# Traffic fatalities in Ohio

Traffic fatalities in Ohio was 1,157 in 2024 (provisional). Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

- Indicator id: `traffic_fatalities`
- Place id: `us-state-39`
- Unit: count
- Definition: People killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes during the year. FARS counts people who die within 30 days of a crash involving a motor vehicle travelling on a public road, by the place of the crash, not of residence.
- Note: A police-based count of deaths. It differs from death certificate counts (CDC) and from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate), which is modelled for international comparison.
- Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states (https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public information (US government work); may be distributed or copied
- Citation: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/ohio
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=traffic_fatalities&place=us-state-39

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 1,157 (provisional) |
| 2023 | 1,242 |
| 2022 | 1,274 |
| 2021 | 1,354 |
| 2020 | 1,230 |
| 2019 | 1,153 |
| 2018 | 1,068 |
| 2017 | 1,179 |
| 2016 | 1,132 |
| 2015 | 1,110 |
| 2014 | 1,006 |
| 2013 | 989 |
| 2012 | 1,121 |
| 2011 | 1,017 |
| 2010 | 1,080 |
| 2009 | 1,022 |
| 2008 | 1,191 |
| 2007 | 1,255 |
| 2006 | 1,238 |
| 2005 | 1,321 |
| 2004 | 1,286 |
| 2003 | 1,274 |
| 2002 | 1,418 |
| 2001 | 1,378 |
| 2000 | 1,366 |
| 1999 | 1,430 |
| 1998 | 1,422 |
| 1997 | 1,441 |
| 1996 | 1,391 |
| 1995 | 1,360 |
| 1994 | 1,370 |
| 1993 | 1,478 |
| 1992 | 1,439 |
| 1991 | 1,636 |
| 1990 | 1,638 |
| 1989 | 1,772 |
| 1988 | 1,748 |
| 1987 | 1,772 |
| 1986 | 1,673 |
| 1985 | 1,646 |
| 1984 | 1,646 |
| 1983 | 1,582 |
| 1982 | 1,607 |
| 1981 | 1,776 |
| 1980 | 2,033 |
| 1979 | 2,281 |
| 1978 | 2,047 |
| 1977 | 1,835 |
| 1976 | 1,893 |
| 1975 | 1,766 |