Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

283 CRASHES IN
MILLBURY, MA
2025

All metrics benchmarked against2024

In 2025, Millbury recorded 283 total crashes, a 24.7% increase from the 227 crashes reported in 2024. Total injuries also rose from 75 to 89, while fatalities remained at zero for both years. One of the most significant changes was an 87.5% increase in angle-type collisions, which grew from 24 incidents in 2024 to 45 in 2025.

283

24.7%was 227

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

89

18.7%was 75

Persons Injured

19

5.6%was 18

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. 8 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

Year-over-year crash data indicates a rising trend in Millbury. Total crashes increased by 24.7%, from 227 in 2024 to 283 in 2025. This increase was accompanied by an 18.7% rise in total injuries, from 75 to 89, although no fatal crashes were recorded in either period.

19

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2025

5.6% vs prior (18)

The total number of hit-and-run crashes remained relatively stable, with 19 incidents in 2025 compared to 18 in 2024. Despite this slight increase in count, the hit-and-run rate showed a downward trend. The rate of hit-and-runs as a percentage of all crashes decreased from 7.9% in 2024 to 6.7% in 2025, reflecting that other types of crashes increased at a faster pace.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Other Killed

Prior: 00.0%

1

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 0%

87

Motorists Injured

Prior: 7516.0%

1

Other Injured

Prior: 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 showed some shifts between 2024 and 2025. While the peak hour for collisions remained 2 p.m. in both years, the peak day shifted from Tuesday (48 crashes) in 2024 to a tie between Monday and Friday (48 crashes each) in 2025. Weekend crashes also saw a notable increase, with Saturday incidents rising from 18 to 31 year-over-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 distribution remained relatively stable, with no fatal crashes reported in either 2024 or 2025. The count of serious injury crashes decreased slightly from 7 to 6, representing a drop in their share of all crashes from 3.1% to 2.1%. Conversely, minor injury crashes increased from 27 to 38, and their share of total crashes rose from 11.9% to 13.4%.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Serious Injury6serious injury crashes2.1%
-14.3%prior 7
Minor Injury38minor injury crashes13.4%
40.7%prior 27
Possible Injury21possible injury crashes7.4%
16.7%prior 18
No Injury210no injury crashes74.2%
20.7%prior 174

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 shifted between the two periods. While "No improper driving" was cited more often, increasing from 35 to 56 incidents, crashes attributed to "Inattention" saw a significant 48% increase in count, rising from 25 to 37 incidents and becoming the second-most cited factor in 2025. In contrast, crashes involving "Followed too closely" decreased from 33 to 26 incidents, and "Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road" also saw a decrease in count from 27 to 19.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

No improper driving56 (19.8%)60.0%prior 35
Inattention37 (13.1%)48.0%prior 25
Followed too closely26 (9.2%)-21.2%prior 33
Failed to yield right of way23 (8.1%)-8.0%prior 25
Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road19 (6.7%)-29.6%prior 27
Driving too fast for conditions15 (5.3%)-25.0%prior 20
Disregarded traffic signs, signals, road markings11 (3.9%)
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner11 (3.9%)
Other improper action10 (3.5%)100.0%prior 5
Exceeded authorized speed limit10 (3.5%)25.0%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 lighting and road surface conditions remained largely consistent year-over-year. Crashes in daylight conditions constituted the majority in both periods, accounting for 71.4% of incidents in 2025 compared to 70.5% in 2024. Similarly, crashes on dry roads represented 75.3% of the total in 2025 versus 74.0% in the prior year. The count of crashes on wet roads was nearly unchanged (38 vs 39), though their share of total crashes decreased from 17.2% to 13.4%.

Weather

Clear152 (53.9%)
10.1%prior 138
Clear/Clear67 (23.8%)
346.7%prior 15
Cloudy13 (4.6%)
-31.6%prior 19
Rain10 (3.5%)
-58.3%prior 24
Snow9 (3.2%)
Rain/Cloudy5 (1.8%)
Snow/Snow5 (1.8%)
Snow/Sleet, hail (freezing rain or drizzle)4 (1.4%)
Rain/Rain3 (1.1%)
Cloudy/Rain3 (1.1%)
-40.0%prior 5

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

Lighting

Daylight202 (71.9%)
26.3%prior 160
Dark - lighted roadway46 (16.4%)
35.3%prior 34
Dawn12 (4.3%)
Dusk10 (3.6%)
66.7%prior 6
Dark - roadway not lighted8 (2.8%)
-63.6%prior 22
Dark - unknown roadway lighting2 (0.7%)
Other1 (0.4%)

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

Road Surface

Dry213 (75.5%)
26.8%prior 168
Wet38 (13.5%)
-2.6%prior 39
Snow16 (5.7%)
166.7%prior 6
Ice10 (3.5%)
11.1%prior 9
Slush5 (1.8%)

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, Honda, and Ford—were the same in both 2024 and 2025, with involvement counts increasing for all three. Demographically, the 26-34 age group remained the largest cohort of individuals involved in crashes, with its count rising from 90 to 109. Notably, the number of people in the 16-20 age group increased from 47 to 65, and the 65+ age group saw its involvement grow from 42 to 69 individuals.

Top Vehicle Makes (499 vehicles)

1
TOYOTA75 (15%)
25.0%prior 60
2
HONDA65 (13%)
51.2%prior 43
3
FORD46 (9.2%)
9.5%prior 42
4
CHEVROLET33 (6.6%)
22.2%prior 27
5
SUBARU23 (4.6%)
35.3%prior 17
6
HYUNDAI22 (4.4%)
37.5%prior 16
7
NISSAN21 (4.2%)
-8.7%prior 23
8
JEEP20 (4%)
33.3%prior 15
9
KIA14 (2.8%)
40.0%prior 10
10
MAZDA12 (2.4%)
140.0%prior 5

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

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

Sex Distribution (537 persons with recorded sex)

Male333 (62.0%)
15.2%prior 289
Female202 (37.6%)
32.0%prior 153
X / Unspecified2 (0.4%)

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

The location of crashes by speed zone shifted significantly between 2024 and 2025. In 2025, the 30 mph zone recorded the highest number of crashes at 91, a substantial increase from 32 in the previous year. Conversely, crashes in the 65 mph zone, which was the most common in 2024 with 72 incidents, decreased to 61 incidents in 2025. No fatalities were reported in any speed zone during either period.

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: MILLBURY, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 283
  • Total persons involved: 599
  • Total vehicles involved: 499

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). "MILLBURY, 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/millbury/2025-annual-report

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