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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · PALMER, MA · JULY 2024
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
25 CRASHES IN
PALMER, MA
JULY 2024
In July 2024, Palmer experienced 25 crashes, a decrease from 33 crashes in July 2023. This represents a 24.24% reduction in total crashes year-over-year. A notable positive shift is the absence of any fatalities in July 2024, compared to one fatality in July 2023.
25
▼ -24.2%was 33
Total Crash Events
0
▼ -100.0%was 1
Persons Killed
11
Persons Injured
1
▼ -80.0%was 5
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 · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Overall, crashes in Palmer showed a downward trend year-over-year, decreasing by 8 crashes from 33 in July 2023 to 25 in July 2024. This constitutes a 24.24% reduction in total crash incidents.
1
Hit-and-Run Crashes — July 2024
▼ -80.0% vs prior (5)
Hit-and-run crashes significantly decreased from 5 in July 2023 to 1 in July 2024. This resulted in the hit-and-run rate falling from 15.2% of total crashes to 4% of total crashes year-over-year.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
0
Motorists Killed
11
Motorists Injured
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · 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 Thursday in July 2023 with 8 crashes to Tuesday in July 2024, also with 8 crashes. The peak hour for crashes changed from 2 p.m. with 4 crashes in July 2023 to 1 p.m. with 3 crashes in July 2024. Monday, Thursday, and Friday saw decreases in crash counts, while Tuesday saw an increase.
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
Fatalities decreased from 1 in July 2023 to 0 in July 2024, resulting in a fatal crash rate reduction from 3.03% to 0%. The total number of injuries remained constant at 11 in both periods. Serious injuries decreased from 2 to 1, and minor injuries decreased from 7 to 6, while possible injuries remained stable at 1.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Top Contributing Factors
The number of crashes attributed to 'No improper driving' decreased by 6, from 12 in July 2023 to 6 in July 2024, a 50% reduction in count. In contrast, crashes due to 'Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner' doubled from 2 to 4, a 100% increase in count, and 'Disregarded traffic signs, signals, road markings' tripled from 1 to 3, a 200% increase in count. Factors like 'Inattention', 'Visibility obstructed', 'Failed to yield right of way', and 'Distracted' each decreased by 1 or 2 crashes. New contributing factors in July 2024 included 'Wrong side or wrong way' and 'Followed too closely', each involved in 2 crashes.
Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash
Road & Environmental Conditions
Crashes occurring in clear weather conditions slightly increased from 20 in July 2023 to 21 in July 2024. Crashes in rainy conditions significantly decreased from 5 to 1. The number of crashes occurring in daylight decreased from 26 to 20, while crashes in 'Dark - lighted roadway' and 'Dark - roadway not lighted' also saw decreases.
Weather
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Road surface condition field
Vehicles & Demographics
Top Vehicle Makes (42 vehicles)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Vehicle unit records
4 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (43 persons with recorded sex)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Person-level records linked to crash events
Speed Limit Zones
Crashes in 40 mph speed zones decreased from 6 in July 2023 to 1 in July 2024, and the single fatal crash in July 2023 occurred in a 40 mph zone, with no fatalities in any speed zone in July 2024. Crashes in 65 mph zones also decreased from 7 to 4. Conversely, crashes in 30 mph zones increased from 8 to 12.
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · 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: 2024-07-01 through 2024-07-31
- Report generated: June 21, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2024-07-01 through 2024-07-31 (31 days)
- Geographic scope: PALMER, MA
- Total crash records analyzed: 25
- Total persons involved: 48
- Total vehicles involved: 42
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). "PALMER, MA Crash Intelligence Report: July 2024." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/palmer/july-2024-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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Crash Data Intelligence
Data: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly
Period: 2024-07-01 – 2024-07-31
Generated: June 21, 2026 · All rights reserved