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Ohio State Highway Patrol Urges Safe Driving as Fatal Crash Numbers Remain High

todayMarch 26, 2025 111

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The Ohio State Highway Patrol urges motorists to practice safe driving habits to avoid fatal crashes.

Those practices include using available safety belts, never driving while impaired and always following traffic laws.

From 2020 to 2024, there were 5,804 fatal crashes on Ohio roadways resulting in 6,259 fatalities.

The top causes of fatal crashes in Ohio since 2020 are driving off the road, unsafe speed and driving left of center.

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