Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

560 CRASHES IN
FOXBOROUGH, MA
2024

All metrics benchmarked against2023

In Foxborough, total crashes increased by 3.5% from 541 in 2023 to 560 in 2024. While total injuries decreased from 182 to 169, the most significant year-over-year change was a substantial increase in traffic fatalities, which rose from 1 to 5.

560

3.5%was 541

Total Crash Events

5

400.0%was 1

Persons Killed

169

-7.1%was 182

Persons Injured

35

12.9%was 31

Hit-and-Run Crashes

Note: "Persons Killed" (5) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (4) counts crash events where at least one fatality occurred. A single crash can result in multiple fatalities. 5 crashes with unreported severity are not shown in the severity breakdown.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall crash volume in Foxborough saw a modest year-over-year increase of 3.5%, rising from 541 incidents in 2023 to 560 in 2024. While total injuries decreased by 7.1% from 182 to 169, the number of fatalities increased from 1 to 5, indicating a rise in crash severity despite a relatively stable total crash count.

35

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2024

12.9% vs prior (31)

Hit-and-run incidents in Foxborough showed an upward trend in 2024 compared to the prior year. The total number of hit-and-run crashes increased from 31 to 35. This corresponds to an increase in the hit-and-run rate, which rose from 5.7% of all crashes in 2023 to 6.3% in 2024.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

5

Motorists Killed

Prior: 1400.0%

0

Other Killed

Prior: 00.0%

3

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 5-40.0%

164

Motorists Injured

Prior: 177-7.3%

2

Other Injured

Prior: 0%

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)

When Crashes Happen

The temporal patterns of crashes in Foxborough remained largely consistent year-over-year. Thursday was the peak day for crashes in both 2023 (94 crashes) and 2024 (104 crashes). Similarly, the 4 p.m. hour was the peak time for collisions in both periods, with 72 crashes in 2023 and 71 in 2024, indicating a stable afternoon commute risk profile.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

The severity of crashes worsened significantly in 2024, with the number of fatal crashes increasing from 1 to 4 and total fatalities rising from 1 to 5. This pushed the fatal crash rate up from 0.18% to 0.71%. While the number of crashes involving serious injuries remained unchanged at 12, crashes resulting in minor or possible injuries saw a combined decrease from 121 in 2023 to 108 in 2024.

Severity is per crash event (most severe injury). 4 fatal crash events resulted in 5 persons killed.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal4fatal crashes0.7%
300.0%prior 1
Serious Injury12serious injury crashes2.1%
0.0%prior 12
Minor Injury72minor injury crashes12.9%
-2.7%prior 74
Possible Injury36possible injury crashes6.4%
-23.4%prior 47
No Injury431no injury crashes77%
7.8%prior 400

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record

Top Contributing Factors

The top three primary contributing factors remained consistent between periods: 'No improper driving', 'Followed too closely', and 'Inattention'. However, the counts for some key factors shifted; crashes attributed to 'Followed too closely' decreased from a count of 91 to 86, and 'Inattention' dropped from 89 to 81. Conversely, crashes where a driver 'Failed to yield right of way' increased by 23.5%, from 51 incidents in 2023 to 63 in 2024.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

No improper driving101 (18%)7.4%prior 94
Followed too closely86 (15.4%)-5.5%prior 91
Inattention81 (14.5%)-9.0%prior 89
Failed to yield right of way63 (11.3%)23.5%prior 51
Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road33 (5.9%)37.5%prior 24
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner25 (4.5%)-7.4%prior 27
Driving too fast for conditions19 (3.4%)-9.5%prior 21
Disregarded traffic signs, signals, road markings16 (2.9%)0.0%prior 16
Over-correcting/over-steering12 (2.1%)9.1%prior 11
Swerving or avoiding due to wind, slippery surface, vehicle, object, vulnerable user in roadway12 (2.1%)50.0%prior 8

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash

Road & Environmental Conditions

Crash conditions remained broadly similar year-over-year, with the majority of incidents in both periods occurring in clear weather on dry roads during daylight hours. The proportion of crashes happening in daylight increased from 65.1% of all crashes in 2023 (352 incidents) to 70.2% in 2024 (393 incidents). Similarly, the share of crashes on dry roads rose slightly from 80.0% to 81.3%.

Weather

Clear413 (74.3%)
4.8%prior 394
Rain33 (5.9%)
-13.2%prior 38
Cloudy27 (4.9%)
-52.6%prior 57
Clear/Clear21 (3.8%)
Snow13 (2.3%)
116.7%prior 6
Cloudy/Rain12 (2.2%)
-36.8%prior 19
Rain/Cloudy11 (2.0%)
Snow/Sleet, hail (freezing rain or drizzle)6 (1.1%)
Clear/Unknown4 (0.7%)
Clear/Cloudy3 (0.5%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight393 (70.7%)
11.6%prior 352
Dark - lighted roadway93 (16.7%)
-7.0%prior 100
Dark - roadway not lighted43 (7.7%)
-35.8%prior 67
Dusk19 (3.4%)
35.7%prior 14
Dawn6 (1.1%)
20.0%prior 5
Dark - unknown roadway lighting2 (0.4%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry455 (81.7%)
5.1%prior 433
Wet72 (12.9%)
-22.6%prior 93
Snow26 (4.7%)
420.0%prior 5
Ice3 (0.5%)
Sand, mud, dirt, oil, gravel1 (0.2%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

The vehicle makes most frequently involved in crashes were consistent, with Toyota, Ford, and Honda comprising the top three in both years, though Honda and Ford swapped second and third place. The number of Toyotas involved increased from 159 to 180. Regarding the age of people involved in crashes, there was a notable shift in older demographics; the number of individuals aged 65 and over increased by 23.3% from 120 to 148, while the 55-64 age group saw a 14.7% decrease from 170 to 145.

Top Vehicle Makes (1,061 vehicles)

1
TOYOTA180 (17%)
13.2%prior 159
2
FORD114 (10.7%)
1.8%prior 112
3
HONDA113 (10.7%)
-8.9%prior 124
4
CHEVROLET89 (8.4%)
11.3%prior 80
5
NISSAN59 (5.6%)
-22.4%prior 76
6
HYUNDAI44 (4.1%)
-22.8%prior 57
7
JEEP44 (4.1%)
0.0%prior 44
8
SUBARU39 (3.7%)
30.0%prior 30
9
KIA32 (3%)
-11.1%prior 36
10
LEXUS29 (2.7%)
31.8%prior 22

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (1,231 persons with recorded sex)

Male724 (58.8%)
1.7%prior 712
Female507 (41.2%)
-1.6%prior 515

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Person-level records linked to crash events

Speed Limit Zones

While the total number of crashes in the 65 mph speed zone decreased from 183 to 171, the number of fatal crashes within that zone doubled from one to two. The year-over-year comparison also shows a new emergence of fatalities in lower speed zones. In 2024, one fatal crash was recorded in the 35 mph zone and another in the 45 mph zone, whereas no fatalities occurred in these zones in 2023.

Fatal crashes by zone: 35 mph: 1 of 65 (1.538%) · 45 mph: 1 of 39 (2.564%) · 65 mph: 2 of 171 (1.17%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · 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: 2024-01-01 through 2024-12-31
  • Report generated: June 21, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2024-01-01 through 2024-12-31 (366 days)
  • Geographic scope: FOXBOROUGH, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 560
  • Total persons involved: 1,336
  • Total vehicles involved: 1,061

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). "FOXBOROUGH, MA Crash Intelligence Report: 2024." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/foxborough/2024-annual-report

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