4.7
Share of reported crashes that were fatal: 4.7 per 1,000, 2021-2025
near broadly near the state rate
95% range: 3.7–5.9County evidence
Portage County, Ohio
County identity and carefully framed public-data context.
2024 ACS population161,956
Coverage levelT1
Data through2025
UpdatedAug. 2, 2026
Technical build details
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Crash severity
2.4%
Suspected-serious share of the source-defined reported-crash injury universe, 2021-2025
near broadly near the state share
95% range: 2.2%–2.7%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
31.7%
Share of FARS fatal crashes that were night, 2021-2024
below somewhat below the state share
95% range: 21.6%–44.0%30.2%
Share of FARS fatal crashes that were weekend, 2021-2024
near broadly near the state share
95% range: 20.2%–42.4%30.2%
Share of FARS fatal crashes that were impaired involved, 2021-2024
near broadly near the state share
95% range: 20.2%–42.4%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
226.5
Annual reported crashes per 10,000 residents (2024 ACS population), 2025
near near the state rate
210.2
Five-year annualized reported crashes per 10,000 residents (2024 ACS population), 2021-2025
near near 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
1.38
Truck-crash share relative to overall reported-crash share, 2021-2023
well above possibly well above the state level
95% range: 1.23–1.54Keep 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