Jackson County Ohio Car Accident Attorney Discusses Statistics

Jackson County is located in the south-central portion of Ohio, near the border with Kentucky. Named for Andrew Jackson, a hero of the war of 1812, the county seat is located in the Township of Jackson. The Township of Jackson has a population of less than 1300, making it one of the smaller county seats within Ohio and significantly smaller than other cities within Jackson County such as Coal, Franklin, Jefferson, Liberty, Lick, Madison, and Scioto. In fact, there are only four townships within Jackson County with fewer residents than Jackson: Bloomfield, Hamilton, Milton, and Washington. Despite suffering a serious decline of population since the 2000 Census report, there are still approximately 20,000 people residing within Jackson County.

Despite Lick not being the most populous city within Jackson County, with only 2682 residents, a total of 195 total traffic accidents were reported in 2007. Jefferson, with over 3500 residents, barely had a quarter of the total accidents the same year with only 57 total traffic accidents reported. While the small size of Jackson County and its various townships might make this seem like a statistical aberration caused by a small data set, the same trend repeated itself in 2008; Lick had a total of 172 traffic accidents and Jefferson only reported a total of 64.

While the difference between the two towns changed significantly if viewed in percentage points, it is also possible to look at the problem from the sheer number of accidents. With more than 100 more accidents per year reported in Lick than in the much larger Jefferson, it would seem that Lick is a substantially more dangerous place for motorists.

Even though Lick has an abnormally high percentage of total traffic accidents, it did not suffer a single traffic-related fatality during 2007 or 2008. This is yet another strange statistic, but it is far from the last. Lick was subject to three unknown and/or un-attributable crashes in 2007 and another in 2008. 2008 also saw 2 fatal car crashes in the Township of Liberty. Since the townships within Jackson County are all relatively small, it is difficult to glean meaningful information from what appears to be low-to-normal fatality rates.

One possible explanation for Lick’s strangely high traffic incident rate might have something to do with the PDO, or property damage only, statistic. There were 127 PDO incidents in 2007 and 119 in 2008. This certainly casts Lick in a better light for anyone other than property owners, at least until injury statistics are considered. There were 107 traffic-related injuries reported in 2007, but only 83 in 2008.

Other townships to experience comparatively high numbers of traffic-related injuries in 2007 include: Franklin (44), Madison (38), Bloomfield (37) Coal (36), and Jefferson (34). The number of traffic-related injuries n 2008 seemed to be significantly better, with far fewer towns with a significant number of traffic-related injuries: Franklin (52), Milton (39), and Madison (34). Cities with fatal traffic accidents in 2007 included: Coal, Franklin, Madison, and Milton, each with a single incident. In 2008, the towns that experienced a single traffic-related fatality included: Lick, Milton, Washington, and Franklin.


If you've been seriously injured or have lost a loved one in a Lick Township, Franklin Township, or Madison Township truck / car accident, call the Jackson County auto accident and wrongful death attorneys / lawyers 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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