Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis

18 CRASHES IN
GEORGETOWN, MA
FEBRUARY 2025

All metrics benchmarked againstFebruary 2024

In February 2025, Georgetown experienced 18 crashes, an increase of 38.5% compared to the 13 crashes reported in February 2024. Despite this rise in total crashes, there was a positive shift with fatalities decreasing from 1 in the prior year to 0 in the current period. However, DUI-related crashes emerged in the current period, with 1 reported crash compared to none in the prior year.

18

38.5%was 13

Total Crash Events

0

-100.0%was 1

Persons Killed

4

-20.0%was 5

Persons Injured

0

-100.0%was 1

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 incidents in Georgetown saw an upward trend year-over-year, with total crashes increasing by 38.5% from 13 to 18. Conversely, total fatalities decreased by 100%, from 1 in February 2024 to 0 in February 2025. Total injuries also saw a slight decrease of 20%, from 5 to 4.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 1-100.0%

4

Motorists Injured

Prior: 5-20.0%

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 patterns for crashes in Georgetown shifted, with the peak crash days moving from Monday (4 crashes) in February 2024 to Friday and Saturday (5 crashes each) in February 2025. The peak crash hour remained consistent at 6 p.m., with 2 crashes recorded at this time in both periods. This indicates a shift in high-frequency crash times towards weekend evenings.

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

The severity distribution saw a significant change year-over-year, with fatal crashes decreasing from 1 (7.7% of total crashes) in February 2024 to 0 in February 2025. While total injuries decreased from 5 to 4, there was an increase in serious injuries (severity A) from 0 to 1. Minor injury crashes (severity B) also increased from 1 to 2, indicating a shift in injury types despite fewer overall injured persons.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Serious Injury1serious injury crashes5.6%
Minor Injury2minor injury crashes11.1%
100.0%prior 1
No Injury15no injury crashes83.3%
50.0%prior 10

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

The leading contributing factors saw a shift in prominence year-over-year. 'No improper driving' increased by 66.7% in count, rising from 3 crashes in February 2024 to 5 crashes in February 2025, and becoming the most frequent factor. Conversely, 'Inattention' crashes decreased by 50% in count, falling from 4 to 2, and its share of crashes dropped from 30.8% to 11.1%. Factors like 'Driving too fast for conditions' and 'Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road' also emerged, each contributing to 2 crashes in the current period after having no recorded incidents in the prior year.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

No improper driving5 (27.8%)
Driving too fast for conditions2 (11.1%)
Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road2 (11.1%)
Inattention2 (11.1%)
Fatigued/asleep1 (5.6%)
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner1 (5.6%)
Over-correcting/over-steering1 (5.6%)
Swerving or avoiding due to wind, slippery surface, vehicle, object, vulnerable user in roadway1 (5.6%)
Distracted1 (5.6%)

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

Adverse weather conditions played a more significant role in February 2025 compared to the prior year. Crashes occurring during 'Snow' weather increased from 0 to 7, and crashes on 'Snow' road surfaces also rose from 0 to 7. Concurrently, crashes on 'Dry' road surfaces decreased from 12 to 8, suggesting a shift towards crashes occurring under less ideal conditions. Daylight crashes increased from 8 to 11, while crashes in 'Dark - roadway not lighted' conditions also rose from 0 to 2.

Weather

Clear10 (55.6%)
0.0%prior 10
Snow7 (38.9%)
Cloudy1 (5.6%)

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

Lighting

Daylight11 (61.1%)
37.5%prior 8
Dark - lighted roadway4 (22.2%)
Dark - roadway not lighted2 (11.1%)
Dusk1 (5.6%)

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

Road Surface

Dry8 (44.4%)
-33.3%prior 12
Snow7 (38.9%)
Wet2 (11.1%)
Ice1 (5.6%)

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 (28 vehicles)

1
TOYOTA4 (14.3%)
2
FORD3 (10.7%)
3
SUBARU3 (10.7%)
4
HONDA3 (10.7%)
5
CHEVROLET3 (10.7%)
6
HYUNDAI2 (7.1%)
7
INFI2 (7.1%)
8
TRKV1 (3.6%)
9
VOLVO1 (3.6%)
10
DODGE1 (3.6%)

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

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

Sex Distribution (32 persons with recorded sex)

Male19 (59.4%)
5.6%prior 18
Female13 (40.6%)
-13.3%prior 15

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 25 mph speed zone increased notably from 6 in February 2024 to 10 in February 2025. While the 50 mph zone had 1 fatal crash in the prior period, it reported no fatalities in the current period, despite maintaining 1 crash. Crashes in the 65 mph zone also doubled from 1 to 2 year-over-year.

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: GEORGETOWN, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 18
  • Total persons involved: 35
  • Total vehicles involved: 28

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). "GEORGETOWN, 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/georgetown/february-2025-report

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