Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis

10 CRASHES IN
GREAT BARRINGTON, MA
FEBRUARY 2025

All metrics benchmarked againstFebruary 2024

In February 2025, Great Barrington recorded 10 crashes, a decrease of 28.57% compared to the 14 crashes reported in February 2024. The total number of injuries also saw a significant reduction, falling by 50% from 4 injuries in the prior period to 2 in the current period.

10

-28.6%was 14

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

2

-50.0%was 4

Persons Injured

0

-100.0%was 1

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. 2 crashes with unreported severity are not shown in the severity breakdown.

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 data for Great Barrington indicates a positive trend with a notable decrease in incidents year-over-year. Total crashes declined by 28.57%, from 14 in February 2024 to 10 in February 2025. Concurrently, the number of total injuries decreased by 50%, falling from 4 to 2 during the same period.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

2

Motorists Injured

Prior: 3-33.3%

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 some shifts year-over-year. In February 2025, the peak days for crashes were Sunday and Monday, each with 3 incidents, whereas in February 2024, Saturday was the peak day with 3 crashes. The peak crash hour also shifted from 5 PM with 3 crashes in the prior period to 1 PM with 4 crashes in the current period.

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

There were no fatal crashes or fatalities reported in either February 2025 or February 2024. Total injuries decreased by 50%, from 4 in the prior period to 2 in the current period. Crashes resulting in a possible injury decreased from 2 incidents (14.3% of total crashes) in February 2024 to 1 incident (10% of total crashes) in February 2025, while crashes with minor injuries remained at 1 incident in both periods.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Minor Injury1minor injury crashes10%
0.0%prior 1
Possible Injury1possible injury crashes10%
-50.0%prior 2
No Injury6no injury crashes60%
-45.5%prior 11

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

Analysis of contributing factors reveals shifts in crash causes. Crashes attributed to 'No improper driving' decreased by 1 incident, from 5 in February 2024 to 4 in February 2025. 'Inattention' as a factor saw a significant decrease of 3 crashes, falling from 4 incidents in the prior period to 1 in the current period. Conversely, factors like 'Driving too fast for conditions', 'Followed too closely', and 'Operating vehicle in an erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner' each appeared in 1 crash in February 2025, having not been recorded in February 2024.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

No improper driving4 (40%)-20.0%prior 5
Driving too fast for conditions1 (10%)
Followed too closely1 (10%)
Inattention1 (10%)
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner1 (10%)

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

Weather conditions at the time of crashes showed a shift towards more adverse conditions in February 2025, with 'Clear' weather crashes decreasing by 4, from 9 to 5, and 'Dry' road surface crashes decreasing by 9, from 12 to 3. Concurrently, crashes occurring on 'Snow' covered roads increased from 1 to 4, and those during 'Sleet, hail' conditions increased from 0 to 2. Crashes occurring during 'Daylight' conditions decreased from 9 to 7, while those in 'Dark - roadway not lighted' conditions remained stable at 2 incidents.

Weather

Clear5 (50.0%)
-44.4%prior 9
Sleet, hail (freezing rain or drizzle)2 (20.0%)
Snow2 (20.0%)
Cloudy1 (10.0%)

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

Lighting

Daylight7 (70.0%)
-22.2%prior 9
Dark - roadway not lighted2 (20.0%)
Dark - lighted roadway1 (10.0%)

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

Road Surface

Snow4 (40.0%)
Dry3 (30.0%)
-75.0%prior 12
Wet2 (20.0%)
Slush1 (10.0%)

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 (16 vehicles)

1
TOYOTA4 (25%)
2
SUBARU3 (18.8%)
3
HONDA2 (12.5%)
4
NISSAN1 (6.3%)
5
OLDS1 (6.3%)
6
VOLKSWAGEN1 (6.3%)
7
ACURA1 (6.3%)
8
WELL1 (6.3%)
9
FORD1 (6.3%)
10
KIA1 (6.3%)

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 (17 persons with recorded sex)

Female9 (52.9%)
12.5%prior 8
Male8 (47.1%)
-50.0%prior 16

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 decreased by 2 incidents, from 6 in February 2024 to 4 in February 2025. The 10 mph zone also saw a decrease of 1 crash, from 2 to 1. In February 2025, 3 crashes occurred in the 35 mph zone and 1 in the 15 mph zone, neither of which recorded crashes in February 2024. Conversely, the 20 mph and 40 mph zones, which accounted for 1 and 2 crashes respectively in the prior period, recorded no crashes in the current period.

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: GREAT BARRINGTON, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 10
  • Total persons involved: 18
  • Total vehicles involved: 16

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). "GREAT BARRINGTON, 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/great-barrington/february-2025-report

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