Brown County Ohio Car Accident Attorney Discusses Statistics

Located along the border of Ohio and Kentucky, Brown County is named after General Jacob Brown. The largest population center within Brown County and the County seat are one and the same: Georgetown. With just over 42,000 residents, Brown County is far from the most populated county in Ohio, and the overall small population makes gleaning valuable statistical information on a year-by-year basis. Instead, it is only possible to look at trends within the various townships by comparing multiple years of traffic-related statistics.

Brown County itself recorded a total of 870 traffic accidents in 2007 and another 789 in 2008. A decline of 81 traffic accidents in a single year, equal to nearly 10%, is quite impressive but only goes to underscore how small datasets can impact statistical comparisons. Only 53 of the 870 traffic incidents recorded in 2007 were alcohol-related, though five of those incidents resulted in a single death each for a total of five alcohol related traffic fatalities in 2007. 2008 saw a perceptible decline in these figures, with only 46 alcohol-related traffic accidents resulting in three crashes and a trio of fatalities.

The townships with the highest number of traffic accidents in 2007 included: Perry (96), Pleasant (91), Clark (79), Lewis (78), Sterling (73), and Washington (64). In 2008, the townships in Brown County with the greatest number of recorded traffic accidents included: Perry (91), Pleasant (66), Washington (61), Huntington (60), Lewis (59), Clark (59), Eagle (57), and Sterling (57). With many of the same townships repeating their place atop the list of accident-prone townships, it is worth taking a closer look.

The Township of Pleasant nearly 5,200 residents and the Township of Perry just over 4,800 residents, making both of these population centers more statistically likely to experience a high number of accidents than smaller townships, such as Byrd with only 740 residents. In fact, looking at the entire list of potentially accident-prone townships in Brown Country, it is safe to say that per capita accident rates seem fairly reasonable on the whole. Simply put, there are no stand-out townships that have a very high accident rate and a low population.

There are a few townships that seem particularly safe for motorists, such as the Township of Franklin. With nearly 1,600 residents, Franklin recorded on 18 total traffic accidents in 2008 and 31 in 2007. While the Township of Franklin did record a single traffic-related fatality in 2007, there were no such incidents in 2008. This makes Franklin a reasonably safe place for motorists in Brown County, but it is not necessarily more than a statistical aberration without more supporting data.

Unknown and/or un-attributable crashes in 2007 occurred in: Byrd (3), Green (2), Perry (2), Sterling (2), Franklin (1), Lewis (1), Pleasant (1), Scott (1), and Union (1). 2008 saw a total of 15 recorded crashes that could not be properly attributed, including three in the Township of Lewis and another three in the Township of Clark. Having a third of the total un-attributable crashes in a single year occurring in a pair of towns that derive their name from the famous explorers seems unusual enough, but the combined population of these two townships makes the statistic even more unusual; at just over 5,000, these two townships barely comprise an eighth of Brown County’s total population.


If you've been injured in a Perry, Sterling, or Georgetown car crash, call the Brown 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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