Alcohol Related Accidents in Mahoning County: 2013-2015
Alcohol Related Accidents in Mahoning County: 2013-2015 Each year the Eastgate Regional Council of Governments collects crash data from the Ohio Department of Public Safety to aid in evaluating the safety of our region s roadways. Eastgate works with the Ohio Department of Transportation and the County Engineers to verify and map the location of crashes and analyze current trends in the data. The statistics help local transportation planners, engineers and law enforcement make informed decisions on where to install signage and signals, change roadway geometry, increase enforcement, set up checkpoints and how to target education. Standard crash analysis topics include driver age, motorcycle involvement and helmet use, pedestrian and bicycle involvement, speed, commercial vehicle involvement, seatbelt use, weather conditions, road conditions, injury and fatality rates, distracted driving and of course alcohol use. The data shows over and over again that most accidents can be prevented through safe and attentive driving. This particularly means avoiding any alcohol use before getting behind the wheel! Nights and weekends are prime time for alcoholrelated accidents, but they can and do happen at all hours. Alcohol was a factor in 614 accidents in Mahoning County from 2013 to 2015, that represents 7 less accidents than the previous reporting period from 2012-2014. It was also factor in 7% of the county s traffic fatalities and 8% of serious injuries. The majority of alcohol-related accidents occurs on heavily traveled corridors, but can occur anywhere. The road with the highest number of alcohol-related accidents was US 224, with a total of 40 accidents.
Alcohol Related Accidents in Mahoning County: 2013-2015
Alcohol Related Accidents in Mahoning County: 2013-2015 Traffic Controls and Contributing Factors Crashes Percent Pavement Markings 303 49.35% Failure To Control 93 15.15% Improper Lane Change/Passing/Offroad 56 9.12% Followed Too Closely/ACDA 45 7.33% Unsafe Speed 26 4.23% Left Of Center 20 3.26% None 19 3.09% Failure To Yield 13 2.12% Other 31 5.05% No Controls 159 25.90% Failure To Control 85 13.84% Failure To Yield 16 2.61% Followed Too Closely/ACDA 13 2.12% Operating Vehicle In Negligent Manner 7 1.14% None 6 0.98% Improper Backing 5 0.81% Improper Lane Change/Passing/Offroad 5 0.81% Left Of Center 5 0.81% Unknown 4 0.65% Unsafe Speed 4 0.65% Other 9 1.47% Traffic Signal 98 15.96% Followed Too Closely/ACDA 39 6.35% Failure To Yield 11 1.79% Ran Red Light 10 1.63% Failure To Control 7 1.14% Unknown 7 1.14% Other 24 3.91% Stop Sign 37 6.03% Failure To Yield 17 2.77% Ran Stop Sign 8 1.30% Failure To Control 5 0.81% Other 7 1.14% Other 17 2.77% Grand Total 614 100.00% Year Crashes Percent 2013 178 28.99% 2014 204 33.22% 2015 232 37.79% Grand Total 614 100.00% Crash Severity Crashes Percent Fatal Crash 4 0.65% Injury Crash 212 34.53% Property Damage Crash 398 64.82% Grand Total 614 100.00% Youth Related? Crashes Percent No 443 72.15% Yes 171 27.85% Grand Total 614 100.00% Age Group Crashes Percent 16 to 24 198 16.12% 25 to 34 201 16.37% 35 to 44 171 13.93% 45 to 54 136 11.07% 55 to 64 101 8.22% 65 to 74 44 3.58% 75 and over 19 1.55% Unknown 358 29.15% Grand Total 1228 100.00%
Alcohol Related Accidents in Mahoning County: 2013-2015 Hour of the Day Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Grand Total 0 6 1 7 7 3 8 14 46 1 14 1 5 0 2 5 14 41 2 15 3 7 7 3 6 10 51 3 15 0 0 2 3 1 6 27 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 8 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 6 6 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 8 7 2 3 5 3 2 4 1 20 8 0 1 2 2 1 4 5 15 9 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 6 10 3 3 3 0 2 2 2 15 11 1 0 0 3 4 1 3 12 12 2 3 2 1 5 2 1 16 13 4 5 1 1 4 4 2 21 14 6 3 1 4 2 5 2 23 15 2 9 7 5 5 7 6 41 16 4 8 2 7 5 4 1 31 17 4 4 3 3 8 10 5 37 18 5 4 4 4 3 3 6 29 19 2 2 6 6 5 3 6 30 20 4 2 5 5 4 11 3 34 21 4 5 4 3 6 3 4 29 22 2 4 4 1 4 9 9 33 23 7 2 6 1 6 8 5 35 Grand Total 109 66 75 67 81 102 114 614
Alcohol Related Accidents in Trumbull County: 2013-2015
Alcohol Related Accidents in Trumbull County: 2013-2015 Each year the Eastgate Regional Council of Governments collects crash data from the Ohio Department of Public Safety to aid in evaluating the safety of our region s roadways. Eastgate works with the Ohio Department of Transportation and the County Engineers to verify and map the location of crashes and analyze current trends in the data. The statistics help local transportation planners, engineers and law enforcement make informed decisions on where to install signage and signals, change roadway geometry, increase enforcement, set up checkpoints and how to target education. Standard crash analysis topics include driver age, motorcycle involvement and helmet use, pedestrian and bicycle involvement, speed, commercial vehicle involvement, seatbelt use, weather conditions, road conditions, injury and fatality rates, distracted driving and of course alcohol use. The data shows over and over again that most accidents can be prevented through safe and attentive driving. This particularly means avoiding any alcohol use before getting behind the wheel! Nights and weekends are prime time for alcoholrelated accidents, but they can and do happen at all hours. Alcohol was a factor in 732 accidents in Trumbull County from 2013 to 2015. This represents a reduction in the number of alcohol related crashes since the 2012-2014 reporting period which had 805 crashes. Alcohol was factor in 24% of the county s fatalities and 17% of serious injuries. The majority of alcohol-related accidents occurs on heavily traveled corridors, but can occur anywhere. The road with the highest number of alcohol-related accidents was US 422 with a total of 56 accidents.
Alcohol Related Accidents in Trumbull County: 2013-2015
Alcohol Related Accidents in Trumbull County: 2013-2015 Traffic Controls and Contributing Factors Crashes Percent Pavement Markings 392 53.55% Failure To Control 97 13.25% Improper Lane Change/Passing/Offroad 84 11.48% Followed Too Closely/ACDA 47 6.42% Unsafe Speed 44 6.01% None 32 4.37% Left Of Center 17 2.32% Failure To Yield 15 2.05% Operating Vehicle In Negligent Manner 13 1.78% Improper Turn 12 1.64% Improper Backing 6 0.82% Other 25 3.42% No Controls 188 25.68% Failure To Control 89 12.16% Followed Too Closely/ACDA 21 2.87% Failure To Yield 11 1.50% Improper Backing 11 1.50% None 11 1.50% Improper Lane Change/Passing/Offroad 10 1.37% Unsafe Speed 10 1.37% Other 25 3.41% Traffic Signal 89 12.16% Followed Too Closely/ACDA 46 6.28% Failure To Yield 11 1.50% Failure To Control 9 1.23% Ran Red Light 8 1.09% Other 15 2.05% Stop Sign 49 6.69% Ran Stop Sign 16 2.19% Failure To Yield 15 2.05% Failure To Control 5 0.68% Followed Too Closely/ACDA 5 0.68% Other 8 1.09% Other 14 1.91% Grand Total 732 100.00% Year Crashes Percent 2013 270 36.89% 2014 247 33.74% 2015 215 29.37% Grand Total 732 100.00% Crash Severity Crashes Percent Fatal Crash 11 1.50% Injury Crash 306 41.80% Property Damage Crash 415 56.69% Grand Total 732 100.00% Youth Related? Crashes Percent No 520 71.04% Yes 212 28.96% Grand Total 732 100.00% Age Groups Crashes Percent 16 to 24 209 14.28% 25 to 34 219 14.96% 35 to 44 169 11.54% 45 to 54 185 12.64% 55 to 64 119 8.13% 65 to 74 46 3.14% 75 and over 17 1.16% Unknown 500 34.15% Grand Total 1464 100.00%
Alcohol Related Accidents in Trumbull County: 2013-2015 Hour of the Day Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Grand Total 0 14 2 4 9 4 6 14 53 1 7 4 3 3 3 5 13 38 2 15 1 1 5 6 6 11 45 3 12 0 1 2 5 2 7 29 4 4 2 1 4 5 0 5 21 5 7 4 2 1 4 1 5 24 6 1 3 2 0 2 2 2 12 7 0 4 1 2 2 0 5 14 8 0 2 4 2 2 1 1 12 9 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 5 10 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 9 11 3 3 3 2 3 0 2 16 12 3 7 1 0 5 5 4 25 13 5 3 3 2 0 5 3 21 14 7 1 5 9 6 3 3 34 15 3 5 2 1 3 8 4 26 16 3 2 5 3 1 3 2 19 17 0 5 5 6 5 10 7 38 18 8 11 4 6 4 4 11 48 19 10 3 9 3 10 5 6 46 20 9 6 9 3 2 5 8 42 21 6 3 6 5 9 9 6 44 22 8 6 10 7 9 7 8 55 23 9 3 3 7 3 13 18 56 Grand Total 136 82 86 84 95 104 145 732