Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

770 CRASHES IN
SEEKONK, MA
2024

All metrics benchmarked against2023

In Seekonk, total traffic crashes increased by 10.3% from 698 incidents in 2023 to 770 in 2024. This rise was accompanied by an increase in both injuries and fatalities. The most notable year-over-year shift was the appearance of two traffic fatalities in 2024, whereas none were recorded in the prior year.

770

10.3%was 698

Total Crash Events

2

Persons Killed

223

28.2%was 174

Persons Injured

49

11.4%was 44

Hit-and-Run Crashes

Note: "Persons Killed" (2) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (2) counts crash events where at least one fatality occurred. A single crash can result in multiple fatalities. 36 crashes with unreported severity are not shown in the severity breakdown.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Crash data for Seekonk indicates a rising trend in both crash volume and severity year-over-year. Total crashes increased by 10.3%, from 698 to 770. The number of people injured rose by 28.2% from 174 to 223, and total fatalities increased from zero in 2023 to two in 2024.

49

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2024

11.4% vs prior (44)

The absolute number of hit-and-run crashes increased from 44 in 2023 to 49 in 2024. Despite this increase in count, the hit-and-run rate as a proportion of all crashes remained nearly unchanged, rising only slightly from 6.3% to 6.4%. This suggests the trend in the rate of hit-and-runs is relatively stable.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Cyclists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

2

Motorists Killed

Prior: 0%

0

Other Killed

Prior: 00.0%

3

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 0%

4

Cyclists Injured

Prior: 333.3%

215

Motorists Injured

Prior: 17125.7%

1

Other Injured

Prior: 0%

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)

When Crashes Happen

The temporal patterns of crashes remained largely consistent between the two periods, with the afternoon hours being the most frequent time for incidents. The peak hour for crashes was stable at the 3 p.m. hour in both 2023 (71 crashes) and 2024 (70 crashes). However, the peak day shifted from Thursday in 2023 (119 crashes) to Friday in 2024 (123 crashes).

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

Crash severity worsened in 2024 compared to the prior year. The city recorded two fatal crashes in 2024 after having none in 2023, raising the fatal crash rate from 0% to 0.26%. The count of serious injury crashes also increased from 7 to 11, and possible injury crashes rose from 48 to 69.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal2fatal crashes0.3%
Serious Injury11serious injury crashes1.4%
57.1%prior 7
Minor Injury71minor injury crashes9.2%
4.4%prior 68
Possible Injury69possible injury crashes9%
43.8%prior 48
No Injury581no injury crashes75.5%
19.5%prior 486

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record

Top Contributing Factors

The top three contributing factors remained consistent in ranking year-over-year: Inattention, No improper driving, and Failed to yield right of way. The count of crashes attributed to failing to yield right of way grew by 20.7%, from 87 to 105 incidents. Notably, crashes due to disregarding traffic signs, signals, or road markings increased by 127%, from 11 to 25 incidents.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

Inattention240 (31.2%)7.6%prior 223
No improper driving151 (19.6%)14.4%prior 132
Failed to yield right of way105 (13.6%)20.7%prior 87
Followed too closely64 (8.3%)-11.1%prior 72
Disregarded traffic signs, signals, road markings25 (3.2%)127.3%prior 11
Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road25 (3.2%)-13.8%prior 29
Other improper action20 (2.6%)-9.1%prior 22
Made an improper turn16 (2.1%)60.0%prior 10
Driving too fast for conditions14 (1.8%)-12.5%prior 16
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner14 (1.8%)0.0%prior 14

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash

Road & Environmental Conditions

While most crashes in both years occurred in clear weather and daylight, there was a slight shift toward more incidents in adverse conditions in 2024. Crashes on dark, lighted roadways increased significantly from 67 to 112. Similarly, crashes on wet road surfaces rose from 86 to 103, and incidents on snow or ice increased from 5 to 17.

Weather

Clear602 (78.5%)
6.2%prior 567
Cloudy50 (6.5%)
-9.1%prior 55
Rain43 (5.6%)
0.0%prior 43
Cloudy/Rain20 (2.6%)
17.6%prior 17
Snow9 (1.2%)
Rain/Cloudy8 (1.0%)
Clear/Clear6 (0.8%)
Clear/Cloudy5 (0.7%)
Clear/Rain5 (0.7%)
Cloudy/Snow4 (0.5%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight558 (72.7%)
4.1%prior 536
Dark - lighted roadway112 (14.6%)
67.2%prior 67
Dark - roadway not lighted63 (8.2%)
-8.7%prior 69
Dusk18 (2.3%)
50.0%prior 12
Dawn15 (2.0%)
114.3%prior 7
Dark - unknown roadway lighting2 (0.3%)
-60.0%prior 5

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry646 (84.2%)
7.1%prior 603
Wet103 (13.4%)
19.8%prior 86
Snow10 (1.3%)
Ice7 (0.9%)
Sand, mud, dirt, oil, gravel1 (0.1%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

The top vehicle makes involved in crashes, Toyota and Honda, maintained their first and second rankings with increased counts in 2024. An analysis of persons involved shows the largest count increases in the 26-34 age group (from 243 to 306 people) and the 16-20 age group (from 172 to 215 people). The 55-64 age group was the only demographic to see a slight decrease in persons involved in crashes.

Top Vehicle Makes (1,479 vehicles)

1
TOYOTA259 (17.5%)
18.3%prior 219
2
HONDA198 (13.4%)
29.4%prior 153
3
FORD132 (8.9%)
21.1%prior 109
4
CHEVROLET91 (6.2%)
-18.8%prior 112
5
NISSAN85 (5.7%)
6.3%prior 80
6
HYUNDAI79 (5.3%)
8.2%prior 73
7
JEEP61 (4.1%)
7.0%prior 57
8
SUBARU50 (3.4%)
2.0%prior 49
9
GMC49 (3.3%)
22.5%prior 40
10
KIA43 (2.9%)
-20.4%prior 54

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (1,723 persons with recorded sex)

Male940 (54.6%)
13.9%prior 825
Female783 (45.4%)
11.7%prior 701

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Person-level records linked to crash events

Speed Limit Zones

The distribution of crashes across speed zones remained similar, with the 40 mph zone seeing the most incidents in both years, increasing from 212 crashes in 2023 to 258 in 2024. The two fatal crashes recorded in 2024 occurred in a 35 mph zone and a 65 mph zone. No fatal crashes were reported in any speed zone during the prior year.

Fatal crashes by zone: 35 mph: 1 of 146 (0.685%) · 65 mph: 1 of 50 (2%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · 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: 2024-01-01 through 2024-12-31
  • Report generated: June 21, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2024-01-01 through 2024-12-31 (366 days)
  • Geographic scope: SEEKONK, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 770
  • Total persons involved: 1,887
  • Total vehicles involved: 1,479

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). "SEEKONK, MA Crash Intelligence Report: 2024." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/seekonk/2024-annual-report

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