Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis

51 CRASHES IN
NORTH ANDOVER, MA
NOVEMBER 2025

All metrics benchmarked againstNovember 2024

Total crashes in NORTH ANDOVER decreased by 28.17%, from 71 in November 2024 to 51 in November 2025. This significant reduction in overall incidents was accompanied by a notable 100% increase in both DUI-related crashes and hit-and-run incidents.

51

-28.2%was 71

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

17

13.3%was 15

Persons Injured

4

100.0%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. 1 crash with unreported severity is not shown in the severity breakdown.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall, total crashes in NORTH ANDOVER experienced a downward trend, decreasing by 28.17% from 71 in November 2024 to 51 in November 2025. While total injuries increased by 13.33% from 15 to 17, no fatalities were reported in either period.

4

Hit-and-Run Crashes — November 2025

100.0% vs prior (2)

Hit-and-run crashes increased by 2, rising from 2 incidents in November 2024 to 4 incidents in November 2025. This represents a 100% increase in the count of hit-and-run crashes, with their proportion of all crashes increasing from a 2.8% share to a 7.8% share.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Cyclists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

1

Cyclists Injured

Prior: 0%

16

Motorists Injured

Prior: 156.7%

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · 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 Friday with 14 crashes in November 2024 to Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, each with 9 crashes, in November 2025. The peak hour for crashes also changed, moving from 3 PM with 13 crashes in the prior period to 5 PM with 9 crashes in the current period. Consistent with the overall decrease in total crashes, most days of the week and hours of the day showed reduced crash counts.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

Neither period reported any fatal crashes. The proportion of crashes resulting in Minor Injury increased from 5.6% (4 crashes) in November 2024 to 11.8% (6 crashes) in November 2025. Additionally, the current period reported 1 crash (2% of total crashes) resulting in Serious Injury, a severity not recorded in the prior period.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Serious Injury1serious injury crashes2%
Minor Injury6minor injury crashes11.8%
50.0%prior 4
Possible Injury4possible injury crashes7.8%
-33.3%prior 6
No Injury39no injury crashes76.5%
-36.1%prior 61

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · Most severe injury per crash record

Top Contributing Factors

Crashes attributed to "No improper driving" decreased by 10, from 22 in November 2024 to 12 in November 2025, and "Inattention" decreased by 6 crashes, from 18 to 12. Conversely, "Visibility obstructed" crashes increased by 4, rising from 1 in the prior period to 5 in the current period. The share of crashes for "No improper driving" decreased from 31% to 23.5%, and for "Inattention" from 25.4% to 23.5%.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

No improper driving12 (23.5%)-45.5%prior 22
Inattention12 (23.5%)-33.3%prior 18
Visibility obstructed5 (9.8%)
Failed to yield right of way4 (7.8%)-33.3%prior 6
Followed too closely2 (3.9%)
Fatigued/asleep2 (3.9%)
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner2 (3.9%)
Other improper action2 (3.9%)
Wrong side or wrong way1 (2%)
Distracted1 (2%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash

Road & Environmental Conditions

Crashes occurring in "Daylight" conditions decreased by 26, from 50 in November 2024 to 24 in November 2025. In contrast, crashes in "Dark - lighted roadway" conditions increased by 5, from 15 to 20. The number of crashes on "Dry" road surfaces decreased from 62 to 43, while those on "Wet" surfaces saw a minor decrease from 9 to 8.

Weather

Clear44 (86.3%)
-25.4%prior 59
Rain6 (11.8%)
20.0%prior 5
Cloudy/Cloudy1 (2.0%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight24 (47.1%)
-52.0%prior 50
Dark - lighted roadway20 (39.2%)
33.3%prior 15
Dark - roadway not lighted4 (7.8%)
Dusk3 (5.9%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry43 (84.3%)
-30.6%prior 62
Wet8 (15.7%)
-11.1%prior 9

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

The total number of vehicles involved in crashes decreased from 130 in November 2024 to 97 in November 2025. Honda and Toyota remained the top two vehicle makes involved, though their counts decreased from 22 to 15 for Honda and from 20 to 16 for Toyota. All reported age groups for persons involved in crashes showed a decrease in counts, consistent with the overall reduction in total persons from 170 to 126.

Top Vehicle Makes (97 vehicles)

1
TOYOTA16 (16.5%)
-20.0%prior 20
2
HONDA15 (15.5%)
-31.8%prior 22
3
DODGE5 (5.2%)
0.0%prior 5
4
JEEP5 (5.2%)
-16.7%prior 6
5
FORD5 (5.2%)
-50.0%prior 10
6
CHEVROLET5 (5.2%)
-44.4%prior 9
7
SUBARU4 (4.1%)
8
HYUNDAI4 (4.1%)
9
NISSAN3 (3.1%)
-62.5%prior 8
10
KIA3 (3.1%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (109 persons with recorded sex)

Female60 (55.0%)
-24.1%prior 79
Male49 (45.0%)
-39.5%prior 81

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · Person-level records linked to crash events

Speed Limit Zones

Crashes decreased across most comparable speed zones, with the 30 mph zone experiencing the largest reduction of 10 crashes, from 15 in November 2024 to 5 in November 2025. The 35 mph zone also saw a decrease of 8 crashes, from 21 to 13. The current period recorded crashes in 5 mph, 20 mph, and 65 mph zones, which were not present in the prior period.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · 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: 2025-11-01 through 2025-11-30
  • Report generated: June 21, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2025-11-01 through 2025-11-30 (30 days)
  • Geographic scope: NORTH ANDOVER, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 51
  • Total persons involved: 126
  • Total vehicles involved: 97

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). "NORTH ANDOVER, MA Crash Intelligence Report: November 2025." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/north-andover/november-2025-report

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