2001–2002 Ohio Crash Fatalities by County

Source: Ohio Department of Public Safety, 2001 and 2002 Ohio Traffic Crash Facts

Traffic volumes continue to climb in Ohio, along with safety. Vehicle-miles are used to measure traffic volume (a vehicle-mile is one mile traveled by one vehicle). Ohio’s estimated traffic rose from 82 billion vehicle-miles in 1988 to 108 billion in 2002. In 2002, Ohio’s 1,417 highway deaths represented a rate of 1.32 deaths per 100 million vehicle-miles. The national average for 2002 was 1.51. In 1989, state and national fatality rates were both 2.2 per 100 million vehicle-miles. (Ohio State Highway Patrol as reported in the Toledo Blade, 1/19/04)