Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

153 CRASHES IN
HULL, MA
2025

All metrics benchmarked against2024

In 2025, Hull recorded 153 total vehicle crashes, a 29.7% increase from the 118 crashes documented in 2024. While total injuries remained relatively stable, the most significant year-over-year change was the occurrence of one fatal crash in 2025, resulting in one fatality, whereas no fatal crashes were reported in the prior year.

153

29.7%was 118

Total Crash Events

1

Persons Killed

27

-6.9%was 29

Persons Injured

24

14.3%was 21

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. 9 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 Hull rose by 29.7% from 2024 to 2025, representing an increase of 35 incidents. While the total number of injuries decreased slightly from 29 to 27, the city recorded one fatality in 2025 compared to zero in the previous year, indicating a rise in crash severity.

24

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2025

14.3% vs prior (21)

The total number of hit-and-run crashes increased from 21 in 2024 to 24 in 2025. However, because the total number of crashes grew at a faster pace, the hit-and-run rate as a percentage of all crashes decreased. The rate fell from 17.8% in 2024 to 15.7% in 2025, indicating that hit-and-run incidents made up a smaller proportion of total crashes in the more recent period.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

1

Motorists Killed

Prior: 0%

1

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 3-66.7%

26

Motorists Injured

Prior: 2313.0%

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 pattern of crashes showed some shifts between the two periods. Saturday remained the peak day for crashes in both 2024 (20 crashes) and 2025 (25 crashes). However, the peak hour for incidents changed; in 2024, the single peak hour was 12 p.m. with 13 crashes, while in 2025, crashes peaked at both 12 p.m. and 2 p.m., with 15 incidents recorded during each hour.

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 increased in 2025 with the recording of one fatal crash, compared to zero in 2024. This resulted in a fatality rate of 0.65 per 100 crashes. While the total number of people injured decreased from 29 to 27, the severity of those injuries shifted, with 2025 seeing five serious injury crashes, a category not present in the 2024 data. The proportion of crashes resulting in no injury increased from 72.9% in 2024 to 77.8% in 2025.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal1fatal crashes0.7%
Serious Injury5serious injury crashes3.3%
Minor Injury11minor injury crashes7.2%
-15.4%prior 13
Possible Injury8possible injury crashes5.2%
33.3%prior 6
No Injury119no injury crashes77.8%
38.4%prior 86

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

In both periods, 'No improper driving' was the most cited factor, with its count increasing from 49 in 2024 to 68 in 2025. The ranking of other primary factors shifted, with 'Failure to keep in proper lane' increasing from a count of 3 to 11 and 'Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner' increasing from 7 to 11. Conversely, crashes attributed to 'Other improper action' saw a significant decrease in count from 10 in 2024 to 3 in 2025.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

No improper driving68 (44.4%)38.8%prior 49
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner11 (7.2%)57.1%prior 7
Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road11 (7.2%)
Inattention10 (6.5%)11.1%prior 9
Followed too closely6 (3.9%)
Failed to yield right of way4 (2.6%)
Made an improper turn3 (2%)
Distracted3 (2%)
Glare3 (2%)
Other improper action3 (2%)-70.0%prior 10

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

While daylight conditions accounted for the majority of crashes in both years, there was a notable change in road surface conditions. The proportion of crashes on dry roads decreased from 85.6% in 2024 to 77.8% in 2025. Correspondingly, crashes on adverse surfaces like wet, snow, or ice more than doubled as a share of total incidents, accounting for 20.9% of crashes in 2025 compared to 10.2% in the prior year.

Weather

Clear89 (59.3%)
18.7%prior 75
Cloudy12 (8.0%)
140.0%prior 5
Clear/Unknown12 (8.0%)
0.0%prior 12
Clear/Other5 (3.3%)
-61.5%prior 13
Snow5 (3.3%)
Rain/Cloudy4 (2.7%)
Clear/Clear4 (2.7%)
Snow/Sleet, hail (freezing rain or drizzle)4 (2.7%)
Rain3 (2.0%)
Rain/Unknown2 (1.3%)

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

Lighting

Daylight108 (73.0%)
25.6%prior 86
Dark - lighted roadway32 (21.6%)
39.1%prior 23
Dawn4 (2.7%)
Dusk3 (2.0%)
Dark - unknown roadway lighting1 (0.7%)

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

Road Surface

Dry119 (78.8%)
17.8%prior 101
Wet15 (9.9%)
36.4%prior 11
Snow9 (6.0%)
Ice8 (5.3%)

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—Toyota, Ford, and Honda—remained the same in both 2024 and 2025, with each make seeing an increase in total incidents. An analysis of persons involved shows a demographic shift, with a notable increase in the number of individuals from older age groups. The number of persons aged 65 and older involved in crashes grew from 36 to 60, and the 55-64 age group saw its involvement increase from 23 to 52 persons year-over-year.

Top Vehicle Makes (287 vehicles)

1
TOYOTA42 (14.6%)
31.3%prior 32
2
FORD35 (12.2%)
45.8%prior 24
3
HONDA25 (8.7%)
38.9%prior 18
4
CHEVROLET22 (7.7%)
46.7%prior 15
5
JEEP21 (7.3%)
61.5%prior 13
6
VOLKSWAGEN11 (3.8%)
-8.3%prior 12
7
NISSAN9 (3.1%)
-43.8%prior 16
8
SUBARU8 (2.8%)
0.0%prior 8
9
LEXUS8 (2.8%)
14.3%prior 7
10
HYUNDAI8 (2.8%)
33.3%prior 6

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

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

Sex Distribution (248 persons with recorded sex)

Male138 (55.6%)
36.6%prior 101
Female110 (44.4%)
17.0%prior 94

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

In both 2024 and 2025, the vast majority of crashes occurred in 30 mph speed zones, with the count of incidents in these areas increasing from 97 to 108. The single fatal crash recorded in 2025 also took place within a 30 mph zone. There were no significant shifts in crash distribution to other speed zones, with the 30 mph zone remaining the primary location for incidents in both periods.

Fatal crashes by zone: 30 mph: 1 of 108 (0.926%)

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: HULL, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 153
  • Total persons involved: 322
  • Total vehicles involved: 287

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). "HULL, 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/hull/2025-annual-report

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