Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis

12 CRASHES IN
CARVER, MA
FEBRUARY 2025

All metrics benchmarked againstFebruary 2024

In February 2025, Carver, MA, recorded 12 crashes, a 25% decrease from the 16 crashes reported in February 2024. Despite the overall reduction in crashes, total injuries significantly increased by 300%, rising from 2 injuries in the prior period to 8 injuries in the current period. This marks a notable shift towards more severe outcomes per crash.

12

-25.0%was 16

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

8

300.0%was 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: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall crash activity in Carver, MA, decreased year-over-year, with total crashes falling by 25% from 16 in February 2024 to 12 in February 2025. However, this decline in crash count was accompanied by a substantial increase in total injuries, which rose by 300% from 2 to 8 over the same period.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

8

Motorists Injured

Prior: 2300.0%

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)

When Crashes Happen

The temporal distribution of crashes showed shifts in peak activity. In February 2025, the peak day for crashes was Friday with 3 incidents, while in February 2024, Thursday saw the highest count with 3 crashes. The peak hour also changed, moving from 12 PM with 3 crashes in the prior year to 3 PM with 3 crashes in the current year.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

Fatalities remained at 0 in both February 2024 and February 2025. However, the number of crashes resulting in injuries increased from 2 in February 2024 to 5 in February 2025, representing a 150% rise in injury-involved crashes. This contributed to a 300% increase in total injuries, rising from 2 in the prior period to 8 in the current period, with serious injuries (severity A) appearing in 1 crash in the current period compared to none in the prior period.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Serious Injury1serious injury crashes8.3%
Minor Injury2minor injury crashes16.7%
100.0%prior 1
Possible Injury2possible injury crashes16.7%
100.0%prior 1
No Injury7no injury crashes58.3%
-50.0%prior 14

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Most severe injury per crash record

Top Contributing Factors

Contributing factors showed shifts in prevalence: 'No improper driving' decreased by 2 incidents, from 5 in February 2024 to 3 in February 2025. Similarly, 'Inattention' decreased by 2 incidents, from 4 in the prior period to 2 in the current period. Conversely, 'Driving too fast for conditions' increased from 0 incidents in February 2024 to 2 in February 2025.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

No improper driving3 (25%)-40.0%prior 5
Inattention2 (16.7%)
Driving too fast for conditions2 (16.7%)
Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road1 (8.3%)
Followed too closely1 (8.3%)
Other improper action1 (8.3%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash

Road & Environmental Conditions

Crashes occurring in 'Clear' weather conditions decreased slightly from 8 in February 2024 to 7 in February 2025. Crashes in 'Cloudy' weather dropped from 5 to 1, while crashes during 'Daylight' hours decreased from 12 to 9. Notably, crashes occurring in 'Dark - roadway not lighted' conditions increased from 0 in the prior period to 2 in the current period.

Weather

Clear7 (58.3%)
-12.5%prior 8
Clear/Cloudy1 (8.3%)
Cloudy1 (8.3%)
-80.0%prior 5
Cloudy/Rain1 (8.3%)
Snow1 (8.3%)
Snow/Sleet, hail (freezing rain or drizzle)1 (8.3%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight9 (75.0%)
-25.0%prior 12
Dark - roadway not lighted2 (16.7%)
Dark - lighted roadway1 (8.3%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry9 (75.0%)
-10.0%prior 10
Snow2 (16.7%)
Slush1 (8.3%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

Top Vehicle Makes (22 vehicles)

1
TOYOTA4 (18.2%)
2
CHEVROLET2 (9.1%)
-60.0%prior 5
3
JEEP2 (9.1%)
4
DODGE2 (9.1%)
5
HONDA2 (9.1%)
6
NISSAN1 (4.5%)
7
RAM1 (4.5%)
8
SUBARU1 (4.5%)
9
TRST1 (4.5%)
10
AUDI1 (4.5%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (28 persons with recorded sex)

Female14 (50.0%)
-26.3%prior 19
Male14 (50.0%)
-26.3%prior 19

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Person-level records linked to crash events

Speed Limit Zones

Crashes in the 35 mph speed zone decreased from 10 incidents in February 2024 to 3 in February 2025. Conversely, crashes in the 30 mph speed zone increased from 1 to 3, and crashes in the 45 mph speed zone increased from 3 to 4. A crash in the 65 mph speed zone was recorded in February 2025, where none were reported in February 2024; all speed zones reported 0 fatalities in both periods.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Posted speed limit at crash location

Data Sources & Methodology

Primary Data Source

All crash data in this report is sourced from Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), accessed programmatically via the Arcgis_yearly 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_yearly 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: 2025-02-01 through 2025-02-28
  • Report generated: June 21, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2025-02-01 through 2025-02-28 (28 days)
  • Geographic scope: CARVER, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 12
  • Total persons involved: 29
  • Total vehicles involved: 22

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

The underlying crash data is provided under the municipality's Open Data Terms of Use and is made available to the public for unrestricted use. This analysis and report is © 2026 Injuria.ai and may be cited with attribution using the suggested citation below.

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Suggested Citation

ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). "CARVER, MA Crash Intelligence Report: February 2025." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/carver/february-2025-report

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