Medina County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 19 deaths in 16 fatal crashes in Medina County in 2024.

FARS records 122 deaths in 116 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 6.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Ohio in the same years is 10.1.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Medina County was number 25 of 88 counties of Ohio.

Deaths in Medina County fell by 18.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (150) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (122).

In the counties of Ohio the deaths rose by 5.9% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 65.2% of the fatal crashes in Medina County with a known setting were rural, against 42.3% in Ohio.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Medina County by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Medina County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	19	16	4
2023	11	11	1 or 2
2022	11	11	1 or 2
2021	15	14	1 or 2
2020	12	12	3
2019	9	9	3
2018	8	8	4
2017	18	17	3
2016	8	8	6
2015	11	10	5
2015 to 2024	122	116	33

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Medina County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 38 (1979)2024: 19

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Medina County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	19	16
2023	11	11
2022	11	11
2021	15	14
2020	12	12
2019	9	9
2018	8	8
2017	18	17
2016	8	8
2015	11	10
2014	15	14
2013	1 or 2	1 or 2
2012	9	9
2011	16	14
2010	20	18
2009	15	13
2008	21	18
2007	22	20
2006	14	13
2005	16	12
2004	20	17
2003	13	13
2002	26	20
2001	17	16
2000	22	20
1999	27	23
1998	16	15
1997	18	17
1996	17	15
1995	22	20
1994	23	21
1993	22	20
1992	17	15
1991	27	25
1990	20	19
1989	27	23
1988	29	27
1987	10	9
1986	18	18
1985	18	18
1984	24	21
1983	26	20
1982	21	18
1981	17	17
1980	15	15
1979	38	34
1978	28	27
1977	30	29
1976	22	21
1975	23	21

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Medina County beside Ohio and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Medina County	Ohio	United States
2024	10.3	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	6.7	10.1	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Medina County had 184,275 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Medina County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Ohio
A driver recorded as drinkingof 116 fatal crashes	33	116 fatal crashes	28.4%	31.7%
A speeding-related driverof 116 fatal crashes	24	116 fatal crashes	20.7%	22.7%
No restraint usedof 79 occupant deaths with restraint use known	48	79 occupant deathswith restraint use known	60.8%	55.4%
Pedestriansof 122 deaths	9	122 deaths	7.4%	11.7%
Bicyclistsof 122 deaths	3	122 deaths	2.5%	1.8%
Motorcyclistsof 122 deaths	22	122 deaths	18.0%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 115 fatal crashes with the condition reported	75	115 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	65.2%	42.3%
In the darkof 116 fatal crashes with the condition reported	43	116 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	37.1%	45.0%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Medina County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	3	10
Monday	1 or 2	3	4	6	15
Tuesday	0	7	3	6	16
Wednesday	4	5	10	7	26
Thursday	4	1 or 2	8	1 or 2	16
Friday	3	3	8	5	19
Saturday	4	1 or 2	3	5	14
All days	19	25	38	34	116

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Medina County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Ohio
Interstate	18	15.7%	11.6%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	20	17.4%	19.5%
Minor arterial	15	13.0%	21.6%
Major collector	34	29.6%	24.5%
Minor collector	4	3.5%	4.2%
Local	24	20.9%	15.2%
Not reported	1 or 2	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Medina County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	66
Dark, not lighted	37
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	4
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Medina County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	77
Cloudy	24
Rain	8
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	6
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Medina County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Medina	In all of Ohio
Interstate 71	Interstate	10	214
Interstate 76	Interstate	7	51
Interstate 271	Interstate	1 or 2	29
State Route 3	State highway	4	59
State Route 18	State highway	9	51
State Route 57	State highway	3	27
State Route 83	State highway	5	35
State Route 303	State highway	7	27
US Route 42	US highway	5	90
US Route 224	US highway	6	54

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in Ohio

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Medina County on the county map of Ohio

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 1022 counties
10 to 14.929 counties
15 to 19.927 counties
20 to 29.99 counties
30 or more1 county
Medina County: 6.7

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of Ohio

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Medina County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Ashland County	Ohio	7	75	14.2
Cuyahoga County	Ohio	118	949	7.6
Lorain County	Ohio	26	270	8.6
Summit County	Ohio	37	405	7.5
Wayne County	Ohio	10	156	13.4

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Ohio have a population nearest to that of Medina County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
Ohio Traffic Safety OfficeThe highway safety office of Ohio.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Medina in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 150 deaths in Medina County from 2005 to 2014. It records 122 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Medina in 2024?

The rate of Medina County in 2024 was 10.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Ohio was 9.8. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Medina had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 33 of 116 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Medina?

10 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 57 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.