Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

4 CRASHES IN
ARMSTRONG, IA
2025

All metrics benchmarked against2024

Total crashes in ARMSTRONG, IA remained stable at 4 incidents in 2025, mirroring the 4 crashes reported in 2024. While fatalities remained at zero in both periods, injuries saw an increase, rising from 0 in 2024 to 2 in 2025.

4

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

2

Persons Injured

0

Fatal Crash Events

Note: "Persons Killed" (0) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (0) counts crash events where at least one fatality occurred. A single crash can result in multiple fatalities.

Source: Iowa Crash Data · ArcGIS Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

The overall trend indicates stability in the total number of crashes, with 4 crashes reported in both 2025 and 2024. Fatalities remained unchanged at zero year-over-year, but injuries increased from zero in 2024 to two in 2025.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

2

Motorists Injured

Prior: 0%

Source: Iowa Crash Data · ArcGIS Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)

When Crashes Happen

The peak day for crashes remained Saturday, though the number of crashes on Saturdays decreased from 2 in 2024 to 1 in 2025. The peak crash hour shifted from 7 PM in 2024 to 6 PM in 2025, with both hours recording 1 crash. December recorded crashes in both years, with 1 crash in 2025 and 2 crashes in 2024.

Source: Iowa Crash Data · ArcGIS Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Iowa Crash Data · ArcGIS Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Minor Injury1minor injury crashes25%
Possible Injury1possible injury crashes25%
No Injury2no injury crashes50%

Source: Iowa Crash Data · ArcGIS Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Iowa Crash Data · ArcGIS Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record

Top Contributing Factors

In 2025, contributing factors included Animal, Driver Distraction: Exterior distraction, Driver Distraction: Reaching for object(s)/fallen object(s), and Operator inexperience, each associated with 1 crash. In contrast, 2024 saw contributing factors such as FTYROW: From parked position, FTYROW: Making left turn, and Ran off road - left, each also associated with 1 crash. There were no common contributing factors identified across both periods.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

Animal1 (25%)
Driver Distraction: Exterior distraction1 (25%)
Driver Distraction: Reaching for object(s)/fallen object(s)1 (25%)
Operator inexperience1 (25%)

Source: Iowa Crash Data · ArcGIS Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash

Road & Environmental Conditions

Crashes occurring in 'Clear' weather conditions remained at 3 in both 2025 and 2024, and 'Blowing Snow' conditions also accounted for 1 crash in both years. Crashes in 'Daylight' increased from 2 in 2024 to 3 in 2025, while crashes under 'Dark - roadway not lighted' conditions decreased from 1 in 2024 to 0 in 2025. Crashes on 'Dry' road surfaces increased from 2 in 2024 to 3 in 2025, and crashes on 'Ice/frost' surfaces decreased from 1 in 2024 to 0 in 2025.

Weather

Clear3 (75.0%)
Blowing Snow1 (25.0%)

Source: Iowa Crash Data · ArcGIS Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight3 (75.0%)
Dark - roadway lighted1 (25.0%)

Source: Iowa Crash Data · ArcGIS Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry3 (75.0%)
Snow1 (25.0%)

Source: Iowa Crash Data · ArcGIS Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

Top Vehicle Makes (7 vehicles)

1
FORD3 (42.9%)
2
CHEV1 (14.3%)
3
CHEVROLET1 (14.3%)
4
GMC1 (14.3%)
5
TOYT1 (14.3%)

Source: Iowa Crash Data · ArcGIS Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Vehicle unit records

2 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.

Source: Iowa Crash Data · ArcGIS Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Person-level records linked to crash events

Data Sources & Methodology

Primary Data Source

All crash data in this report is sourced from Iowa Crash Data, accessed programmatically via the ArcGIS Open Data API (SODA). This dataset contains official police-reported motor vehicle traffic crash records maintained by the reporting jurisdiction's law enforcement agency. Records are published to the open data portal by the municipality and are subject to the portal's terms of use.

Data Retrieval

  • Access method: ArcGIS Open Data API (SoQL queries)
  • Data format: Structured JSON via REST API
  • Record types queried: Crash events, person records, and vehicle unit records
  • Date filter applied: 2025-01-01 through 2025-12-31
  • Report generated: September 9, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2025-01-01 through 2025-12-31 (365 days)
  • Geographic scope: ARMSTRONG, IA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 4
  • Total persons involved: 7
  • Total vehicles involved: 7

Analytical Methodology

  • Severity classification: Uses the KABCO injury scale (K=Fatal, A=Incapacitating injury, B=Non-incapacitating injury, C=Possible injury, O=No injury/property damage only), the standard classification in U.S. Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC). Severity is assigned per crash event based on the most severe injury in that crash. A single fatal crash (K) may involve multiple fatalities; therefore the "Persons Killed" count in the headline KPIs may differ from the "Fatal" crash count in the severity breakdown.
  • Contributing factors: Reflect the officer-determined primary contributory cause recorded at the time of the crash report. These are preliminary determinations and may not reflect final investigation findings.
  • Hit-and-run classification: Based on the hit-and-run indicator field in the official crash report, as determined by the responding officer at the scene.
  • Temporal analysis: Day-of-week and hour-of-day distributions are computed from the crash date/time timestamp in each record.
  • Demographics: Age and sex distributions are drawn from person-level records linked to each crash event. A single crash may involve multiple persons.
  • Vehicle data: Make information is drawn from vehicle unit records linked to each crash event.
  • AI commentary: Narrative sections are generated by Google Gemini (large language model) based on the structured data. Commentary is descriptive, not predictive, and should not be interpreted as expert opinion.

Limitations & Disclaimers

  • Only crashes reported to and documented by law enforcement are included. Minor incidents, unreported crashes, and near-misses are not captured in this dataset.
  • Data reflects conditions at the time of the initial police report and may be subject to subsequent corrections, reclassifications, or supplements by the reporting agency.
  • Open data portal records may experience a publication lag - recently occurring crashes may not yet appear in the dataset at the time of report generation.
  • AI-generated commentary is produced by a large language model and is intended to highlight patterns in the data. It does not constitute legal, medical, or professional analysis.
  • Percentages are calculated from reported data and are subject to rounding.

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Data License

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Suggested Citation

ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). "ARMSTRONG, IA Crash Intelligence Report: 2025." Published September 9, 2026. Reporting period: 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31. Data source: Iowa Crash Data, ArcGIS Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/iowa/armstrong/2025-annual-report

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