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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · METHUEN, MA · AUGUST 2022
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
83 CRASHES IN
METHUEN, MA
AUGUST 2022
In August 2022, METHUEN, MA experienced 83 crashes, a 15.3% decrease compared to the 98 crashes reported in August 2021. Despite this overall reduction, hit-and-run crashes increased by 150%, and DUI crashes rose by 200% year-over-year.
83
▼ -15.3%was 98
Total Crash Events
0
Persons Killed
36
▼ -25.0%was 48
Persons Injured
5
▲ 150.0%was 2
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 · 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Overall, crash incidents in METHUEN, MA decreased year-over-year, with total crashes falling by 15.3% from 98 in August 2021 to 83 in August 2022. Concurrently, total injuries also saw a notable reduction of 25%, decreasing from 48 to 36 over the same period. Fatalities remained at zero in both August 2021 and August 2022.
5
Hit-and-Run Crashes — August 2022
▲ 150.0% vs prior (2)
Hit-and-run incidents in METHUEN, MA increased significantly year-over-year. The number of hit-and-run crashes rose by 150%, from 2 in August 2021 to 5 in August 2022. Consequently, the hit-and-run rate also climbed from 2% to 6% of all crashes, indicating an upward trend for these types of incidents.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
0
Motorists Killed
36
Motorists Injured
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-31 · 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 METHUEN, MA. While Tuesday remained the peak day for crashes in both August 2021 (20 crashes) and August 2022 (17 crashes), the peak hour for incidents shifted. In August 2021, 5p was the peak hour with 13 crashes, whereas in August 2022, 3p became the peak hour, also with 13 crashes.
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
Fatalities and fatal crashes remained at zero in METHUEN, MA for both August 2021 and August 2022. The overall proportion of crashes resulting in any injury decreased slightly from 36.7% (36 of 98 crashes) in August 2021 to 34.9% (29 of 83 crashes) in August 2022. Serious injury crashes increased from 2 to 4, and minor injury crashes rose from 11 to 15, while possible injury crashes saw a substantial reduction from 23 to 10 year-over-year.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Top Contributing Factors
The leading contributing factors saw shifts in both counts and rankings year-over-year. 'Inattention' increased by 50% from 8 crashes in August 2021 to 12 crashes in August 2022, becoming the top factor. Conversely, 'Followed too closely' decreased by 40% from 20 crashes to 12 crashes, and 'Failed to yield right of way' decreased by 35.7% from 14 crashes to 9 crashes. 'No improper driving' also increased from 7 crashes to 9 crashes, a 28.6% rise.
Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-31 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash
Road & Environmental Conditions
Crash conditions remained largely consistent year-over-year. The proportion of crashes occurring in clear weather was 75.9% in August 2022 (63 of 83 crashes) compared to 73.5% (72 of 98 crashes) in August 2021. Similarly, daylight crashes were 80.7% (67 of 83 crashes) in August 2022 and 82.7% (81 of 98 crashes) in August 2021. Crashes on dry road surfaces maintained an identical proportion of 86.7% in both periods (72 of 83 crashes in 2022 and 85 of 98 crashes in 2021).
Weather
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-31 · Road surface condition field
Vehicles & Demographics
The total number of vehicles involved in crashes decreased from 187 in August 2021 to 148 in August 2022. While Honda remained the top vehicle make involved, Toyota saw a decrease from 26 to 17 vehicles, and Chevrolet increased from 13 to 16 vehicles. All age groups experienced a reduction in the number of persons involved in crashes, with the 45-54 age group showing the largest numerical decrease from 32 persons to 13 persons.
Top Vehicle Makes (148 vehicles)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-31 · Vehicle unit records
15 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (169 persons with recorded sex)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-31 · Person-level records linked to crash events
Speed Limit Zones
Fatal crashes within specific speed zones remained at zero for both August 2021 and August 2022. Crashes occurring in 30 mph zones decreased from 22 to 16, and in 35 mph zones decreased from 27 to 17. Conversely, crashes in 55 mph zones increased from 4 to 9, indicating a shift in crash distribution towards higher speed limits.
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-31 · 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: 2022-08-01 through 2022-08-31
- Report generated: June 21, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2022-08-01 through 2022-08-31 (31 days)
- Geographic scope: METHUEN, MA
- Total crash records analyzed: 83
- Total persons involved: 190
- Total vehicles involved: 148
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.
Non-Affiliation Disclosure
This report is produced independently by ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced in partnership with any law enforcement agency, municipal government, state department of transportation, or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Data is sourced from publicly available government open data portals.
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.
Corrections & Feedback
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Suggested Citation
ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). "METHUEN, MA Crash Intelligence Report: August 2022." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-31. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/methuen/august-2022-report
About the Publisher
ThatCarHitMe.com is a crash data intelligence platform developed by Injuria.ai, a legal technology company specializing in traffic safety analytics. We aggregate and analyze publicly available government crash data to produce structured intelligence reports for communities, researchers, journalists, and legal professionals. Our reports combine programmatic data retrieval from official open data portals with AI-assisted narrative analysis.
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ThatCarHitMe.com · An Injuria.ai Company
ThatCarHitMe.com
An Injuria.ai Company
Crash Data Intelligence
Data: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly
Period: 2022-08-01 – 2022-08-31
Generated: June 21, 2026 · All rights reserved