Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis

21 CRASHES IN
REVERE, MA
MARCH 2024

All metrics benchmarked againstMarch 2023

Total crashes in Revere decreased substantially from 83 in March 2023 to 21 in March 2024, representing a 74.69% reduction. Despite this overall decline, the number of fatalities increased from 0 in the prior period to 1 in the current period. This shift highlights a critical change in crash outcomes despite fewer incidents.

21

-74.7%was 83

Total Crash Events

1

Persons Killed

4

-83.3%was 24

Persons Injured

2

-71.4%was 7

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.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-03-01 to 2024-03-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall crash trends in Revere show a significant decline year-over-year, with total crashes decreasing by 74.69% from 83 in March 2023 to 21 in March 2024. This indicates a substantial reduction in the total number of reported crash incidents. However, this period also saw the introduction of one fatality, where none were reported in the prior year.

2

Hit-and-Run Crashes — March 2024

-71.4% vs prior (7)

The number of hit-and-run crashes decreased from 7 in March 2023 to 2 in March 2024. Despite this reduction in absolute count, the hit-and-run crash rate slightly increased from 8.4% to 9.5%. This indicates that hit-and-run incidents constituted a larger proportion of the fewer overall crashes in the current period.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

1

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 0%

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 2-100.0%

4

Motorists Injured

Prior: 21-81.0%

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-03-01 to 2024-03-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)

When Crashes Happen

Crash temporal patterns showed some shifts, with the peak crash day remaining Saturday (5 crashes) and Sunday (5 crashes) in the current period, compared to Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday (13 crashes each) previously. The peak hour for crashes shifted from 6 PM (8 crashes) in March 2023 to 5 PM (4 crashes) in March 2024. Overall crash counts across all days and hours were significantly lower in the current period.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-03-01 to 2024-03-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-03-01 to 2024-03-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

The severity distribution changed notably, with a fatal crash rate of 4.76% in March 2024, up from 0% in March 2023 due to one fatality. Total injuries decreased from 24 to 4 year-over-year. The proportion of minor injury crashes (severity B) slightly increased from 8.4% to 9.5%, while possible injury crashes (severity C) decreased from 14.5% to 9.5%.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal1fatal crashes4.8%
Minor Injury2minor injury crashes9.5%
-71.4%prior 7
Possible Injury2possible injury crashes9.5%
-83.3%prior 12
No Injury16no injury crashes76.2%
-73.8%prior 61

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-03-01 to 2024-03-31 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-03-01 to 2024-03-31 · Most severe injury per crash record

Top Contributing Factors

Followed too closely became the most frequent contributing factor in March 2024 with 7 crashes, up from 3 crashes in March 2023. Conversely, No improper driving decreased sharply from 28 crashes to 1 crash, and Inattention dropped from 13 crashes to 1 crash. Disregarded traffic signs, signals, road markings increased from 1 crash to 2 crashes, while other factors like Driving too fast for conditions and Failed to yield right of way each decreased from 2 crashes to 1 crash.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

Followed too closely7 (33.3%)
Disregarded traffic signs, signals, road markings2 (9.5%)
Driving too fast for conditions1 (4.8%)
Exceeded authorized speed limit1 (4.8%)
Failed to yield right of way1 (4.8%)
Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road1 (4.8%)
Inattention1 (4.8%)-92.3%prior 13
No improper driving1 (4.8%)-96.4%prior 28
Operating defective equipment1 (4.8%)
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner1 (4.8%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-03-01 to 2024-03-31 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash

Road & Environmental Conditions

Crashes occurring in clear weather conditions decreased from 50 to 12, and those in rainy conditions decreased from 7 to 4. Similarly, crashes on dry road surfaces decreased from 65 to 15, and on wet surfaces from 15 to 6. Crashes during daylight hours also saw a significant reduction from 41 to 16, with crashes in dark-lighted conditions decreasing from 34 to 4.

Weather

Clear12 (57.1%)
-76.0%prior 50
Rain4 (19.0%)
-42.9%prior 7
Cloudy3 (14.3%)
-50.0%prior 6
Cloudy/Rain2 (9.5%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-03-01 to 2024-03-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight16 (76.2%)
-61.0%prior 41
Dark - lighted roadway4 (19.0%)
-88.2%prior 34
Dark - roadway not lighted1 (4.8%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-03-01 to 2024-03-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry15 (71.4%)
-76.9%prior 65
Wet6 (28.6%)
-60.0%prior 15

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-03-01 to 2024-03-31 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

Top Vehicle Makes (40 vehicles)

1
TOYOTA9 (22.5%)
-71.9%prior 32
2
FORD7 (17.5%)
-46.2%prior 13
3
HONDA5 (12.5%)
-83.3%prior 30
4
VOLKSWAGEN3 (7.5%)
5
JEEP3 (7.5%)
-72.7%prior 11
6
NISSAN3 (7.5%)
-72.7%prior 11
7
MAZDA2 (5%)
8
FRHT1 (2.5%)
9
LINC1 (2.5%)
10
MERCEDES-BENZ1 (2.5%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-03-01 to 2024-03-31 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (47 persons with recorded sex)

Male28 (59.6%)
-74.1%prior 108
Female19 (40.4%)
-75.3%prior 77

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-03-01 to 2024-03-31 · Person-level records linked to crash events

Speed Limit Zones

The total number of crashes with recorded speed limits decreased from 80 to 20 year-over-year. Crashes in 25 MPH zones saw a substantial decrease from 37 to 1, while 35 MPH zones decreased from 12 to 6 crashes. Notably, the single fatal crash in March 2024 occurred in a 35 MPH zone, which had no fatalities in the prior period.

Fatal crashes by zone: 35 mph: 1 of 6 (16.667%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-03-01 to 2024-03-31 · 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: 2024-03-01 through 2024-03-31
  • Report generated: June 21, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2024-03-01 through 2024-03-31 (31 days)
  • Geographic scope: REVERE, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 21
  • Total persons involved: 50
  • Total vehicles involved: 40

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: March 2024." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2024-03-01 to 2024-03-31. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/revere/march-2024-report

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