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Traffic deaths in Ohio County, Indiana

County in Indiana · United States

Deaths, 2021
1
Fatal crashes
1
Population
6K

In 2021, 1 person died in 1 fatal crash in Ohio County, Indiana. That was the same as in 2020. The death rate was 16.7 per 100,000 residents, compared with 13.7 in Indiana and 13.0 in the United States. Ohio County had the 84th most traffic deaths among Indiana's counties. Between 2020 and 2021, 2 people died, an average of 1.0 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

16.7

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2021

  • About 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 12.0
  • About 1.4 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

16.8

average deaths per 100,000 residents a year, 2020–2021

  • About 1.2 times the average in Indiana: 13.4
  • About 1.4 times the average in the United States: 12.4

+0%

change in deaths from 2020 to 2021

1 death in 2020, 1 in 2021

  • Indiana: -8%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2021
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 1 1
2021 1 1

People who died within 30 days of a crash. A fatal crash can kill more than one person.

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Deaths per 100,000 residents, 2020–2021
Category Deaths per 100,000
2020 16.9
2021 16.7

Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.

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Road users

Who died

0%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 5 percent of the share in Indiana: 13%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2021
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 1
Pedestrians 0
Motorcyclists 0
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2021
Type Deaths Share in Ohio County Share in Indiana
Pedestrians 0 0% 12%
Motorcyclists 0 0% 15%
Cyclists 0 0% 2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 0 0% 25%
Speeding-related crashes 0 0% 27%

Alcohol-impaired and speeding-related count everyone killed in those crashes, so a death can appear in more than one row.

Crash factors

Speeding, alcohol, night and weekend crashes

0%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 5 percent of the share in Indiana: 26%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

0%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 5 percent of the share in Indiana: 22%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2021
Category Ohio County Indiana United States
Speeding-related 0.0% 21.8% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 0.0% 26.2% 28.1%
At night 0.0% 44.3% 53.6%
At weekends 0.0% 30.4% 32.6%

Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.

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Timing

When crashes happen

0%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 5 percent of the share in Indiana: 44%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 54%

0%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 5 percent of the share in Indiana: 30%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 0
1am 0
2am 0
3am 0
4am 0
5am 0
6am 0
7am 0
8am 1
9am 0
10am 0
11am 0
12pm 0
1pm 0
2pm 1
3pm 0
4pm 0
5pm 0
6pm 0
7pm 0
8pm 0
9pm 0
10pm 0
11pm 0

All crashes 2020–2021.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 0
Mon 0
Tue 1
Wed 1
Thu 0
Fri 0
Sat 0

All crashes 2020–2021.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 0
Feb 0
Mar 0
Apr 0
May 0
Jun 1
Jul 0
Aug 1
Sep 0
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0

All crashes 2020–2021.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 2

All crashes 2020–2021. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Daylight 2

All crashes 2020–2021. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020–2021

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. CR-SALEM RIDGE RD1
  2. SR-56S1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 1
Other vehicles 1
SUVs 1

All crashes 2020–2021.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Equinox1
  2. Chevrolet Malibu1
  3. Polaris Ranger1

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Fatal crashes in 2021. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Date Location Deaths
Aug 24, 2021 — 1
Jun 10, 2020 — 1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2021. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.