As southeast Ohio’s Regional Transportation Planning Organization, Buckeye Hills Regional Council regularly coordinates a region-wide review of motor vehicle crashes. The Transportation Planning and GIS Team at BHRC compiled a 5-year snapshot of the region and each of our eight counties detailing the leading causes of crashes, local hotspots, data trends, and more.
Between 2015 and 2019 there were a total of 23,232 crashes reported within the 8-county Buckeye Hills transportation planning region, averaging 4,600 per year. In the past 5-years around 5,800 people were injured as a result of these crashes which includes 194 fatalities and 1,183 serious injuries.
Overall there has been a decrease in total crashes, with 8.3% fewer crashes in 2019 compared to 2015. Fatal crashes have increased since 2015 by 15.2% with an uptick in the more recent years after reaching the low point in 2017. Crashes resulting in injuries have decreased by 10.9% in the last 5-years.