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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · PLAINVILLE, MA · 2022
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Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis
219 CRASHES IN
PLAINVILLE, MA
2022
In Plainville, total vehicle crashes decreased by 6% from 233 incidents in 2021 to 219 in 2022. While overall collisions declined, the number of crashes attributed to exceeding the authorized speed limit increased from 3 to 8 year-over-year. The total number of fatalities remained stable at one death in each period, while reported injuries saw a 10.8% decrease from 65 to 58.
219
▼ -6.0%was 233
Total Crash Events
1
Persons Killed
58
▼ -10.8%was 65
Persons Injured
5
▼ -50.0%was 10
Hit-and-Run Crashes
Note: "Persons Killed" (1) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (1) 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 · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
The overall trend in traffic collisions showed a modest improvement year-over-year, with total crashes falling by 6% from 233 in 2021 to 219 in 2022. The number of people injured in these incidents also declined by 10.8%, from 65 to 58. Fatalities held steady, with one person killed in a crash in both 2022 and 2021.
5
Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2022
▼ -50.0% vs prior (10)
Hit-and-run incidents decreased significantly between the two periods. The total number of hit-and-run crashes was halved, dropping from 10 in 2021 to 5 in 2022. Correspondingly, the hit-and-run rate, or the percentage of total crashes that were hit-and-runs, fell from 4.3% in 2021 to 2.3% in 2022, indicating a clear downward trend.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
1
Pedestrians Killed
0
Motorists Killed
0
Pedestrians Injured
58
Motorists Injured
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)
When Crashes Happen
Temporal crash patterns shifted between the two periods. In 2022, the peak day for crashes was Thursday, with 42 incidents, a change from 2021 when Monday was the peak day with 45 crashes. The peak hour for collisions also shifted slightly, moving from a tie between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. in 2021 (24 crashes each) to 12 p.m. in 2022 (25 crashes), though the midday hours remained the most frequent time for incidents in both years.
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
The severity of crashes saw mixed changes year-over-year. While the number of fatal crashes remained unchanged at one incident in both 2021 and 2022, the number of serious injury crashes increased from 2 to 3. Conversely, crashes resulting in minor injuries decreased from 21 to 17, and those with possible injuries fell from 27 to 24. The proportion of crashes with no reported injuries increased from 76.8% in 2021 to 79.0% in 2022.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Top Contributing Factors
The top three contributing factors to crashes remained consistent across both years, though their counts varied. 'Inattention' was the leading factor in both periods but saw its count decrease by 19% from 73 crashes in 2021 to 59 in 2022. Crashes where 'no improper driving' was noted increased from 41 to 47, and those involving 'failed to yield right of way' rose from 35 to 39. Notably, crashes where 'exceeded authorized speed limit' was a factor increased from 1 in 2021 to 5 in 2022.
Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash
Road & Environmental Conditions
The conditions under which crashes occurred were largely similar year-over-year. In both 2022 and 2021, the majority of incidents happened in daylight (73.1% and 79.4%, respectively) on dry roads (80.4% and 78.1%) in clear weather (74.9% and 72.5%). There were no significant shifts in the proportions of crashes occurring in adverse lighting, weather, or road surface conditions between the two periods.
Weather
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Road surface condition field
Vehicles & Demographics
The top vehicle makes involved in crashes showed high consistency, with Toyota and Ford ranking first and second in both years. In 2022, Honda (34 vehicles) replaced Nissan (26 vehicles) as the third most common make, compared to 2021 when Nissan held the third spot with 37 vehicles. The age distribution of persons involved in crashes shifted, with a notable decrease in the 55-64 age group (from 81 to 55 people) and increases in the 16-20 (from 50 to 69) and 65+ (from 54 to 64) age groups.
Top Vehicle Makes (425 vehicles)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Vehicle unit records
13 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (482 persons with recorded sex)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · Person-level records linked to crash events
Speed Limit Zones
Analysis of crashes by speed zone indicates a decrease in incidents occurring in zones posted at 40 mph or higher, which fell from 101 crashes in 2021 to 83 in 2022. Crashes in zones 35 mph or lower also saw a slight reduction from 91 to 84 incidents. The single fatal crash in 2022 occurred in a 65 mph zone; a comparison cannot be made for the 2021 fatality as its associated speed zone was not recorded in the data.
Fatal crashes by zone: 65 mph: 1 of 18 (5.556%)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 · 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: 2022-01-01 through 2022-12-31
- Report generated: June 21, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2022-01-01 through 2022-12-31 (365 days)
- Geographic scope: PLAINVILLE, MA
- Total crash records analyzed: 219
- Total persons involved: 503
- Total vehicles involved: 425
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). "PLAINVILLE, MA Crash Intelligence Report: 2022." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/plainville/2022-annual-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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ThatCarHitMe.com · An Injuria.ai Company
ThatCarHitMe.com
An Injuria.ai Company
Crash Data Intelligence
Data: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly
Period: 2022-01-01 – 2022-12-31
Generated: June 21, 2026 · All rights reserved