OVI activity maps
Explore maps of Ohio State Highway Patrol OVI enforcement activities in area counties by clicking the links below. Maps show locations of OVI stops, OVI-related injury crashes and OVI-related fatal crashes so far in 2014.
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
Elizabeth Jackson will never see her daughter, Christina, come home again. Christina was just 20-years-old when she and her friend, Corey Cooper, were killed by a drunk driver. There is now a memorial near the intersection where they died.
"Every time I drive by, I tell her I love her," said Jackson.
The drunk driver, Robert Finkley, was traveling over 100 miles an hour. He is now doing 8 years in prison. However, the Jackson family is still suffering.
"I received a lifetime of pain and my family, we go day by day," Jackson said.
In an effort to prevent similar crashes, the Ohio Highway Patrol is mapping out the exact location of every crash involving an impaired driver here in the Miami Valley and all over the state. The maps mark the location of a fatal D-U-I crash with a red star. A green star shows non-fatal accidents and black dots represent the spots where someone was pulled over for driving under the influence. Troopers use the maps to make sure their resources are deployed where they are needed the most.
Many of the hot spots involve busy intersections where your judgement of speed and distance are put to the test.
"These are the places where impaired drivers make mistakes that cause crashes," said Lt. Douglas Eck, of the Xenia Post of the Ohio Highway Patrol. "They also allow us to see where troopers are working and making arrests."
In Greene County, Route 35 near Wright Patterson Air Force Base is one hot spot. It is where Tom Carey was killed by a drunk driver nearly 20 years ago. His sister says the pain of his loss never goes away.
"If you could save a life just by that map, that would be amazing," said Christine Nelson.
In Montgomery County, there are several well-defined DUI hot spots. Among them, is North Dixie Drive, the interesection of State Route 725 and 741 and a stretch of Interstate 675. The loved ones of the crash victims are hoping the mapping pays off.
"So, that we can target those areas an get more drunk drivers off the street," said Elizabeth Jackson. "You don't want them to die in vain. So, you want to get the word out there about drinking and driving.