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• Posted on 9/9/2010Cleveland School Bus Driver Arrested After Drunk Driving Crash
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Cuyahoga County Ohio Car Accident Attorney Discusses Statistics

Bordering Lake Erie, Cuyahoga County is one of the larger counties in Ohio in terms of overall size and population. At 1,246 square miles, over a third of which is covered in water, Cuyahoga County contains part of Greater Cleveland and lists the famous city as its county seat and most populated city. Cuyahoga County may derive its name from the Algonquian phrase for “crooked river.” The fact that Cuyahoga County is home to part of Cleveland leaves little room for townships that have not yet been absorbed. Still, the Ohio Department of Public Safety lists the Township of Olmstead and the Township of Chagrin Falls as population centers of notable size within the borders of Cuyahoga County.

The Township of Olmsted is home to 10,575 residents, and experienced a grand total of 137 traffic accidents and a pair of traffic fatalities in 2007. Sadly, both of the 2007 traffic fatalities in the Township of Olmsted were alcohol related, as were a total of 4 traffic accidents that year. 2008 again saw the Township of Olmstead record alcohol related traffic accidents, a total of seven. Fortunately, none of the alcohol-related traffic accidents reported in the Township of Olmsted during 2008 proved to be fatal. A total of 158 traffic accidents were reported in the Township of Olmsted during 2008.

Despite being home to roughly 40% of the number of residents as the Township of Olmsted, the Township of Chagrin Falls only reported a single traffic accident in 2007 and another in 2008. In both cases, there were no fatalities or injuries reported, only property damage. For a township with a population of over 4,100, these are impressive figures. With only a single traffic accident on file for 2007 and another in 2008, it is not surprising that alcohol does not factor into the traffic-accidents reported in the Township of Chagrin Falls.

Returning to the traffic accidents in the Township of Olmsted, it is worth noting that 2007 saw zero unexplained and/or un-attributable traffic accidents on record, and 2008 saw only a single such incident go on the books. Both of these figures are particularly impressive for a community in the very low 5-digit population range. In many other counties in Ohio, a township with roughly as many residents as the Township of Olmsted would generally be the source of at least a handful of un-attributable traffic accidents each year.

32 of the 137 traffic accidents to happen in the Township of Olmsted during 2007 resulted in a total of 56 injuries. These figures are in-line with expectations based on data gathered from surrounding counties, and are similar to the 2008 statistics that show a total of 48 injuries to be the result of 35 separate traffic accidents.

With only two townships and two years to compare, it is difficult to declare in any definitive way that one township is innately safer than another. On the surface, it would seem that the Township of Chagrin Falls is probably a safer place for motorists than the Township of Olmsted, but the data sets are simply too small to derive definitive information from.


If you've been injured in a Cleveland, Chagrin Falls, or Olmstead car crash, call the Cuyahoga 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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