Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis

21 CRASHES IN
NANTUCKET, MA
JANUARY 2025

All metrics benchmarked againstJanuary 2024

NANTUCKET experienced a 16.7% increase in total crashes, rising from 18 in January 2024 to 21 in January 2025. A notable year-over-year shift was observed in injury severity, with no serious or possible injuries reported in January 2025, compared to one serious and one possible injury in the prior year.

21

16.7%was 18

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

2

-33.3%was 3

Persons Injured

3

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 · 2025-01-01 to 2025-01-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

The overall trend for January shows an increase in total crashes year-over-year, rising from 18 crashes in January 2024 to 21 crashes in January 2025. This represents a 16.7% increase in the total number of reported crashes for the month.

3

Hit-and-Run Crashes — January 2025

0.0% vs prior (3)

The number of hit-and-run crashes remained consistent at 3 in both January 2024 and January 2025. However, the hit-and-run rate decreased from 16.7% of total crashes in January 2024 to 14.3% in January 2025.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

2

Motorists Injured

Prior: 20.0%

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-01-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)

When Crashes Happen

The temporal patterns of crashes shifted between the two periods. The peak day for crashes moved from Tuesday with 5 crashes in January 2024 to Wednesday with 7 crashes in January 2025. Similarly, the peak hour for crashes changed from 5 PM with 4 crashes in January 2024 to 9 AM with 4 crashes in January 2025.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-01-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-01-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

There were no fatalities in either January 2024 or January 2025. Total injuries decreased from 3 in January 2024 to 2 in January 2025. While January 2024 reported one serious injury (5.6% share) and one possible injury (5.6% share), January 2025 reported only minor injuries, with 2 minor injuries (9.5% share) and 19 no-injury crashes (90.5% share).

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Minor Injury2minor injury crashes9.5%
100.0%prior 1
No Injury19no injury crashes90.5%
72.7%prior 11

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-01-31 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-01-31 · Most severe injury per crash record

Top Contributing Factors

The crash count for 'No improper driving' increased from 3 in January 2024 to 7 in January 2025, an increase of 4 crashes. Crashes attributed to 'Inattention' also rose, from 1 in January 2024 to 4 in January 2025, an increase of 3 crashes. The factor 'Failed to yield right of way' was observed in 2 crashes in January 2025 but was not present in January 2024, while 'Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road' was present in 3 crashes in January 2024 but not in January 2025.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

No improper driving7 (33.3%)
Inattention4 (19%)
Driving too fast for conditions2 (9.5%)
Failed to yield right of way2 (9.5%)
Swerving or avoiding due to wind, slippery surface, vehicle, object, vulnerable user in roadway2 (9.5%)
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner1 (4.8%)
Over-correcting/over-steering1 (4.8%)
History heart/epilepsy/fainting1 (4.8%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-01-31 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash

Road & Environmental Conditions

Daylight conditions were associated with a higher proportion of crashes in January 2025, accounting for 15 crashes compared to 7 in January 2024, while crashes in 'Dark - roadway not lighted' conditions decreased from 7 to 2. The number of crashes on dry road surfaces remained stable at 13 in both periods. Crashes during 'Ice' conditions increased from 1 in January 2024 to 3 in January 2025.

Weather

Clear8 (40.0%)
Clear/Clear5 (25.0%)
-50.0%prior 10
Cloudy4 (20.0%)
Snow2 (10.0%)
Cloudy/Cloudy1 (5.0%)

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

Lighting

Daylight15 (75.0%)
114.3%prior 7
Dark - lighted roadway2 (10.0%)
Dark - roadway not lighted2 (10.0%)
-71.4%prior 7
Dusk1 (5.0%)

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

Road Surface

Dry13 (65.0%)
0.0%prior 13
Ice3 (15.0%)
Sand, mud, dirt, oil, gravel1 (5.0%)
Slush1 (5.0%)
Snow1 (5.0%)
Wet1 (5.0%)

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

Vehicles & Demographics

Top Vehicle Makes (35 vehicles)

1
TOYOTA10 (28.6%)
100.0%prior 5
2
JEEP7 (20%)
3
FORD4 (11.4%)
-33.3%prior 6
4
LNDR2 (5.7%)
5
CHEVROLET2 (5.7%)
6
RAM2 (5.7%)
7
GMC1 (2.9%)
8
BMW1 (2.9%)
9
MAZDA1 (2.9%)
10
MERCEDES-BENZ1 (2.9%)

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

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

Sex Distribution (39 persons with recorded sex)

Female20 (51.3%)
150.0%prior 8
Male19 (48.7%)
46.2%prior 13

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-01-31 · Person-level records linked to crash events

Speed Limit Zones

Speed limit data was reported for 4 crashes in January 2025 and 3 crashes in January 2024. In January 2025, crashes occurred at speed limits of 15 mph (1 crash), 20 mph (1 crash), 25 mph (1 crash), and 30 mph (1 crash). In January 2024, crashes were reported at 15 mph (1 crash) and 40 mph (2 crashes), indicating a shift in the highest reported speed limit for crashes from 40 mph to 30 mph.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-01-31 · 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 2025-01-31
  • Report generated: June 21, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2025-01-01 through 2025-01-31 (31 days)
  • Geographic scope: NANTUCKET, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 21
  • Total persons involved: 40
  • Total vehicles involved: 35

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). "NANTUCKET, MA Crash Intelligence Report: January 2025." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2025-01-01 to 2025-01-31. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/nantucket/january-2025-report

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