Carroll County Ohio Car Accident Attorney Discusses Statistics

Named in honor of the last surviving signatory of the Declaration of Independence, Charles Carroll, Carroll County is located in the mid-eastern portion of Ohio. Carrollton is listed as the most populous township within Carroll County and also serves as the county seat. Comprised of just under 400 square miles, Carroll County is home to 28,836 residents.

Overall, Carroll County is a fairly safe place for motorists from a statistical standpoint with only 487 total traffic accidents recorded in 2007 and 406 total traffic accidents in 2008. While both of those numbers are fairly low, the nearly 20% drop in year to year traffic accidents can be viewed as impressive or as a sign that the data set of less than 30,000 residents is too small. Either way one chooses to look at the low total traffic accident figures, it is worth pointing out that only 4 traffic-related deaths occurred in Carroll County in 2007 and another 6 in 2008.
46 of the total traffic accidents in 2007 were alcohol-related, as was a single fatality that occurred in the Township if Monroe. 33 of the 2008 traffic accidents were attributable to alcohol, as were two of the fatal accidents that resulted in a single fatality a piece in the Township of Union and the Township of Rose. The alcohol-related traffic accidents scaled with population in 2007, with the Township of Brown recording a grand total of 12 alcohol-related crashes. The Township of Brown only experienced 5 alcohol-related traffic accidents in 2008, and no alcohol related fatalities were reported in Brown in 2007 or 2008.

Townships within Carroll County that experiences a high number of total crashes in 2007 include: Brown (98), Harrison (65), Monroe (45), and Center (45). The Township of Monroe has less than half the population of Center, yet experienced an equal number of total accidents and a pair of traffic-related fatalities in 2007. Center experienced no traffic-related fatalities in 2007, though remains unusual because of its comparatively high traffic incident rate when viewed on a per capita basis.

2008 saw the following townships within Carroll County record a significant number of automobile accidents: Brown (88), Harrison (49), Center (39), Monroe (38), and Rose (36). The fact that Monroe again appears near the top of the traffic accident list despite having a population of roughly 1,900 marks the township as a potentially dangerous place for motorists. Fortunately, there were no traffic-related fatalities recorded in the Township of Monroe in 2008.
The only fatal traffic accidents in Carroll County occurred in Brown, Union, Perry, Harrison, Center, and Rose, each with a single fatality. The traffic-related fatalities were less distributed in 2007, with Monroe claiming a pair and Brown and Perry both claiming a single traffic-related fatality. Given the fact that the Township of Perry has approximately 1,000 residents, it is more than a little alarming to see a single fatality per year trend forming.

There are no individual townships within Carroll County that stand out for their excellent safety record in 2007 or 2008, though both Fox and Perry experienced a low number of property damage only crashes during both years. It is also worth noting that only nine unknown and/or un-attributable crashes occurred in Carroll County in 2007 and another six in 2008. Oddly enough, the Township of Brown has a very low rate of unknown or un-attributable crashes on a per capita basis in both years.


If you've been injured in a Carrollton, Harrison, or Perry car crash, call the Carroll 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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