Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

499 CRASHES IN
GREENFIELD, MA
2025

All metrics benchmarked against2024

In 2025, Greenfield recorded 499 total crashes, a 13.9% increase from the 438 crashes documented in 2024. Despite the rise in total collisions, the number of people injured decreased by 34.5%, from 148 to 97. The most significant change in severity was the occurrence of one fatal crash in 2025, whereas there were none in the prior year.

499

13.9%was 438

Total Crash Events

1

Persons Killed

97

-34.5%was 148

Persons Injured

49

Hit-and-Run Crashes

Note: "Persons Killed" (1) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (1) counts crash events where at least one fatality occurred. A single crash can result in multiple fatalities. 25 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

Traffic crashes in Greenfield trended upward year-over-year, increasing by 13.9% from 438 in 2024 to 499 in 2025. This increase in crash volume was accompanied by a 34.5% decrease in the total number of injuries, which fell from 148 to 97. The city also recorded one fatality in 2025, compared to zero in the previous year.

49

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2025

0.0% vs prior (49)

The absolute number of hit-and-run crashes remained unchanged year-over-year, with 49 incidents recorded in both 2024 and 2025. However, due to the increase in total crashes during the same period, the hit-and-run rate decreased. These incidents accounted for 9.8% of all crashes in 2025, down from a rate of 11.2% in the prior year.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Cyclists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

1

Motorists Killed

Prior: 0%

0

Other Killed

Prior: 00.0%

2

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 7-71.4%

8

Cyclists Injured

Prior: 10-20.0%

86

Motorists Injured

Prior: 130-33.8%

1

Other Injured

Prior: 10.0%

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 shifted between the two periods. The peak day for crashes moved from Friday (88 crashes) in 2024 to Monday (92 crashes) in 2025. Similarly, the peak hour for collisions shifted from the noon hour (12 p.m., 40 crashes) in the prior year to the afternoon commute at 4 p.m. (54 crashes) in the current 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 decreased on a proportional basis, despite a rise in total incidents. In 2025, there was one fatal crash, whereas there were none in 2024. However, the share of crashes resulting in injury declined; for example, serious injury crashes fell from 13 (3.0% of total) to 6 (1.2% of total). Consequently, no-injury crashes increased their share from 68.0% of all incidents in 2024 to 79.6% in 2025.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal1fatal crashes0.2%
Serious Injury6serious injury crashes1.2%
-53.8%prior 13
Minor Injury58minor injury crashes11.6%
-18.3%prior 71
Possible Injury12possible injury crashes2.4%
-55.6%prior 27
No Injury397no injury crashes79.6%
33.2%prior 298

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 for crashes saw a shift in ranking and volume. While 'Inattention' was the top factor in 2024 with 112 crashes, its count decreased by 13.4% to 97 crashes in 2025, making it the second-leading factor. 'No improper driving' became the most cited factor in 2025, with its count rising 41.9% from 86 to 122 crashes. Notably, crashes attributed to 'Failed to yield right of way' increased by 92.3% from 26 incidents in 2024 to 50 in 2025.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

No improper driving122 (24.4%)41.9%prior 86
Inattention97 (19.4%)-13.4%prior 112
Failed to yield right of way50 (10%)92.3%prior 26
Other improper action30 (6%)-9.1%prior 33
Followed too closely30 (6%)11.1%prior 27
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner29 (5.8%)7.4%prior 27
Driving too fast for conditions17 (3.4%)30.8%prior 13
Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road15 (3%)-6.3%prior 16
Disregarded traffic signs, signals, road markings12 (2.4%)9.1%prior 11
Distracted12 (2.4%)50.0%prior 8

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

The distribution of crashes across environmental conditions remained broadly similar year-over-year. The majority of collisions in both periods occurred in 'Clear' weather and on 'Dry' road surfaces, with their share of total crashes remaining relatively stable. Crashes during 'Daylight' conditions accounted for a slightly larger share in 2025, rising to 76.4% from 73.5% of all incidents in 2024. Crashes involving snow on the road surface increased from 17 to 27.

Weather

Clear335 (67.8%)
4.7%prior 320
Cloudy56 (11.3%)
36.6%prior 41
Clear/Clear22 (4.5%)
Snow20 (4.0%)
81.8%prior 11
Rain16 (3.2%)
0.0%prior 16
Clear/Cloudy9 (1.8%)
28.6%prior 7
Cloudy/Rain6 (1.2%)
0.0%prior 6
Cloudy/Cloudy4 (0.8%)
Rain/Rain3 (0.6%)
Sleet, hail (freezing rain or drizzle)/Snow3 (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

Daylight381 (77.0%)
18.3%prior 322
Dark - lighted roadway60 (12.1%)
15.4%prior 52
Dark - roadway not lighted40 (8.1%)
-2.4%prior 41
Dusk6 (1.2%)
-14.3%prior 7
Dark - unknown roadway lighting4 (0.8%)
Dawn3 (0.6%)
-62.5%prior 8
Other1 (0.2%)

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

Road Surface

Dry391 (78.8%)
9.8%prior 356
Wet52 (10.5%)
8.3%prior 48
Snow27 (5.4%)
58.8%prior 17
Ice12 (2.4%)
33.3%prior 9
Slush9 (1.8%)
Sand, mud, dirt, oil, gravel3 (0.6%)
Other2 (0.4%)

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

Vehicles & Demographics

The top three vehicle makes involved in crashes remained Toyota, Honda, and Ford in both years, with each make seeing an increase in total involvements. In terms of persons involved, the 35-44 age group saw its representation increase from a 15.8% share of all persons in 2024 to a 17.8% share in 2025. The 16-20 age group also saw a slight increase in its share of involvement, from 8.4% to 9.6%.

Top Vehicle Makes (893 vehicles)

1
TOYOTA175 (19.6%)
49.6%prior 117
2
HONDA119 (13.3%)
21.4%prior 98
3
FORD98 (11%)
25.6%prior 78
4
SUBARU74 (8.3%)
42.3%prior 52
5
CHEVROLET60 (6.7%)
-23.1%prior 78
6
NISSAN39 (4.4%)
-9.3%prior 43
7
HYUNDAI37 (4.1%)
48.0%prior 25
8
JEEP27 (3%)
17.4%prior 23
9
DODGE23 (2.6%)
43.8%prior 16
10
KIA17 (1.9%)
13.3%prior 15

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

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

Sex Distribution (934 persons with recorded sex)

Male486 (52.0%)
11.2%prior 437
Female448 (48.0%)
26.2%prior 355

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 increased across most speed zones, reflecting the overall trend. The largest absolute increase occurred in 30 mph zones, which saw 22 more crashes in 2025 (104) than in 2024 (82). The single fatal crash recorded in 2025 happened in a 25 mph zone; there were no fatal crashes in the prior year.

Fatal crashes by zone: 25 mph: 1 of 199 (0.503%)

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: GREENFIELD, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 499
  • Total persons involved: 1,087
  • Total vehicles involved: 893

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). "GREENFIELD, 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/greenfield/2025-annual-report

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