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Fairfield County, Ohio context mapThe county is outlined and labeled within OH using 2025 Census TIGER geometry.Fairfield County
Census TIGER/Line 2025 county geometry.

Residence and crash location

151

Deaths of county residents, CDC WONDER, 2018-2024

n=151 · window 2018-2024
108

Deaths from crashes in this county, FARS, 2018-2024

n=108 · window 2018-2024
-43

Crash-location fatalities minus resident deaths, 2018-2024

n=108 · window 2018-2024

location minus resident A signed difference between the two source counts.

Keep in view: This difference is not a count of people traveling into or out of the county and does not identify where county residents crashed.

Crash severity

4.9

Share of reported crashes that were fatal: 4.9 per 1,000, 2021-2025

n=58 · window 2021-2025

above somewhat above the state rate

95% range: 3.7–6.3
3.1%

Suspected-serious share of the source-defined reported-crash injury universe, 2021-2025

n=368 · window 2021-2025

well above possibly well above the state share

95% range: 2.8%–3.4%

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

31.6%

Share of FARS fatal crashes that were night, 2021-2024

n=18 · window 2021-2024

below somewhat below the state share

95% range: 21.0%–44.5%
22.8%

Share of FARS fatal crashes that were weekend, 2021-2024

n=13 · window 2021-2024

well below possibly well below the state share

95% range: 13.8%–35.2%
38.6%

Share of FARS fatal crashes that were impaired involved, 2021-2024

n=22 · window 2021-2024

above somewhat above the state share

95% range: 27.1%–51.6%

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

136.7

Annual reported crashes per 10,000 residents (2024 ACS population), 2025

n=2235 · window 2025

well below well below the state rate

145.8

Five-year annualized reported crashes per 10,000 residents (2024 ACS population), 2021-2025

n=11916 · window 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.

Truck-crash context

0.58

Truck-crash share relative to overall reported-crash share, 2021-2023

n=95 · window 2021-2023

well below well below the state level

Keep in view: This location quotient compares shares of reported crashes and does not measure truck-driver fault, carrier safety, or roadway danger.

Source notices