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Fatal car crashes in Ohio, county by county

From 2020 through 2024, 6,257 people died in 5,802 crashes on Ohio roads. That is 10.5 deaths a year for every 100,000 residents, below the US rate of 12.1, and the 34th highest rate of the 50 states and DC.

Franklin County had the most deaths (591). The road stretch with the most fatal crashes was I-270 (Jack Nicklaus Fwy) in Franklin County (47). In 2024, 1,157 people were killed, 6% fewer than in 2020.

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020-2024 · checked October 2, 2026

6,257

people killed in crashes, 2020-2024

10.5

deaths a year per 100,000 residents, 34th highest of 51 (US 12.1)

754

pedestrians killed, 12% of deaths (US 18%)

22%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related (US 28%)

Death rate by county

Deaths a year per 100,000 residents, 2020-2024. Rural counties often rank highest: fewer people, faster roads and longer waits for an ambulance.

Adams County: 19.5 per 100,000 a year, 27 deathsAllen County: 13.5 per 100,000 a year, 68 deathsAshland County: 15.6 per 100,000 a year, 41 deathsAshtabula County: 17.1 per 100,000 a year, 83 deathsAthens County: 14.6 per 100,000 a year, 46 deathsAuglaize County: 10.9 per 100,000 a year, 25 deathsBelmont County: 7.4 per 100,000 a year, 24 deathsBrown County: 13.1 per 100,000 a year, 29 deathsButler County: 8.1 per 100,000 a year, 161 deathsCarroll County: 18.9 per 100,000 a year, 25 deathsChampaign County: 15.4 per 100,000 a year, 30 deathsClark County: 15.6 per 100,000 a year, 105 deathsClermont County: 9.6 per 100,000 a year, 103 deathsClinton County: 20.9 per 100,000 a year, 44 deathsColumbiana County: 11 per 100,000 a year, 55 deathsCoshocton County: 17.8 per 100,000 a year, 33 deathsCrawford County: 11.1 per 100,000 a year, 23 deathsCuyahoga County: 8.8 per 100,000 a year, 548 deathsDarke County: 18.7 per 100,000 a year, 48 deathsDefiance County: 11.9 per 100,000 a year, 23 deathsDelaware County: 6.9 per 100,000 a year, 82 deathsErie County: 14.1 per 100,000 a year, 52 deathsFairfield County: 9.2 per 100,000 a year, 77 deathsFayette County: 17.4 per 100,000 a year, 25 deathsFranklin County: 8.7 per 100,000 a year, 591 deathsFulton County: 22.4 per 100,000 a year, 47 deathsGallia County: 18.7 per 100,000 a year, 27 deathsGeauga County: 13.8 per 100,000 a year, 66 deathsGreene County: 7.4 per 100,000 a year, 64 deathsGuernsey County: 19.9 per 100,000 a year, 38 deathsHamilton County: 8.5 per 100,000 a year, 355 deathsHancock County: 12.3 per 100,000 a year, 46 deathsHardin County: 16.4 per 100,000 a year, 25 deathsHarrison County: 32.8 per 100,000 a year, 23 deathsHenry County: 21.1 per 100,000 a year, 29 deathsHighland County: 17.8 per 100,000 a year, 39 deathsHocking County: 19 per 100,000 a year, 26 deathsHolmes County: 13.4 per 100,000 a year, 30 deathsHuron County: 10.7 per 100,000 a year, 31 deathsJackson County: 15.3 per 100,000 a year, 25 deathsJefferson County: 6.6 per 100,000 a year, 21 deathsKnox County: 9.7 per 100,000 a year, 31 deathsLake County: 4.7 per 100,000 a year, 55 deathsLawrence County: 10 per 100,000 a year, 28 deathsLicking County: 10.7 per 100,000 a year, 99 deathsLogan County: 13.9 per 100,000 a year, 32 deathsLorain County: 7.7 per 100,000 a year, 124 deathsLucas County: 10.9 per 100,000 a year, 232 deathsMadison County: 17.1 per 100,000 a year, 39 deathsMahoning County: 9.2 per 100,000 a year, 104 deathsMarion County: 14.8 per 100,000 a year, 48 deathsMedina County: 7.4 per 100,000 a year, 68 deathsMeigs County: 20.5 per 100,000 a year, 22 deathsMercer County: 18.8 per 100,000 a year, 40 deathsMiami County: 10.9 per 100,000 a year, 61 deathsMonroe County: 16.9 per 100,000 a year, 11 deathsMontgomery County: 12.7 per 100,000 a year, 342 deathsMorgan County: 25.1 per 100,000 a year, 17 deathsMorrow County: 21.2 per 100,000 a year, 38 deathsMuskingum County: 15.9 per 100,000 a year, 69 deathsNoble County: 28 per 100,000 a year, 20 deathsOttawa County: 10.6 per 100,000 a year, 21 deathsPaulding County: 13.9 per 100,000 a year, 13 deathsPerry County: 20.7 per 100,000 a year, 37 deathsPickaway County: 16.7 per 100,000 a year, 52 deathsPike County: 20 per 100,000 a year, 27 deathsPortage County: 10.3 per 100,000 a year, 84 deathsPreble County: 20.1 per 100,000 a year, 41 deathsPutnam County: 9.4 per 100,000 a year, 16 deathsRichland County: 11.7 per 100,000 a year, 73 deathsRoss County: 12.6 per 100,000 a year, 48 deathsSandusky County: 14.9 per 100,000 a year, 44 deathsScioto County: 14.2 per 100,000 a year, 51 deathsSeneca County: 13.9 per 100,000 a year, 38 deathsShelby County: 14.6 per 100,000 a year, 35 deathsStark County: 7.9 per 100,000 a year, 148 deathsSummit County: 8.4 per 100,000 a year, 225 deathsTrumbull County: 10.7 per 100,000 a year, 107 deathsTuscarawas County: 12 per 100,000 a year, 55 deathsUnion County: 9.8 per 100,000 a year, 35 deathsVan Wert County: 13.2 per 100,000 a year, 19 deathsVinton County: 23.9 per 100,000 a year, 15 deathsWarren County: 6.4 per 100,000 a year, 82 deathsWashington County: 10.6 per 100,000 a year, 31 deathsWayne County: 14.9 per 100,000 a year, 87 deathsWilliams County: 17 per 100,000 a year, 31 deathsWood County: 12.6 per 100,000 a year, 84 deathsWyandot County: 16.8 per 100,000 a year, 18 deaths
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The most dangerous roads in Ohio

Fatal crashes by road within each county, 2020-2024. A long interstate shows up once per county it crosses.

#RoadWhereFatal crashesDeaths
1 I-270 Jack Nicklaus Fwy Franklin County, OH 47 50
2 I-90 Lakeland Fwy Cuyahoga County, OH 45 47
3 I-480 Eb Hw Cuyahoga County, OH 32 34
4 I-75 Montgomery County, OH 28 36
5 I-75 Mill Creek Expy Hamilton County, OH 28 32
6 I-71 Franklin County, OH 27 31
7 US-40 Broad St Franklin County, OH 27 28
8 I-70 Dwight D Eisenhower Fwy Franklin County, OH 22 23
9 US-6 Superior Av Cuyahoga County, OH 21 23
10 SR-48 Main St Montgomery County, OH 21 22
11 SR-4 Germantown Pike Montgomery County, OH 20 29
12 US-422 Kinsman Rd Cuyahoga County, OH 20 22
13 CR-74 Needmore Rd Montgomery County, OH 20 20
14 US-33 Columbus Lancaster Rd Franklin County, OH 18 20
15 I-275 Hamilton County, OH 18 20

Deaths by year

Every Ohio county

88 counties with 10 or more fatal crashes in five years, by deaths.

CountyDeaths 2020-24Per 100K a yearPedestriansPopulation
Franklin County 591 8.7 141 1,356,303
Cuyahoga County 548 8.8 95 1,240,594
Hamilton County 355 8.5 73 837,359
Montgomery County 342 12.7 56 537,443
Lucas County 232 10.9 30 426,291
Summit County 225 8.4 33 538,370
Butler County 161 8.1 23 399,542
Stark County 148 7.9 14 374,091
Lorain County 124 7.7 10 322,030
Trumbull County 107 10.7 11 200,300
Clark County 105 15.6 19 134,985
Mahoning County 104 9.2 19 225,786
Clermont County 103 9.6 10 214,123
Licking County 99 10.7 7 184,898
Wayne County 87 14.9 7 116,632
Portage County 84 10.3 10 163,839
Wood County 84 12.6 5 133,077
Ashtabula County 83 17.1 3 96,906
Delaware County 82 6.9 6 237,966
Warren County 82 6.4 9 256,059
Fairfield County 77 9.2 5 167,762
Richland County 73 11.7 8 124,853
Muskingum County 69 15.9 8 86,582
Allen County 68 13.5 13 100,866
Medina County 68 7.4 7 184,625
Geauga County 66 13.8 4 95,362
Greene County 64 7.4 7 172,347
Miami County 61 10.9 1 111,950
Columbiana County 55 11.0 6 99,823
Lake County 55 4.7 3 232,360
Tuscarawas County 55 12.0 1 92,048
Erie County 52 14.1 5 73,841
Pickaway County 52 16.7 3 62,158
Scioto County 51 14.2 9 71,798
Darke County 48 18.7 1 51,462
Marion County 48 14.8 2 64,976
Ross County 48 12.6 7 76,046
Fulton County 47 22.4 2 42,028
Athens County 46 14.6 3 63,218
Hancock County 46 12.3 7 75,016
Clinton County 44 20.9 2 42,019
Sandusky County 44 14.9 4 58,866
Ashland County 41 15.6 6 52,420
Preble County 41 20.1 2 40,801
Mercer County 40 18.8 2 42,648
Highland County 39 17.8 1 43,785
Madison County 39 17.1 1 45,531
Guernsey County 38 19.9 2 38,219
Morrow County 38 21.2 1 35,927
Seneca County 38 13.9 2 54,730
Perry County 37 20.7 5 35,682
Shelby County 35 14.6 1 47,952
Union County 35 9.8 2 71,721
Coshocton County 33 17.8 1 37,003
Logan County 32 13.9 0 46,085
Huron County 31 10.7 1 58,168
Knox County 31 9.7 1 63,848
Washington County 31 10.6 5 58,332
Williams County 31 17.0 1 36,554
Champaign County 30 15.4 2 38,907
Holmes County 30 13.4 1 44,668
Brown County 29 13.1 3 44,292
Henry County 29 21.1 0 27,536
Lawrence County 28 10.0 3 55,829
Adams County 27 19.5 3 27,671
Gallia County 27 18.7 1 28,886
Pike County 27 20.0 2 27,065
Hocking County 26 19.0 2 27,429
Auglaize County 25 10.9 1 45,922
Carroll County 25 18.9 0 26,460
Fayette County 25 17.4 1 28,782
Hardin County 25 16.4 1 30,402
Jackson County 25 15.3 0 32,723
Belmont County 24 7.4 3 64,692
Crawford County 23 11.1 0 41,626
Defiance County 23 11.9 1 38,644
Harrison County 23 32.8 2 14,042
Meigs County 22 20.5 0 21,491
Jefferson County 21 6.6 1 63,900
Ottawa County 21 10.6 0 39,692
Noble County 20 28.0 0 14,269
Van Wert County 19 13.2 1 28,887
Wyandot County 18 16.8 0 21,394
Morgan County 17 25.1 1 13,532
Putnam County 16 9.4 0 34,206
Vinton County 15 23.9 0 12,545
Paulding County 13 13.9 2 18,755
Monroe County 11 16.9 0 13,051

Cities

CityDeaths 2020-24Per 100K a yearPedestriansPopulation
Columbus 435 9.3 111 933,263
Cleveland 328 18.0 58 365,379

What was involved

FactorOhioShareUS
Speeding was a factor
a driver coded by police as speeding, racing or too fast for conditions		 1,285 22% 28%
A driver had been drinking
police reported alcohol involvement for at least one driver		 1,830 32% 26%
A large truck was involved
a truck over 10,000 lbs		 811 14% 13%
Hit-and-run
a driver left the scene		 389 7% 7%
Pedestrians killed
share of all deaths		 754 12% 18%
Motorcyclists killed
share of all deaths		 1,114 18% 15%
Bicyclists killed
share of all deaths		 102 2% 3%
Teens (15-19) killed
share of all deaths		 409 7% 7%

After a crash in Ohio

  1. Get the crash report

    Statewide copies come from Ohio Department of Public Safety (Crash Retrieval, unofficial copies from all agencies) and Ohio State Highway Patrol Central Records (official copies of OSHP-investigated crashes), cost $4.00 per Ohio State Highway Patrol crash report (plus a 1.95% card fee, $1.75 minimum); the ODPS search for unofficial copies lists no fee and are usually ready OSHP reports can be ordered after 7 business days.

    How to get an Ohio crash report

  2. Know your deadline

    Ohio gives you two years to file a personal injury lawsuit (Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.10(A)). If a city, county or state vehicle was involved: Ohio sets no notice-of-claim period for political subdivisions; an action against a political subdivision must be brought within two years after the cause of action accrues.

    Work out your date

  3. Who pays

    Ohio is an at-fault state: the driver who caused the crash, through their liability insurance, pays for the injuries and damage.

    Ohio car accident laws

  4. If you were partly at fault

    You can recover if your fault is not greater than the combined fault of everyone else (50% or less), with your award reduced by your share; at 51% or more you recover nothing.

    The rule and its statute

  5. The other driver’s minimum coverage

    The legal minimum liability coverage in Ohio is $25,000 per injured person, $50,000 per crash and $25,000 for property (25/50/25).

    Every state’s minimums

Check your deadline and a rough claim range

A filing date and a rough value range for Ohio. Both take under a minute.

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