Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

305 CRASHES IN
LONGMEADOW, MA
2025

All metrics benchmarked against2024

In 2025, Longmeadow recorded 305 total traffic crashes, a 5.3% decrease from the 322 crashes documented in 2024. While overall crashes declined, the most notable year-over-year shift was in severity, with two fatal crashes occurring in 2025 compared to none in the prior year. This period also saw a 15.5% increase in total injuries, rising from 103 to 119.

305

-5.3%was 322

Total Crash Events

2

Persons Killed

119

15.5%was 103

Persons Injured

19

-32.1%was 28

Hit-and-Run Crashes

Note: "Persons Killed" (2) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (2) 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

The overall trend in Longmeadow shows a decrease in the total volume of crashes, which fell by 5.3% from 322 in 2024 to 305 in 2025. However, the severity of these incidents increased, as evidenced by a rise in total injuries from 103 to 119 and the recording of two fatalities in 2025 where there were none the previous year.

19

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2025

-32.1% vs prior (28)

Hit-and-run incidents saw a significant decrease in 2025 compared to the previous year. The total count of hit-and-run crashes fell by 32.1%, from 28 in 2024 to 19 in 2025. Consequently, the hit-and-run rate, as a percentage of total crashes, also trended down, dropping from 8.7% in 2024 to 6.2% in 2025.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Cyclists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

2

Motorists Killed

Prior: 0%

0

Other Killed

Prior: 00.0%

5

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 2150.0%

2

Cyclists Injured

Prior: 1100.0%

111

Motorists Injured

Prior: 9912.1%

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 timing of crashes shifted between the two periods. In 2025, the peak day for crashes was Friday, with 54 incidents, whereas in 2024, the peak was Tuesday with 61 incidents. The peak hour also changed, moving earlier in the day from 5 p.m. (33 crashes) in 2024 to 2 p.m. (30 crashes) in 2025.

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 worsened in 2025 compared to 2024. Two fatal crashes were recorded in 2025, resulting in a fatal crash rate of 0.7%, up from zero fatal crashes in the prior year. The number of crashes involving serious injuries also increased, rising from 3 incidents (0.9% of total) in 2024 to 8 incidents (2.6% of total) in 2025.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal2fatal crashes0.7%
Serious Injury8serious injury crashes2.6%
166.7%prior 3
Minor Injury47minor injury crashes15.4%
17.5%prior 40
Possible Injury22possible injury crashes7.2%
-29.0%prior 31
No Injury217no injury crashes71.1%
-11.4%prior 245

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 primary contributing factors remained consistent, with 'Inattention' and 'Followed too closely' leading in both years. In 2025, 'Inattention' and 'Followed too closely' were tied for the top factor, each cited in 58 crashes. This represents a decrease of 6 crashes for 'Inattention' (from 64 in 2024) and an increase of 3 crashes for 'Followed too closely' (from 55 in 2024).

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

Inattention58 (19%)-9.4%prior 64
Followed too closely58 (19%)5.5%prior 55
No improper driving42 (13.8%)-19.2%prior 52
Failed to yield right of way29 (9.5%)-12.1%prior 33
Distracted14 (4.6%)27.3%prior 11
Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road14 (4.6%)0.0%prior 14
Other improper action13 (4.3%)62.5%prior 8
Disregarded traffic signs, signals, road markings8 (2.6%)14.3%prior 7
Driving too fast for conditions8 (2.6%)14.3%prior 7
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner7 (2.3%)-46.2%prior 13

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

Crash conditions remained broadly similar year-over-year, with the majority of incidents in both periods occurring in daylight on dry roads. In 2025, 70.2% of crashes happened in daylight, compared to 68.9% in 2024. Crashes on dry road surfaces accounted for 80.0% of the total in 2025, a slight decrease from 81.7% in the prior year, indicating no significant shift in the role of adverse conditions.

Weather

Clear137 (45.2%)
-24.7%prior 182
Clear/Clear42 (13.9%)
162.5%prior 16
Clear/Unknown40 (13.2%)
8.1%prior 37
Cloudy17 (5.6%)
-29.2%prior 24
Rain14 (4.6%)
-30.0%prior 20
Clear/Cloudy14 (4.6%)
-12.5%prior 16
Snow5 (1.7%)
Rain/Rain5 (1.7%)
Rain/Cloudy4 (1.3%)
Cloudy/Cloudy3 (1.0%)

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

Lighting

Daylight214 (70.4%)
-3.6%prior 222
Dark - lighted roadway70 (23.0%)
-15.7%prior 83
Dark - roadway not lighted10 (3.3%)
0.0%prior 10
Dusk6 (2.0%)
Dark - unknown roadway lighting2 (0.7%)
Dawn1 (0.3%)
Other1 (0.3%)

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

Road Surface

Dry244 (80.5%)
-7.2%prior 263
Wet45 (14.9%)
9.8%prior 41
Snow9 (3.0%)
Slush2 (0.7%)
Other2 (0.7%)
Ice1 (0.3%)
-90.9%prior 11

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

Vehicles & Demographics

The makes of vehicles involved in crashes were consistent between the two periods, with Toyota, Honda, and Ford being the top three in both 2024 and 2025. Toyota-involved crashes increased slightly from 88 to 91, while Honda and Ford saw decreases. The age distribution of persons involved in crashes also showed no significant year-over-year changes across all reported age groups.

Top Vehicle Makes (596 vehicles)

1
TOYOTA91 (15.3%)
3.4%prior 88
2
HONDA75 (12.6%)
-10.7%prior 84
3
FORD44 (7.4%)
-13.7%prior 51
4
NISSAN36 (6%)
-10.0%prior 40
5
SUBARU36 (6%)
44.0%prior 25
6
CHEVROLET34 (5.7%)
-17.1%prior 41
7
HYUNDAI33 (5.5%)
-17.5%prior 40
8
JEEP27 (4.5%)
-12.9%prior 31
9
VOLKSWAGEN20 (3.4%)
42.9%prior 14
10
KIA14 (2.3%)
-12.5%prior 16

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

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

Sex Distribution (695 persons with recorded sex)

Male378 (54.4%)
0.5%prior 376
Female317 (45.6%)
-3.6%prior 329

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

There was a notable shift in where crashes occurred, with fewer incidents in lower speed zones and more in higher speed zones. Crashes in 35 mph zones decreased from 167 in 2024 to 147 in 2025, while crashes in 65 mph zones increased from 50 to 63. Critically, both of the fatal crashes recorded in 2025 occurred in a 65 mph zone, where no fatalities were reported in the previous year.

Fatal crashes by zone: 65 mph: 2 of 63 (3.175%)

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: LONGMEADOW, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 305
  • Total persons involved: 784
  • Total vehicles involved: 596

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). "LONGMEADOW, 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/longmeadow/2025-annual-report

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