Impaired driving made up 29 of the 526 crashes in 2018, and 218 of the 3,175 crashes statewide. Both totals have trended downward since 2016.
Total crashes have also trended downward since 2015 when there were 4,007 holiday crashes statewide and 744 in the region.
Only one fatal crash happened in 2018 over the five-day holiday weekend, which happened in Hamilton County, according to the data.
The last Warren County fatal crash over the Thanksgiving weekend happened in 2017. Butler County’s last fatal crash happened in 2016.
Here’s how Butler and Warren counties compared to the statewide numbers of Thanksgiving holiday crashes from 2014 to 2018:
Ohio
2018: 3,715 total crashes, 7 fatal, 218 OVI-related crashes
2017: 3,312 total crashes, 17 fatal, 204 OVI-related crashes
2016:Â 3,663 total crashes, 9 fatal, 275 OVI-related crashes
2015: 4,007 total crashes, 7 fatal, 253 OVI-related crashes
2014: 3,427 total crashes, 20 fatal, 220 OVI-related crashes
Butler County
2018:Â 96 total crashes, 0 fatal, 4 OVI-related crashes
2017:Â 105 total crashes, 0 fatal, 9 OVI-related crashes
2016:Â 91 total crashes, 1 fatal, 12 OVI-related crashes
2015:Â 112 total crashes, 0 fatal, 6 OVI-related crashes
2014:Â 80 total crashes, 0 fatal, 11 OVI-related crashes
Warren County
2018:Â 45 total crashes, 0 fatal, 3 OVI-related crashes
2017: 59 total crashes, 1 fatal, 4 OVI-related crashes
2016: 51 total crashes, 0 fatal, 2 OVI-related crashes
2015: 74 total crashes, 0 fatal, 4 OVI-related crashes
2014: 45 total crashes, 0 fatal, 2 OVI-related crashes
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