Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis

120 CRASHES IN
PEABODY, MA
JUNE 2025

All metrics benchmarked againstJune 2024

PEABODY experienced a significant increase in crash activity in June 2025 compared to June 2024, with total crashes rising by 60% from 75 to 120. Total injuries also increased by 35.7%, from 28 to 38. Fatalities remained at zero for both periods.

120

60.0%was 75

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

38

35.7%was 28

Persons Injured

8

14.3%was 7

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 · 2025-06-01 to 2025-06-30 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

The overall trend indicates a notable increase in crash incidents year-over-year, with total crashes rising from 75 in June 2024 to 120 in June 2025, representing a 60% increase. Similarly, total injuries increased by 35.7% from 28 to 38 during the same period. Fatalities remained stable at zero in both months.

8

Hit-and-Run Crashes — June 2025

14.3% vs prior (7)

The number of hit-and-run crashes increased from 7 in June 2024 to 8 in June 2025. Despite this, the overall hit-and-run rate decreased from 9.3% to 6.7% of total crashes.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Cyclists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Other Killed

Prior: 00.0%

1

Cyclists Injured

Prior: 10.0%

36

Motorists Injured

Prior: 2733.3%

1

Other Injured

Prior: 0%

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-06-01 to 2025-06-30 · 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 Sunday in June 2024, with 15 incidents, to Wednesday in June 2025, with 26 incidents. The peak hour also changed, moving from 5 PM with 8 crashes in the prior period to 4 PM with 17 crashes in the current period.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-06-01 to 2025-06-30 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-06-01 to 2025-06-30 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

While fatal crashes remained at zero in both periods, total injuries increased from 28 to 38 year-over-year. The number of serious injury crashes remained constant at 1, though its share of total crashes decreased from 1.3% to 0.8%. Minor injury crashes increased from 16 to 21, but their share decreased from 21.3% to 17.5% of total crashes.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Serious Injury1serious injury crashes0.8%
0.0%prior 1
Minor Injury21minor injury crashes17.5%
31.3%prior 16
Possible Injury5possible injury crashes4.2%
66.7%prior 3
No Injury91no injury crashes75.8%
85.7%prior 49

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-06-01 to 2025-06-30 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-06-01 to 2025-06-30 · Most severe injury per crash record

Top Contributing Factors

Several contributing factors saw notable increases in crash counts year-over-year. 'No improper driving' crashes increased from 20 to 45 (a 125% increase in count), 'Inattention' crashes rose from 16 to 27 (a 68.75% increase in count), and 'Followed too closely' crashes grew from 9 to 17 (an 88.9% increase in count). Conversely, 'Failed to yield right of way' crashes decreased from 6 to 2 (a 66.7% decrease in count).

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

No improper driving45 (37.5%)125.0%prior 20
Inattention27 (22.5%)68.8%prior 16
Followed too closely17 (14.2%)88.9%prior 9
Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road9 (7.5%)
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner4 (3.3%)
Visibility obstructed3 (2.5%)
Failed to yield right of way2 (1.7%)-66.7%prior 6
Distracted2 (1.7%)
Over-correcting/over-steering2 (1.7%)
Fatigued/asleep2 (1.7%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-06-01 to 2025-06-30 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash

Road & Environmental Conditions

Crashes occurring in 'Clear' weather conditions significantly increased from 51 to 91 year-over-year, while 'Rain' related crashes decreased from 4 to 3. Similarly, crashes during 'Daylight' conditions rose from 58 to 103, and those on 'Dry' road surfaces increased from 67 to 114. Crashes on 'Wet' road surfaces decreased from 8 to 5.

Weather

Clear91 (76.5%)
78.4%prior 51
Clear/Clear11 (9.2%)
Cloudy9 (7.6%)
80.0%prior 5
Rain3 (2.5%)
Clear/Other2 (1.7%)
Clear/Cloudy1 (0.8%)
-92.3%prior 13
Clear/Sleet, hail (freezing rain or drizzle)1 (0.8%)
Rain/Cloudy1 (0.8%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-06-01 to 2025-06-30 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight103 (86.6%)
77.6%prior 58
Dark - lighted roadway12 (10.1%)
9.1%prior 11
Dark - roadway not lighted2 (1.7%)
Dawn1 (0.8%)
Dusk1 (0.8%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-06-01 to 2025-06-30 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry114 (95.8%)
70.1%prior 67
Wet5 (4.2%)
-37.5%prior 8

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-06-01 to 2025-06-30 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

The total number of persons involved in crashes increased from 188 to 289 year-over-year. The 65+ age group saw a significant increase in involved persons from 18 to 46, and the 35-44 age group increased from 32 to 50 persons. Honda became the top vehicle make involved, increasing from 22 to 43, while Toyota, previously first, increased from 23 to 38.

Top Vehicle Makes (248 vehicles)

1
HONDA43 (17.3%)
95.5%prior 22
2
TOYOTA38 (15.3%)
65.2%prior 23
3
FORD24 (9.7%)
20.0%prior 20
4
CHEVROLET18 (7.3%)
63.6%prior 11
5
NISSAN15 (6%)
25.0%prior 12
6
SUBARU12 (4.8%)
7
JEEP8 (3.2%)
-20.0%prior 10
8
HYUNDAI8 (3.2%)
-20.0%prior 10
9
VOLVO6 (2.4%)
10
RAM5 (2%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-06-01 to 2025-06-30 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (258 persons with recorded sex)

Male155 (60.1%)
56.6%prior 99
Female103 (39.9%)
45.1%prior 71

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-06-01 to 2025-06-30 · Person-level records linked to crash events

Speed Limit Zones

Crashes in 25 mph speed zones saw a substantial increase from 19 to 45 year-over-year. Crashes in 30 mph zones also rose from 15 to 24, and those in 55 mph zones increased from 9 to 19. All speed zones continued to report zero fatal crashes in both periods.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-06-01 to 2025-06-30 · 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: 2025-06-01 through 2025-06-30
  • Report generated: June 21, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2025-06-01 through 2025-06-30 (30 days)
  • Geographic scope: PEABODY, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 120
  • Total persons involved: 289
  • Total vehicles involved: 248

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). "PEABODY, MA Crash Intelligence Report: June 2025." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2025-06-01 to 2025-06-30. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/peabody/june-2025-report

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