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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · STURBRIDGE, MA · JULY 2025
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
34 CRASHES IN
STURBRIDGE, MA
JULY 2025
In July 2025, STURBRIDGE experienced 34 crashes, a slight increase from the 33 crashes recorded in July 2024, representing a 3.03% rise. Total injuries decreased from 13 to 12, while fatalities remained at zero in both periods. The most notable shift was a 100% increase in crashes attributed to speeding, rising from 2 in July 2024 to 4 in July 2025.
34
▲ 3.0%was 33
Total Crash Events
0
Persons Killed
12
▼ -7.7%was 13
Persons Injured
0
▼ -100.0%was 1
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.
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-07-01 to 2025-07-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Overall, crash incidents in STURBRIDGE saw a minor increase year-over-year, rising by 1 crash from 33 in July 2024 to 34 in July 2025. Concurrently, the number of total injuries decreased slightly from 13 to 12, marking a 7.69% reduction. Fatalities remained stable at zero in both comparative periods.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
0
Motorists Killed
12
Motorists Injured
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-07-01 to 2025-07-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)
When Crashes Happen
The peak day for crashes shifted from Monday in July 2024, with 9 incidents, to Friday in July 2025, which recorded 8 crashes. The peak hour for crashes also changed, moving from 3 PM with 4 crashes in the prior year to 10 AM with 5 crashes in the current period. Notably, Friday crashes increased from 3 to 8, while Monday crashes decreased from 9 to 5 year-over-year.
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-07-01 to 2025-07-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-07-01 to 2025-07-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
Fatalities remained at 0 in both July 2024 and July 2025, indicating no change in the fatal crash rate. The number of minor injuries decreased from 8 (24.2% share) to 7 (20.6% share), while possible injuries increased from 1 (3% share) to 2 (5.9% share). Crashes with no injury saw a slight increase in count from 24 to 25, maintaining a similar proportion of total crashes.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-07-01 to 2025-07-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-07-01 to 2025-07-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Top Contributing Factors
Among contributing factors, 'Failed to yield right of way' increased from 6 crashes to 8 crashes, a 33.3% rise in count, becoming the top factor. 'Inattention' also saw a significant increase, from 4 crashes to 7 crashes, a 75% rise in count. Conversely, 'Followed too closely' decreased substantially from 9 crashes to 4 crashes, a 55.6% reduction in count, dropping from the top factor to the third. 'Exceeded authorized speed limit' emerged as a factor in the current period with 2 crashes, having 0 in the prior period.
Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-07-01 to 2025-07-31 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash
Road & Environmental Conditions
Crashes occurring in 'Clear' weather conditions decreased from 26 in July 2024 to 19 in July 2025. However, crashes in 'Clear/Clear' conditions increased from 1 in the prior period to 9 in the current period. Crashes under 'Daylight' conditions slightly increased from 26 to 27, while those in 'Dark - lighted roadway' more than doubled from 1 to 3.
Weather
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-07-01 to 2025-07-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-07-01 to 2025-07-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-07-01 to 2025-07-31 · Road surface condition field
Vehicles & Demographics
The total number of vehicles involved remained consistent at 66 in both July 2024 and July 2025. There were notable shifts in top vehicle makes, with TOYOTA decreasing from 10 vehicles to 4, and HYUNDAI from 6 to 4. Conversely, FORD increased its representation from 5 vehicles to 9, and HONDA from 4 to 8. The total number of persons involved in crashes decreased from 90 in July 2024 to 82 in July 2025, with a decrease of 13 female persons and an increase of 6 male persons involved.
Top Vehicle Makes (66 vehicles)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-07-01 to 2025-07-31 · Vehicle unit records
4 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (79 persons with recorded sex)
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-07-01 to 2025-07-31 · Person-level records linked to crash events
Speed Limit Zones
Crashes occurring in 30 mph zones decreased from 4 to 2, and in 35 mph zones from 9 to 6. Conversely, crashes in 40 mph zones increased from 1 to 3, and in 50 mph zones from 4 to 7. There was also an increase in crashes in 65 mph zones, rising from 8 to 10, indicating a general shift of crashes towards higher speed limit areas. Fatal crashes remained at 0 across all speed zones in both periods.
Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-07-01 to 2025-07-31 · 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: 2025-07-01 through 2025-07-31
- Report generated: June 21, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2025-07-01 through 2025-07-31 (31 days)
- Geographic scope: STURBRIDGE, MA
- Total crash records analyzed: 34
- Total persons involved: 82
- Total vehicles involved: 66
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). "STURBRIDGE, MA Crash Intelligence Report: July 2025." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2025-07-01 to 2025-07-31. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/sturbridge/july-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.
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ThatCarHitMe.com · An Injuria.ai Company
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An Injuria.ai Company
Crash Data Intelligence
Data: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly
Period: 2025-07-01 – 2025-07-31
Generated: June 21, 2026 · All rights reserved