Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

165 CRASHES IN
GRANBY, MA
2025

All metrics benchmarked against2024

In 2025, Granby recorded 165 total crashes, a 10.8% decrease from the 185 crashes documented in 2024. Total injuries also declined from 74 to 63. Despite the overall reduction in collisions, the most notable year-over-year shift was in hit-and-run incidents, which more than doubled from 4 to 9.

165

-10.8%was 185

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

63

-14.9%was 74

Persons Injured

9

125.0%was 4

Hit-and-Run Crashes

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. 3 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, traffic crashes in Granby decreased by 10.8% year-over-year, falling from 185 incidents in 2024 to 165 in 2025. This represents a net reduction of 20 crashes. The number of reported injuries also declined by 14.9%, from 74 in the prior year to 63 in the current year.

9

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2025

125.0% vs prior (4)

Hit-and-run incidents increased significantly in 2025 compared to the previous year. The number of hit-and-run crashes more than doubled, rising from 4 in 2024 to 9 in 2025. This caused the hit-and-run rate, as a percentage of all crashes, to climb from 2.2% in 2024 to 5.5% in 2025.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Cyclists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

2

Cyclists Injured

Prior: 1100.0%

61

Motorists Injured

Prior: 72-15.3%

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. While Thursday remained the peak day for crashes in both 2024 (33 crashes) and 2025 (32 crashes), the peak hour for collisions moved from 3 p.m. in 2024 to 5 p.m. in 2025. Crash counts on Tuesdays saw a notable increase from 18 to 27 year-over-year, while incidents on Mondays and Wednesdays decreased.

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

There were no fatal crashes recorded in either 2024 or 2025. However, the severity of non-fatal crashes intensified, with the number of incidents resulting in 'Serious Injury' doubling from 4 in 2024 to 8 in 2025. Correspondingly, the share of crashes involving serious injuries increased from 2.2% to 4.8%. Crashes categorized as 'Minor Injury' and 'Possible Injury' both decreased in count and as a proportion of the total.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Serious Injury8serious injury crashes4.8%
100.0%prior 4
Minor Injury21minor injury crashes12.7%
-25.0%prior 28
Possible Injury10possible injury crashes6.1%
-50.0%prior 20
No Injury123no injury crashes74.5%
-3.1%prior 127

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, though their rankings changed. 'Inattention' was the top factor in 2024 with 52 crashes, but its count fell to 42 in 2025, while 'No improper driving' became the top-ranked factor with 46 crashes. Notably, crashes attributed to 'Followed too closely' increased by 175% in count, rising from 4 incidents in 2024 to 11 in 2025. Conversely, crashes related to 'Driving too fast for conditions' saw a significant drop from 9 to 2.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

No improper driving46 (27.9%)-8.0%prior 50
Inattention42 (25.5%)-19.2%prior 52
Failed to yield right of way15 (9.1%)-6.3%prior 16
Followed too closely11 (6.7%)
Swerving or avoiding due to wind, slippery surface, vehicle, object, vulnerable user in roadway8 (4.8%)33.3%prior 6
Fatigued/asleep5 (3%)0.0%prior 5
Disregarded traffic signs, signals, road markings5 (3%)0.0%prior 5
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner4 (2.4%)-20.0%prior 5
Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road4 (2.4%)
Distracted2 (1.2%)

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

A larger proportion of crashes in 2025 occurred in favorable conditions compared to the previous year. The share of crashes on dry roads increased from 70.8% in 2024 to 76.4% in 2025, and crashes in daylight rose from 67.0% to 72.7% of the total. Crashes occurring in darkness on unlit roadways decreased by more than half, from 33 incidents in 2024 to 16 in 2025.

Weather

Clear112 (68.3%)
-0.9%prior 113
Cloudy27 (16.5%)
-6.9%prior 29
Cloudy/Rain10 (6.1%)
42.9%prior 7
Rain7 (4.3%)
-30.0%prior 10
Snow4 (2.4%)
-50.0%prior 8
Cloudy/Fog, smog, smoke1 (0.6%)
Rain/Severe crosswinds1 (0.6%)
Rain/Sleet, hail (freezing rain or drizzle)1 (0.6%)
Snow/Rain1 (0.6%)

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

Lighting

Daylight120 (73.2%)
-3.2%prior 124
Dark - roadway not lighted16 (9.8%)
-51.5%prior 33
Dark - lighted roadway14 (8.5%)
133.3%prior 6
Dawn6 (3.7%)
-40.0%prior 10
Dusk5 (3.0%)
-44.4%prior 9
Dark - unknown roadway lighting3 (1.8%)

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

Road Surface

Dry126 (76.4%)
-3.8%prior 131
Wet24 (14.5%)
-20.0%prior 30
Ice8 (4.8%)
0.0%prior 8
Snow6 (3.6%)
-50.0%prior 12
Slush1 (0.6%)

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

Vehicles & Demographics

The vehicle makes most frequently involved in crashes shifted between periods. Ford became the most common make in 2025 with 39 vehicles, up from third place in 2024, while Toyota and Honda saw their counts decrease. Subaru involvement notably increased from 15 vehicles in 2024 to 28 in 2025. The age distribution of persons involved showed a decrease in the 21-25 age group (from 51 to 29 people) and an increase in the 65+ age group (from 43 to 52 people).

Top Vehicle Makes (278 vehicles)

1
FORD39 (14%)
-2.5%prior 40
2
TOYOTA37 (13.3%)
-15.9%prior 44
3
SUBARU28 (10.1%)
86.7%prior 15
4
HONDA27 (9.7%)
-34.1%prior 41
5
CHEVROLET20 (7.2%)
-4.8%prior 21
6
NISSAN18 (6.5%)
-25.0%prior 24
7
HYUNDAI11 (4%)
-42.1%prior 19
8
GMC10 (3.6%)
25.0%prior 8
9
KIA8 (2.9%)
60.0%prior 5
10
BMW6 (2.2%)
20.0%prior 5

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

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

Sex Distribution (333 persons with recorded sex)

Male190 (57.1%)
-0.5%prior 191
Female143 (42.9%)
-7.1%prior 154

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

The distribution of crashes across different speed zones changed year-over-year. In 2025, there was a decrease in crashes in zones with posted speed limits of 35 mph or higher, which collectively dropped from 146 incidents in 2024 to 121. Crashes in zones with speed limits of 30 mph or lower saw a slight increase from 39 to 44. No fatal crashes were recorded in any speed zone during either period.

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: GRANBY, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 165
  • Total persons involved: 353
  • Total vehicles involved: 278

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). "GRANBY, 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/granby/2025-annual-report

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