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Fatal crashes in Ohio

Every fatal crash in Ohio is counted by NHTSA, by year since 1975 and by county. These are deaths on the road, not claims, and they are not our numbers.

Fatal crashes in Ohio, by year1975–2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

1975 2,010 fatal crashes at the peak 2024

All 50 years as a table
YearFatal crashesDeaths
2024 1,077 1,157
2023 1,150 1,242
2022 1,179 1,274
2021 1,242 1,354
2020 1,154 1,230
2019 1,039 1,153
2018 996 1,068
2017 1,094 1,179
2016 1,053 1,132
2015 1,029 1,110
2014 917 1,006
2013 917 989
2012 1,022 1,121
2011 942 1,017
2010 984 1,080
2009 945 1,022
2008 1,099 1,191
2007 1,161 1,255
2006 1,141 1,238
2005 1,223 1,321
2004 1,163 1,286
2003 1,165 1,274
2002 1,285 1,418
2001 1,257 1,378
2000 1,244 1,366
1999 1,284 1,430
1998 1,289 1,422
1997 1,270 1,441
1996 1,244 1,391
1995 1,219 1,360
1994 1,207 1,370
1993 1,327 1,478
1992 1,302 1,439
1991 1,451 1,636
1990 1,479 1,638
1989 1,574 1,772
1988 1,586 1,748
1987 1,588 1,772
1986 1,503 1,673
1985 1,480 1,646
1984 1,479 1,646
1983 1,416 1,582
1982 1,447 1,607
1981 1,566 1,776
1980 1,805 2,033
1979 2,010 2,281
1978 1,800 2,047
1977 1,636 1,835
1976 1,669 1,893
1975 1,593 1,766

The fifteen Ohio counties with the most fatal crashes2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
County Fatal crashes Deaths
Cuyahoga 39035 111 118
Franklin 39049 83 89
Hamilton 39061 60 63
Montgomery 39113 60 65
Summit 39153 37 37
Butler 39017 32 35
Lucas 39095 29 35
Stark 39151 28 28
Lorain 39093 25 26
Ashtabula 39007 20 21
Delaware 39041 19 20
Wood 39173 19 19
Clark 39023 17 18
Greene 39057 17 19
Licking 39089 17 17

Which roads, in Ohio2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

Share is of the crashes this source assigned a road class to, not of every crash in the state.

Road class Fatal crashes Deaths Share
State Highway 305 335 28%
County 259 274 24%
Municipal 157 164 15%
U.S. Highway 148 159 14%
Interstate 143 158 13%
Township 60 62 6%
Trafficway Not in State Inventory 3 3 0%
Not Signed 2 2 0%

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