Adams County Ohio Car Accident Attorney Discusses Statistics

Adams County is located in south Ohio along the border with Kentucky and is named for U.S. President John Adams. West Union is the county seat for Adams County, and has steadily grown in population along with the county itself since at least the early 1800s. While the population of Adams County has slowly swelled since the 1880s, the growth has been fairly steady in times of peace with sharp declines in population during times of war.

Despite its relatively small size, Adams County experienced an unusually high 755 auto accidents in 2007 and 675 in 2008. These figures to seem a little high for or a county with just over 27,000 residents, but it less than ten percent of all crashes during 20078 and 2008 were attributable to alcohol. In fact, 2007 saw only 50 alcohol-related traffic accidents within Adams County and only 46 alcohol-related accidents occurred in 2008. Surprisingly, there were no alcohol-related traffic accidents in 2007 that resulted in a fatality, while only two such fatalities were recorded in 2008.

In 2008, Manchester seemed to be one of the safest towns in Adams County, with only 4 crashes. This is a particularly impressive feat considering the fact that the Township of Manchester has over 2100 residents. Comparably populated Scott had over 13 times that number of accidents in 2008, for a total of 53. Despite the Township of Scott having a great number of auto accidents for its size, Sprigg was actually the most dangerous place for motorists on a per-capita basis in 2008 with 81 total crashes and barely 1800 residents.

The city with the most crashes in 2008 was Tiffin, with 93, up from 87 in 2007. This is not the first time that the much smaller Sprigg has recorded a comparable number of crashes; in fact, Sprigg recorded a total of 101 automobile accidents in 2007, actually claiming the number one spot in Adams County. Two of the 2007 crashes in the Township of Sprigg were fatal, which caused Sprigg to lead Adams County yet again in a decidedly dubious statistic.?

While Sprigg seems to take top honors when it comes to a dangerous place for motorists in Adams County, there appear to be few towns that stand out as particularly safe. Many of the townships have smaller populations, which makes gleaning meaningful data difficult, but it is worth noting that Manchester, Green, and Bratton all had twenty or fewer accidents in 2008. In 2007, only Manchester mustered twenty crashes or fewer.

The total number of unknown or un-attributable accidents in 2007 was only 19, with Green and Scott both leading the statistics with 3 such incidents apiece. Townships with two unknown and/or un-attributable crashes in 2007 included: Franklin, Jefferson, Sprigg, and Winchester. Brush Creek and Bratton both had a single un-attributable crash in 2007, though neither city had even a single such incident in 2008. In 2008, Jefferson repeated its twice-per year un-attributable accident streak and was joined by Tiffin. The Townships of Green, Oliver, Franklin, and Winchester all had a single unknown and/or un-attributable traffic accident reported in 2008.


If you've been injured in a West Union, Manchester, or Brush Creek Township car crash, call the Adams County auto accident attorneys at Chester Law Group at 1-800-218-4243 or order your FREE BOOK entitled The Insider’s Guide to Handling Ohio Accident Claims at www.ChesterLaw.com.

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