Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

372 CRASHES IN
EAST BRIDGEWATER, MA
2025

All metrics benchmarked against2024

In 2025, East Bridgewater recorded 372 total crashes, a marginal increase from the 370 crashes documented in 2024. The most significant year-over-year change was the increase in total fatalities, which rose from zero in 2024 to three in 2025. This resulted in three fatal crashes in the current period, compared to none in the prior period.

372

0.5%was 370

Total Crash Events

3

Persons Killed

101

2.0%was 99

Persons Injured

34

54.5%was 22

Hit-and-Run Crashes

Note: "Persons Killed" (3) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (3) counts crash events where at least one fatality occurred. A single crash can result in multiple fatalities. 19 crashes with unreported severity are not shown in the severity breakdown.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall crash volume in East Bridgewater remained stable, increasing by just two incidents from 370 in 2024 to 372 in 2025. The number of people injured saw a similarly minor increase from 99 to 101. However, the number of fatalities increased from zero in the prior year to three in the current year, marking a notable shift in crash outcomes.

34

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2025

54.5% vs prior (22)

Hit-and-run crashes increased notably between the two periods. The number of incidents rose from 22 in 2024 to 34 in 2025, representing an increase of 54.5% in count. As a result, the hit-and-run rate as a percentage of total crashes climbed from 5.9% in the prior year to 9.1% in the current year.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

3

Motorists Killed

Prior: 0%

1

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 2-50.0%

100

Motorists Injured

Prior: 973.1%

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly 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 temporal patterns of crashes showed some shifts between the two periods. The peak day for crashes moved from Thursday (64 crashes) in 2024 to Saturday (76 crashes) in 2025. The peak hour for collisions remained consistent year-over-year, with the 5 p.m. hour having the highest frequency in both periods, recording exactly 32 crashes each year.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

Crash severity saw a significant shift, with three fatal crashes occurring in 2025 compared to none in 2024. Conversely, the count of serious injury crashes decreased from 12 in 2024 to 7 in 2025, a drop in share from 3.2% to 1.9% of all crashes. Crashes resulting in minor or possible injuries increased in number from 62 to 71 year-over-year.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal3fatal crashes0.8%
Serious Injury7serious injury crashes1.9%
-41.7%prior 12
Minor Injury55minor injury crashes14.8%
41.0%prior 39
Possible Injury16possible injury crashes4.3%
-30.4%prior 23
No Injury272no injury crashes73.1%
-4.6%prior 285

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record

Top Contributing Factors

The leading contributing factors remained consistent, with 'No improper driving' (100 crashes in 2025 vs. 97 in 2024) and 'Failed to yield right of way' (65 vs. 70) as the top two reported factors in both years. The count of crashes attributed to 'Failed to yield right of way' decreased from 70 to 65. In contrast, crashes involving an 'Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner' factor increased from 17 in 2024 to 21 in 2025.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

No improper driving100 (26.9%)3.1%prior 97
Failed to yield right of way65 (17.5%)-7.1%prior 70
Inattention41 (11%)5.1%prior 39
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner21 (5.6%)23.5%prior 17
Followed too closely17 (4.6%)-26.1%prior 23
Swerving or avoiding due to wind, slippery surface, vehicle, object, vulnerable user in roadway14 (3.8%)100.0%prior 7
Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road13 (3.5%)-38.1%prior 21
Other improper action10 (2.7%)-16.7%prior 12
Fatigued/asleep9 (2.4%)80.0%prior 5
Disregarded traffic signs, signals, road markings7 (1.9%)40.0%prior 5

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash

Road & Environmental Conditions

Crashes in clear weather and daylight conditions constituted a larger share of the total in 2025 compared to 2024, with daylight crashes increasing from 62.4% to 66.9% of all incidents. The proportion of crashes on dry road surfaces remained stable at approximately 76-77% for both periods. However, crashes on snowy or icy road surfaces increased, accounting for 24 incidents (6.5% of total) in 2025, up from 15 incidents (4.1% of total) in 2024.

Weather

Clear271 (73.2%)
8.0%prior 251
Cloudy28 (7.6%)
-3.4%prior 29
Rain19 (5.1%)
-20.8%prior 24
Snow19 (5.1%)
171.4%prior 7
Clear/Other12 (3.2%)
20.0%prior 10
Rain/Cloudy8 (2.2%)
60.0%prior 5
Cloudy/Rain5 (1.4%)
-72.2%prior 18
Cloudy/Snow3 (0.8%)
Rain/Snow1 (0.3%)
Clear/Cloudy1 (0.3%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight249 (67.3%)
7.8%prior 231
Dark - lighted roadway107 (28.9%)
-7.8%prior 116
Dark - roadway not lighted5 (1.4%)
Dusk5 (1.4%)
-44.4%prior 9
Dawn4 (1.1%)
-50.0%prior 8

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry284 (76.5%)
-0.4%prior 285
Wet61 (16.4%)
-6.2%prior 65
Snow16 (4.3%)
14.3%prior 14
Ice8 (2.2%)
Slush1 (0.3%)
Other1 (0.3%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

The total number of vehicles involved in crashes decreased slightly from 643 in 2024 to 638 in 2025. The top three vehicle makes involved in collisions—Toyota, Ford, and Chevrolet—remained the same, with nearly identical counts year-over-year. Analysis of persons involved shows a shift in age demographics; the number of individuals in the 21-25 age group increased from 64 to 84, while the 26-34 age group saw a decrease from 128 to 111.

Top Vehicle Makes (638 vehicles)

1
TOYOTA113 (17.7%)
9.7%prior 103
2
FORD94 (14.7%)
0.0%prior 94
3
CHEVROLET66 (10.3%)
4.8%prior 63
4
HONDA46 (7.2%)
-23.3%prior 60
5
JEEP38 (6%)
11.8%prior 34
6
HYUNDAI31 (4.9%)
14.8%prior 27
7
NISSAN30 (4.7%)
-36.2%prior 47
8
SUBARU20 (3.1%)
11.1%prior 18
9
GMC18 (2.8%)
-10.0%prior 20
10
DODGE14 (2.2%)
180.0%prior 5

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (699 persons with recorded sex)

Male407 (58.2%)
0.5%prior 405
Female292 (41.8%)
-10.2%prior 325

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Person-level records linked to crash events

Speed Limit Zones

Crashes remained concentrated in 30, 35, and 40 mph speed zones in both years, though there was a decrease in crashes within the 35 mph zone (from 102 to 89). The three fatal crashes in 2025 all occurred in higher speed zones, with one in a 35 mph zone and two in a 40 mph zone. There were no fatal crashes recorded in any speed zone in 2024.

Fatal crashes by zone: 35 mph: 1 of 89 (1.124%) · 40 mph: 2 of 83 (2.41%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · 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: 2025-01-01 through 2025-12-31
  • Report generated: June 21, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2025-01-01 through 2025-12-31 (365 days)
  • Geographic scope: EAST BRIDGEWATER, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 372
  • Total persons involved: 786
  • Total vehicles involved: 638

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). "EAST BRIDGEWATER, MA Crash Intelligence Report: 2025." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/east-bridgewater/2025-annual-report

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