Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

746 CRASHES IN
REVERE, MA
2023

All metrics benchmarked against2022

In 2023, Revere recorded 746 vehicle crashes, a 4.2% decrease from the 779 crashes reported in 2022. While overall collisions and resulting injuries saw a modest decline, the number of crashes involving pedestrians decreased more significantly, from 37 in 2022 to 24 in 2023.

746

-4.2%was 779

Total Crash Events

1

-50.0%was 2

Persons Killed

303

-5.6%was 321

Persons Injured

37

-7.5%was 40

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. 25 crashes with unreported severity are not shown in the severity breakdown.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Traffic safety metrics in Revere showed a general improvement from 2022 to 2023. The total number of crashes fell by 4.2%, from 779 to 746. This downward trend was also reflected in the number of people injured, which decreased from 321 to 303, and total fatalities, which dropped from 2 to 1.

37

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2023

-7.5% vs prior (40)

Hit-and-run incidents saw a slight decline from 2022 to 2023. The total number of hit-and-run crashes decreased from 40 to 37. The hit-and-run rate, which is the percentage of all crashes that were hit-and-runs, also saw a marginal decrease from 5.1% in 2022 to 5.0% in 2023.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Cyclists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

1

Motorists Killed

Prior: 2-50.0%

0

Other Killed

Prior: 00.0%

20

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 34-41.2%

6

Cyclists Injured

Prior: 60.0%

273

Motorists Injured

Prior: 279-2.2%

4

Other Injured

Prior: 2100.0%

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)

When Crashes Happen

The timing of crashes shifted between the two periods. In 2023, the peak day for crashes was Monday with 115 incidents, a change from 2022 when both Sunday and Friday were the peak days with 128 crashes each. The most common time for a collision moved slightly later in the day, from the 5 p.m. hour in 2022 (52 crashes) to the 6 p.m. hour in 2023 (53 crashes).

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

The overall severity of crashes decreased from 2022 to 2023, with the fatal crash rate dropping from 0.26% to 0.13% of all incidents. The number of crashes resulting in serious injuries fell from 23 to 13, a proportional decrease from 3.0% to 1.7% of all crashes. Conversely, the count of crashes involving possible injuries increased from 89 to 98.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal1fatal crashes0.1%
-50.0%prior 2
Serious Injury13serious injury crashes1.7%
-43.5%prior 23
Minor Injury132minor injury crashes17.7%
0.0%prior 132
Possible Injury98possible injury crashes13.1%
10.1%prior 89
No Injury477no injury crashes63.9%
-4.4%prior 499

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record

Top Contributing Factors

The top contributing factors cited in crashes remained consistent, with 'No improper driving' being the most common classification in both 2023 (208 incidents) and 2022 (223 incidents). The count of crashes attributed to 'Inattention' increased from 55 to 60. Incidents involving 'Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner' decreased in count from 48 to 41.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

No improper driving208 (27.9%)-6.7%prior 223
Inattention60 (8%)9.1%prior 55
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner41 (5.5%)-14.6%prior 48
Followed too closely40 (5.4%)-9.1%prior 44
Failed to yield right of way27 (3.6%)-3.6%prior 28
Other improper action23 (3.1%)-11.5%prior 26
Driving too fast for conditions19 (2.5%)-9.5%prior 21
Disregarded traffic signs, signals, road markings18 (2.4%)-10.0%prior 20
Exceeded authorized speed limit18 (2.4%)-14.3%prior 21
Distracted15 (2%)-21.1%prior 19

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash

Road & Environmental Conditions

The majority of crashes in both years occurred in clear weather on dry roads. However, there was a notable increase in the proportion of crashes happening on wet road surfaces, which rose from 13.5% of crashes in 2022 to 18.1% in 2023. Correspondingly, the share of crashes occurring during rain increased from 7.8% to 9.7% of the total. The distribution of crashes by lighting conditions remained stable, with approximately 52% occurring in daylight in both periods.

Weather

Clear530 (73.0%)
-7.0%prior 570
Rain72 (9.9%)
18.0%prior 61
Cloudy44 (6.1%)
41.9%prior 31
Cloudy/Rain14 (1.9%)
-12.5%prior 16
Clear/Unknown13 (1.8%)
-38.1%prior 21
Clear/Other13 (1.8%)
116.7%prior 6
Snow8 (1.1%)
-46.7%prior 15
Clear/Cloudy6 (0.8%)
-25.0%prior 8
Rain/Cloudy5 (0.7%)
0.0%prior 5
Clear/Rain4 (0.6%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight394 (53.0%)
-2.7%prior 405
Dark - lighted roadway291 (39.1%)
-8.8%prior 319
Dusk27 (3.6%)
68.8%prior 16
Dark - roadway not lighted18 (2.4%)
63.6%prior 11
Dawn10 (1.3%)
-52.4%prior 21
Dark - unknown roadway lighting4 (0.5%)
-20.0%prior 5

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry593 (79.7%)
-8.2%prior 646
Wet135 (18.1%)
28.6%prior 105
Snow8 (1.1%)
-57.9%prior 19
Ice4 (0.5%)
-42.9%prior 7
Water (standing, moving)2 (0.3%)
Other1 (0.1%)
Slush1 (0.1%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

The top three vehicle makes involved in crashes were Toyota, Honda, and Ford in both years. While the counts for Toyota and Ford were similar, the number of Hondas involved in collisions decreased from 260 in 2022 to 209 in 2023. An analysis of the ages of all persons involved in crashes shows the number of individuals aged 35-44 decreased from 350 to 280, while the number of people aged 65 and older increased from 99 to 134.

Top Vehicle Makes (1,394 vehicles)

1
TOYOTA261 (18.7%)
-1.9%prior 266
2
HONDA209 (15%)
-19.6%prior 260
3
FORD129 (9.3%)
0.8%prior 128
4
JEEP91 (6.5%)
23.0%prior 74
5
NISSAN83 (6%)
-25.2%prior 111
6
CHEVROLET81 (5.8%)
-18.2%prior 99
7
HYUNDAI53 (3.8%)
6.0%prior 50
8
SUBARU38 (2.7%)
26.7%prior 30
9
BMW38 (2.7%)
22.6%prior 31
10
KIA37 (2.7%)
42.3%prior 26

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (1,532 persons with recorded sex)

Male963 (62.9%)
-1.5%prior 978
Female569 (37.1%)
-6.6%prior 609

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · Person-level records linked to crash events

Speed Limit Zones

The distribution of crashes across speed zones showed some changes between the two years. Crashes in 25 mph zones, the most frequent location for incidents, decreased from 309 in 2022 to 274 in 2023. In contrast, crashes in 55 mph zones increased from 40 to 47. The single fatal crash recorded in 2023 occurred in a 35 mph zone.

Fatal crashes by zone: 35 mph: 1 of 83 (1.205%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 · 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: 2023-01-01 through 2023-12-31
  • Report generated: June 21, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2023-01-01 through 2023-12-31 (365 days)
  • Geographic scope: REVERE, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 746
  • Total persons involved: 1,740
  • Total vehicles involved: 1,394

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). "REVERE, MA Crash Intelligence Report: 2023." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/revere/2023-annual-report

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