Mercer County Ohio Car Accident Attorney Discusses Statistics

Named after Brigadier General Hugh Mercer, and noted physician and close friend to President George Washington, Mercer County is located along the western border of Ohio. Home to 40,924 residents, Mercer County covers 473 square miles of territory, 10 of which are covered in water and waterways during most of the year. The location and presence of ample amounts of water conspire to make Mercer County and its surrounding areas challenging environments for motorists during a significant portion of the average year.

Despite this fact, Mercer County is surprisingly safe from a statistical standpoint. With only 578 total traffic accidents on record in 2007 and 497 the next year, Mercer County has a surprisingly low traffic accident rate. At first glance, it might seem as if these statistics were simple anomalies that could be attributed to a modest data set, but that does not appear to be the case when looking at the other crash-related statistics. For example, 5 people lost their lives on the roads of Mercer County during 2007, as did 10 the following year. These figures are well within the averages, and even low, considering the overall population of the county.

Leading Mercer County in overall traffic accidents in 2007 were: Jefferson with 99 total traffic accidents on file, Butler with 78, Dublin with 50, Center and Granville with 45 each, Franklin with 44, and Marion with 41 total traffic accidents on file. 2008 saw the top three names return, but a startling decline in overall traffic accidents caused many townships to fall off the list over dangerous townships for motorists in Mercer County: Jefferson with a total of 87 traffic accidents on file, Butler with 52, Dublin with a total of 50 traffic accidents on the books. No other townships even managed to put 40 traffic accidents on the books in 2008, which helps explain the dramatic overall decline in year to year traffic accidents in Mercer County.

Interestingly, the Township of Gibson was the only township to post unknown and/or unexplained traffic accidents during 2007, with two such incidents on file. This is slightly unusual due to the fact that most unknown and/or un-explained traffic accidents occur in slightly larger townships where it is easier for offenders to avoid being caught. The Township of Gibson did not report even a single such incident in 2008, though the much smaller township of Hopewell claimed 2 such incidents that year. It may also be worth noting that Dublin, Franklin, and Jefferson each reported a single such incident during 2008.

The Township of Butler stands out as the most fatal place for motorists in Mercer County, with 2 traffic fatalities per year recorded in the township that is home to 6,459 residents. According to data provided by the Ohio Department of Public Safety, each year saw a single alcohol-related traffic fatality in the Township of Butler, which attributed 7 total traffic accidents to alcohol in 2007 and only 2 the following year. This does cast the Township of Butler in a negative light compared to its slightly safer neighbors, but the truth is that Butler is an overall safe place for motorists.


If you've been seriously injured or have lost a loved one in a Jefferson Township, Gibson Township, or Dublin Township truck / car accident, call the Mercer 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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