10.4
Share of reported crashes that were fatal: 10.4 per 1,000, 2021-2025
well above well above the state rate
County evidence
Mercer County, Ohio
County identity and carefully framed public-data context.
2024 ACS population42,484
Coverage levelT1
Data through2025
UpdatedAug. 2, 2026
Technical build details
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Crash severity
3.1%
Suspected-serious share of the source-defined reported-crash injury universe, 2021-2025
well above possibly well above the state share
95% range: 2.6%–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
9.4%
Share of FARS fatal crashes that were night, 2021-2024
well below well below the state share
37.5%
Share of FARS fatal crashes that were weekend, 2021-2024
above somewhat above the state share
95% range: 22.9%–54.7%6.2%
Share of FARS fatal crashes that were impaired involved, 2021-2024
well below well below the state share
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
185.5
Annual reported crashes per 10,000 residents (2024 ACS population), 2025
below below the state rate
172.1
Five-year annualized reported crashes per 10,000 residents (2024 ACS population), 2021-2025
below 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
1.72
Truck-crash share relative to overall reported-crash share, 2021-2023
well above well above 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
- 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.
- Source: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, MCMIS Crash File, U.S. DOT Data Portal.
- Matured years and deduplicated crash-event notice