Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

1,936 CRASHES IN
QUINCY, MA
2025

All metrics benchmarked against2024

In 2025, Quincy recorded 1,936 total traffic crashes, a 13.5% decrease from the 2,239 crashes recorded in 2024. While total crashes and injuries declined, the number of fatalities increased from 2 to 3 year-over-year. The most notable change was the overall 13.5% reduction in total collisions.

1,936

-13.5%was 2,239

Total Crash Events

3

50.0%was 2

Persons Killed

523

-9.4%was 577

Persons Injured

260

-12.5%was 297

Hit-and-Run Crashes

Note: "Persons Killed" (3) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (3) counts crash events where at least one fatality occurred. A single crash can result in multiple fatalities. 81 crashes with unreported severity are not shown in the severity breakdown.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall, traffic crashes in Quincy showed a downward trend year-over-year. The total number of crashes decreased by 13.5%, from 2,239 in 2024 to 1,936 in 2025. Similarly, the total number of injuries reported in these incidents fell by 9.4% over the same period, from 577 to 523.

260

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2025

-12.5% vs prior (297)

The number of hit-and-run crashes decreased from 297 in 2024 to 260 in 2025, a reduction of 37 incidents. However, as a proportion of all crashes, the hit-and-run rate remained nearly unchanged. The rate was 13.4% in 2025, a marginal increase from 13.3% in the prior year.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

2

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 1100.0%

0

Cyclists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

1

Motorists Killed

Prior: 10.0%

0

Other Killed

Prior: 00.0%

49

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 4411.4%

12

Cyclists Injured

Prior: 25-52.0%

450

Motorists Injured

Prior: 502-10.4%

12

Other Injured

Prior: 6100.0%

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)

When Crashes Happen

The temporal patterns of crashes saw some shifts between the two periods. The peak day for crashes moved from Tuesday in 2024 (367 crashes) to Monday in 2025 (314 crashes). The 5 p.m. hour remained the peak time for collisions in both years, though the volume of crashes during this hour decreased from 206 to 165.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

While total crashes decreased, the severity of those crashes showed a mixed picture. The number of fatal crashes increased from 2 in 2024 to 3 in 2025, causing the fatal crash rate to rise from 0.09% to 0.15% of all crashes. The proportion of crashes involving serious injuries also saw a slight increase from 1.4% to 1.5% of all crashes, while the share of non-injury crashes decreased from 75.8% to 74.6%.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal3fatal crashes0.2%
50.0%prior 2
Serious Injury29serious injury crashes1.5%
-9.4%prior 32
Minor Injury262minor injury crashes13.5%
-16.8%prior 315
Possible Injury117possible injury crashes6%
1.7%prior 115
No Injury1,444no injury crashes74.6%
-14.9%prior 1,697

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record

Top Contributing Factors

Inattention remained the leading contributing factor in both years, though its count decreased by 25.1% from 730 incidents in 2024 to 547 in 2025. 'Failed to yield right of way' became the second most common factor in 2025 with 278 incidents, a slight increase in count from 273 in the prior year. This moved it ahead of 'No improper driving', which saw its count fall from 285 to 213.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

Inattention547 (28.3%)-25.1%prior 730
Failed to yield right of way278 (14.4%)1.8%prior 273
No improper driving213 (11%)-25.3%prior 285
Followed too closely163 (8.4%)14.8%prior 142
Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road84 (4.3%)-5.6%prior 89
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner64 (3.3%)20.8%prior 53
Disregarded traffic signs, signals, road markings55 (2.8%)1.9%prior 54
Other improper action45 (2.3%)-16.7%prior 54
Over-correcting/over-steering43 (2.2%)-2.3%prior 44
Distracted27 (1.4%)0.0%prior 27

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash

Road & Environmental Conditions

The distribution of crashes across various lighting and road surface conditions remained largely consistent year-over-year. In 2025, 68.2% of crashes occurred in daylight, compared to 69.1% in 2024. Similarly, crashes on dry road surfaces accounted for 81.0% of the total in 2025, nearly identical to the 81.5% reported in the prior year, indicating no significant shift in the role of adverse conditions.

Weather

Clear1,085 (56.5%)
-23.0%prior 1,410
Clear/Clear352 (18.3%)
52.4%prior 231
Cloudy155 (8.1%)
-14.4%prior 181
Rain116 (6.0%)
-28.8%prior 163
Cloudy/Cloudy34 (1.8%)
-35.8%prior 53
Rain/Cloudy33 (1.7%)
0.0%prior 33
Snow28 (1.5%)
86.7%prior 15
Cloudy/Rain25 (1.3%)
-32.4%prior 37
Clear/Cloudy25 (1.3%)
38.9%prior 18
Rain/Rain16 (0.8%)
-36.0%prior 25

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight1,321 (68.6%)
-14.6%prior 1,546
Dark - lighted roadway485 (25.2%)
-14.3%prior 566
Dusk44 (2.3%)
10.0%prior 40
Dark - roadway not lighted32 (1.7%)
-20.0%prior 40
Dawn31 (1.6%)
19.2%prior 26
Dark - unknown roadway lighting10 (0.5%)
25.0%prior 8
Other4 (0.2%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry1,569 (81.6%)
-14.0%prior 1,824
Wet284 (14.8%)
-20.7%prior 358
Snow48 (2.5%)
108.7%prior 23
Ice13 (0.7%)
0.0%prior 13
Other5 (0.3%)
Slush3 (0.2%)
-50.0%prior 6

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

Vehicle involvement patterns showed high consistency between the two years. The top three vehicle makes involved in crashes were Toyota, Honda, and Ford in both 2025 and 2024, with their rankings unchanged despite a decrease in total counts. The age distribution of persons involved in crashes also remained stable; the 26-34 age group was the largest in both periods, accounting for 18.5% of individuals in 2025 compared to 18.6% in 2024.

Top Vehicle Makes (3,780 vehicles)

1
TOYOTA728 (19.3%)
-15.9%prior 866
2
HONDA482 (12.8%)
-13.8%prior 559
3
FORD388 (10.3%)
-12.0%prior 441
4
NISSAN227 (6%)
-18.1%prior 277
5
CHEVROLET227 (6%)
-15.0%prior 267
6
JEEP206 (5.4%)
-3.3%prior 213
7
SUBARU143 (3.8%)
-1.4%prior 145
8
HYUNDAI133 (3.5%)
-8.3%prior 145
9
LEXUS110 (2.9%)
-16.0%prior 131
10
MERCEDES-BENZ98 (2.6%)
6.5%prior 92

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (4,143 persons with recorded sex)

Male2,422 (58.5%)
-12.6%prior 2,771
Female1,721 (41.5%)
-17.2%prior 2,078

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Person-level records linked to crash events

Speed Limit Zones

The 25 MPH speed zone was the location for the majority of crashes in both years, with 1,251 incidents in 2025 and 1,486 in 2024. A notable change was observed in the location of fatal crashes; in 2025, all 3 fatal crashes occurred within 25 MPH zones. This contrasts with 2024, where the two fatal crashes took place in 20 MPH and 30 MPH zones.

Fatal crashes by zone: 25 mph: 3 of 1,251 (0.24%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · 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: 2025-01-01 through 2025-12-31
  • Report generated: June 21, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2025-01-01 through 2025-12-31 (365 days)
  • Geographic scope: QUINCY, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 1,936
  • Total persons involved: 4,721
  • Total vehicles involved: 3,780

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). "QUINCY, MA Crash Intelligence Report: 2025." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/quincy/2025-annual-report

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