Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis

36 CRASHES IN
MANSFIELD, MA
APRIL 2025

All metrics benchmarked againstApril 2024

In April 2025, MANSFIELD experienced 36 crashes, a slight decrease from the 37 crashes recorded in April 2024, representing a 2.7% reduction. A notable shift was the substantial increase in hit-and-run incidents, rising from 1 in April 2024 to 5 in April 2025. Total fatalities remained at 0 for both periods, while total injuries held steady at 9.

36

-2.7%was 37

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

9

Persons Injured

5

400.0%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.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-04-01 to 2025-04-30 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall, the total number of crashes in MANSFIELD saw a slight decline year-over-year, decreasing from 37 crashes in April 2024 to 36 crashes in April 2025. This represents a 2.7% reduction in total crash volume. Fatalities remained consistent at 0 in both periods.

5

Hit-and-Run Crashes — April 2025

400.0% vs prior (1)

Hit-and-run crashes increased substantially from 1 in April 2024 to 5 in April 2025. This change resulted in the hit-and-run rate rising from 2.7% of all crashes in April 2024 to 13.9% in April 2025, indicating an upward trend in these types of incidents.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

9

Motorists Injured

Prior: 812.5%

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-04-01 to 2025-04-30 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)

When Crashes Happen

The peak day for crashes shifted from Tuesday in April 2024, with 11 crashes, to Friday in April 2025, with 9 crashes. The peak hour also changed, moving from 2 PM with 7 crashes in April 2024 to 5 PM with 4 crashes in April 2025. These shifts indicate a change in the timing of crash occurrences.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-04-01 to 2025-04-30 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-04-01 to 2025-04-30 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

There were no fatal crashes in either April 2024 or April 2025. The total number of injured persons remained constant at 9 in both periods. However, serious injury crashes decreased from 2 (5.4% of crashes) in April 2024 to 1 (2.8% of crashes) in April 2025, while possible injury crashes increased from 1 (2.7% of crashes) to 2 (5.6% of crashes).

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Serious Injury1serious injury crashes2.8%
-50.0%prior 2
Minor Injury3minor injury crashes8.3%
-25.0%prior 4
Possible Injury2possible injury crashes5.6%
100.0%prior 1
No Injury30no injury crashes83.3%
0.0%prior 30

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-04-01 to 2025-04-30 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-04-01 to 2025-04-30 · Most severe injury per crash record

Top Contributing Factors

Contributing factors saw shifts, with 'Inattention' crashes increasing from 3 in April 2024 to 7 in April 2025, a 133.3% rise in count. Conversely, crashes attributed to 'Followed too closely' decreased from 9 to 5, a 44.4% reduction in count. 'No improper driving' crashes increased from 5 to 6, a 20% rise in count, and 'Failed to yield right of way' crashes decreased from 6 to 2, a 66.7% reduction in count.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

Inattention7 (19.4%)
No improper driving6 (16.7%)20.0%prior 5
Followed too closely5 (13.9%)-44.4%prior 9
Disregarded traffic signs, signals, road markings3 (8.3%)
Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road3 (8.3%)
Made an improper turn3 (8.3%)
Driving too fast for conditions2 (5.6%)
Failed to yield right of way2 (5.6%)-66.7%prior 6
Distracted1 (2.8%)
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner1 (2.8%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-04-01 to 2025-04-30 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash

Road & Environmental Conditions

Crashes on wet road surfaces increased from 6 in April 2024 to 10 in April 2025, representing a 66.7% rise. Correspondingly, crashes on dry road surfaces decreased from 31 to 26. The number of crashes occurring in daylight conditions decreased from 31 to 27, while those in 'Dark - lighted roadway' conditions increased from 4 to 5.

Weather

Clear17 (47.2%)
-29.2%prior 24
Cloudy6 (16.7%)
-14.3%prior 7
Clear/Clear4 (11.1%)
Cloudy/Rain4 (11.1%)
Rain3 (8.3%)
Clear/Other1 (2.8%)
Rain/Cloudy1 (2.8%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-04-01 to 2025-04-30 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight27 (75.0%)
-12.9%prior 31
Dark - lighted roadway5 (13.9%)
Dawn2 (5.6%)
Dark - roadway not lighted1 (2.8%)
Dusk1 (2.8%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-04-01 to 2025-04-30 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry26 (72.2%)
-16.1%prior 31
Wet10 (27.8%)
66.7%prior 6

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-04-01 to 2025-04-30 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

The total number of vehicles involved increased slightly from 72 in April 2024 to 74 in April 2025. Among top makes, NISSAN crashes increased from 5 to 10 (+100%), and FORD crashes increased from 7 to 10 (+42.9%). The age group 26-34 saw the highest increase in persons involved, rising from 14 to 19, while the 35-44 age group experienced a decrease from 16 to 9.

Top Vehicle Makes (74 vehicles)

1
TOYOTA13 (17.6%)
30.0%prior 10
2
FORD10 (13.5%)
42.9%prior 7
3
NISSAN10 (13.5%)
100.0%prior 5
4
HONDA9 (12.2%)
-10.0%prior 10
5
CHEVROLET6 (8.1%)
-14.3%prior 7
6
JEEP3 (4.1%)
7
VOLVO2 (2.7%)
8
SUBARU2 (2.7%)
9
RAM2 (2.7%)
10
INFI2 (2.7%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-04-01 to 2025-04-30 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (76 persons with recorded sex)

Male42 (55.3%)
5.0%prior 40
Female34 (44.7%)
-8.1%prior 37

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-04-01 to 2025-04-30 · Person-level records linked to crash events

Speed Limit Zones

Crashes in the 65 mph speed zone decreased significantly from 11 in April 2024 to 4 in April 2025. Conversely, crashes in the 45 mph zone increased from 6 to 10. There were no fatal crashes recorded in any speed zone for either period.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-04-01 to 2025-04-30 · 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: 2025-04-01 through 2025-04-30
  • Report generated: June 21, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2025-04-01 through 2025-04-30 (30 days)
  • Geographic scope: MANSFIELD, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 36
  • Total persons involved: 91
  • Total vehicles involved: 74

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). "MANSFIELD, MA Crash Intelligence Report: April 2025." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2025-04-01 to 2025-04-30. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/mansfield/april-2025-report

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