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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · SOUTHBOROUGH, MA · AUGUST 2025
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
26 CRASHES IN
SOUTHBOROUGH, MA
AUGUST 2025
In August 2025, SOUTHBOROUGH experienced 26 crashes, an increase from 21 crashes in August 2024. This represents a 23.8% rise in total crash incidents year-over-year. The most notable year-over-year shift was a 250% increase in total injuries, rising from 2 in the prior period to 7 in the current period.
26
▲ 23.8%was 21
Total Crash Events
0
Persons Killed
7
▲ 250.0%was 2
Persons Injured
3
▲ 50.0%was 2
Hit-and-Run Crashes
Note: "Persons Killed" (0) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (0) counts crash events where at least one fatality occurred. A single crash can result in multiple fatalities. 2 crashes with unreported severity are not shown in the severity breakdown.
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-08-01 to 2025-08-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
The overall trend indicates a rise in crash incidents, with total crashes increasing by 23.8% from 21 in August 2024 to 26 in August 2025. Concurrently, total injuries saw a significant increase of 250%, climbing from 2 to 7 over the same period. Fatalities remained at zero in both August 2024 and August 2025.
3
Hit-and-Run Crashes — August 2025
▲ 50.0% vs prior (2)
Hit-and-run crashes increased by 1 incident, rising from 2 in August 2024 to 3 in August 2025, a 50% increase. The hit-and-run rate also saw an upward trend, increasing from 9.5% of total crashes in the prior period to 11.5% in the current period.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
0
Motorists Killed
7
Motorists Injured
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-08-01 to 2025-08-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)
When Crashes Happen
The temporal pattern of crashes shifted year-over-year, with the peak day moving from Friday (4 crashes) in August 2024 to Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday (5 crashes each) in August 2025. The peak hour for crashes also changed, moving from 5 p.m. (4 crashes) in the prior period to 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. (4 crashes each) in the current period.
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-08-01 to 2025-08-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-08-01 to 2025-08-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
There were no fatalities reported in either August 2024 or August 2025, maintaining a fatal crash rate of 0% for both periods. However, minor injury crashes increased from 2 (9.5% share of total crashes) in August 2024 to 4 (15.4% share of total crashes) in August 2025. The total number of persons injured also increased from 2 to 7.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-08-01 to 2025-08-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-08-01 to 2025-08-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Top Contributing Factors
The top contributing factor shifted from 'Inattention' (4 crashes, 19% share) in the prior period to 'No improper driving' (8 crashes, 30.8% share) in the current period. Crashes attributed to 'No improper driving' increased by 6 incidents, from 2 to 8, a 300% change in count. 'Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road' crashes also increased by 2 incidents, from 2 to 4, a 100% change in count, while 'Failed to yield right of way' crashes decreased by 2 incidents, from 3 to 1.
Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-08-01 to 2025-08-31 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash
Road & Environmental Conditions
While weather and road surface data were not available for comparison in the current period, lighting conditions showed some shifts. The share of crashes occurring in daylight decreased from 90.5% (19 crashes) in August 2024 to 65.4% (17 crashes) in August 2025. Conversely, crashes in 'Dark - lighted roadway' increased from 1 to 4, and 'Dark - roadway not lighted' crashes increased from 0 to 1.
Lighting
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-08-01 to 2025-08-31 · Lighting condition field
Vehicles & Demographics
Top Vehicle Makes (47 vehicles)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-08-01 to 2025-08-31 · Vehicle unit records
4 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (58 persons with recorded sex)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-08-01 to 2025-08-31 · Person-level records linked to crash events
Speed Limit Zones
No fatal crashes occurred in any speed zone during either period. Crashes in the 65 mph speed zone decreased from 5 in August 2024 to 2 in August 2025. Conversely, crashes in the 25 mph zone increased from 2 to 5, and in the 30 mph zone from 1 to 5, indicating a shift in crash distribution towards lower speed zones.
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-08-01 to 2025-08-31 · 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: 2025-08-01 through 2025-08-31
- Report generated: June 21, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2025-08-01 through 2025-08-31 (31 days)
- Geographic scope: SOUTHBOROUGH, MA
- Total crash records analyzed: 26
- Total persons involved: 62
- Total vehicles involved: 47
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). "SOUTHBOROUGH, MA Crash Intelligence Report: August 2025." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2025-08-01 to 2025-08-31. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/southborough/august-2025-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.
Questions about this report's data or methodology: data@injuria.ai
ThatCarHitMe.com · An Injuria.ai Company
ThatCarHitMe.com
An Injuria.ai Company
Crash Data Intelligence
Data: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly
Period: 2025-08-01 – 2025-08-31
Generated: June 21, 2026 · All rights reserved