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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · NEWBURYPORT, MA · OCTOBER 2022
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
19 CRASHES IN
NEWBURYPORT, MA
OCTOBER 2022
In October 2022, Newburyport recorded 19 crashes, which is unchanged from the 19 crashes reported in October 2021. Fatalities remained at zero in both periods, while total injuries also held steady at 5. A notable shift occurred in the primary contributing factors, with "Failed to yield right of way" decreasing from 4 incidents in 2021 to 0 in 2022.
19
Total Crash Events
0
Persons Killed
5
Persons Injured
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. 2 crashes with unreported severity are not shown in the severity breakdown.
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-10-01 to 2022-10-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Crash incidents in Newburyport remained stable year-over-year, with 19 crashes reported in October 2022, mirroring the 19 crashes from October 2021. This represents a 0% change in the total number of crashes. Fatalities and injuries also saw no change between the two periods.
1
Hit-and-Run Crashes — October 2022
▼ 0.0% vs prior (1)
The number of hit-and-run crashes remained unchanged, with 1 incident reported in both October 2022 and October 2021. Consequently, the hit-and-run rate also held steady at 5.3% for both periods. There is no year-over-year trend in hit-and-run incidents based on this data.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
0
Motorists Killed
5
Motorists Injured
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-10-01 to 2022-10-31 · 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. In October 2022, the peak day for crashes was Thursday with 6 incidents, a change from October 2021 where Saturday was the peak day with 4 crashes. The peak crash hour also moved from 6 PM in October 2021 (4 crashes) to 10 AM in October 2022 (4 crashes).
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-10-01 to 2022-10-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-10-01 to 2022-10-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
The overall severity of crashes remained consistent, with zero fatalities and 5 injuries reported in both October 2022 and October 2021. However, there was a slight shift in the distribution of injury types. Minor injuries decreased from 3 crashes (15.8% share) in October 2021 to 2 crashes (10.5% share) in October 2022, while crashes with no injuries increased from 11 (57.9% share) to 13 (68.4% share).
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-10-01 to 2022-10-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-10-01 to 2022-10-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Top Contributing Factors
Inattention remained the most frequent contributing factor, accounting for 6 crashes in both October 2022 and October 2021. Crashes attributed to "No improper driving" decreased by 2, from 5 incidents in October 2021 to 3 in October 2022, representing a 40% reduction in count. Conversely, "Operating vehicle in an erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner" increased by 2 incidents, from 1 in October 2021 to 3 in October 2022, a 200% increase in count, and "Failed to yield right of way" decreased from 4 crashes in October 2021 to 0 in October 2022.
Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-10-01 to 2022-10-31 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash
Road & Environmental Conditions
Crashes occurring under clear weather conditions increased from 8 in October 2021 to 15 in October 2022, while the number of crashes in cloudy conditions rose from 2 to 3. The distribution of lighting conditions saw a slight increase in daylight crashes, from 12 to 13. Crashes on dry road surfaces increased from 16 to 17, with wet road surface crashes decreasing from 3 to 2.
Weather
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-10-01 to 2022-10-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-10-01 to 2022-10-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-10-01 to 2022-10-31 · Road surface condition field
Vehicles & Demographics
Top Vehicle Makes (37 vehicles)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-10-01 to 2022-10-31 · Vehicle unit records
10 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (29 persons with recorded sex)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-10-01 to 2022-10-31 · Person-level records linked to crash events
Speed Limit Zones
Crashes in 25 mph speed zones decreased from 12 in October 2021 to 10 in October 2022. Concurrently, crashes in 40 mph zones increased from 0 to 1, and crashes in 65 mph zones also increased from 0 to 1. The number of crashes in 35 mph zones remained constant at 2 for both periods, and no fatal crashes were reported in any speed zone during either period.
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-10-01 to 2022-10-31 · 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: 2022-10-01 through 2022-10-31
- Report generated: June 21, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2022-10-01 through 2022-10-31 (31 days)
- Geographic scope: NEWBURYPORT, MA
- Total crash records analyzed: 19
- Total persons involved: 40
- Total vehicles involved: 37
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). "NEWBURYPORT, MA Crash Intelligence Report: October 2022." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2022-10-01 to 2022-10-31. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/newburyport/october-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.
Questions about this report's data or methodology: data@injuria.ai
ThatCarHitMe.com · An Injuria.ai Company
ThatCarHitMe.com
An Injuria.ai Company
Crash Data Intelligence
Data: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly
Period: 2022-10-01 – 2022-10-31
Generated: June 21, 2026 · All rights reserved