8.1
Share of reported crashes that were fatal: 8.1 per 1,000, 2021-2025
well above well above the state rate
County evidence
Athens County, Ohio
County identity and carefully framed public-data context.
2024 ACS population61,737
Coverage levelT2
Data through2025
UpdatedAug. 2, 2026
Technical build details
cube cube-20260802-3f91ff852ded · registry countycase-metric-registry-1.4.0
Crash severity
3.2%
Suspected-serious share of the source-defined reported-crash injury universe, 2021-2025
well above possibly well above the state share
95% range: 2.8%–3.8%Keep in view: The share of reported crashes that were fatal does not measure a county's danger, a traveler's risk, or the cause of any crash.
Fatal-crash timing
38.7%
Share of FARS fatal crashes that were night, 2021-2024
near broadly near the state share
95% range: 23.7%–56.2%19.4%
Share of FARS fatal crashes that were weekend, 2021-2024
well below possibly well below the state share
95% range: 9.2%–36.3%35.5%
Share of FARS fatal crashes that were impaired involved, 2021-2024
above somewhat above the state share
95% range: 21.1%–53.1%Keep in view: These time and involvement shares describe fatal crashes in FARS and do not measure an individual's risk or establish why a crash occurred.
Population context
153.4
Annual reported crashes per 10,000 residents (2024 ACS population), 2025
well below well below the state rate
151.8
Five-year annualized reported crashes per 10,000 residents (2024 ACS population), 2021-2025
well below well below the state rate
Keep in view: Crashes per resident use population as context, not miles traveled, and do not measure an individual resident's driving risk.
Source notices
- Source: Ohio Department of Transportation, TIMS Crash Locations.
- Aggregate-only use; no source-record redistribution
- Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (Final files).
- Final-release and source-universe notice
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
- This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.