWIDE	24,179	23,156	374	394	18,783	17,800

Source: Ohio Department of Public Safety, 1998 and 1999 Ohio Traffic Crash Facts

US/Ohio DUI laws at a glance: As of September, 2000:
• 29 states and Washington DC have banned open containers, 22 states have stiffer repeat-offender penalties
• 18 states and Washington DC have .08% BAC limit laws
• 33 states and Washington DC are losing federal highway dollars for not tightening their drunken-driving laws
(US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, USA Today, 9/7/00)

In two separate studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, both found that most children killed by a drunken driver are in the car with them, unrestrained. Researchers found that 64% of child passenger deaths between 1985–96 occurred while the child was riding with a drinking driver. The other study, conducted for the years 1991–96 found that 66% of alcohol-related deaths of child passengers involved drinking by the driver of the vehicle in which the child was riding.
(Cleveland Plain Dealer, 5/3/00)