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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · WAREHAM, MA · JULY 2025
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
65 CRASHES IN
WAREHAM, MA
JULY 2025
In July 2025, Wareham experienced 65 total crashes, an 8.33% increase from the 60 crashes recorded in July 2024. Despite this rise in overall crash events, total injuries decreased by 21.05%, falling from 19 to 15. The most notable shift was the significant increase in crashes involving drivers aged 21-25, which rose by 145.45% year-over-year.
65
▲ 8.3%was 60
Total Crash Events
1
Persons Killed
15
▼ -21.1%was 19
Persons Injured
1
Fatal Crash Events
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 · 2025-07-01 to 2025-07-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
The overall trend indicates a slight increase in total crashes, rising from 60 in July 2024 to 65 in July 2025, an 8.33% increase. Fatalities remained stable at 1 in both periods, while total injuries saw a positive trend, decreasing by 21.05% from 19 to 15.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
0
Cyclists Killed
1
Motorists Killed
0
Other Killed
1
Cyclists Injured
13
Motorists Injured
1
Other 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 Saturday in July 2024 (10 crashes) to Friday in July 2025 (14 crashes), representing a 75% increase for Friday. Similarly, the peak crash hour moved from 11 AM (9 crashes) in July 2024 to 4 PM (8 crashes) in July 2025. Crashes occurring at 11 AM decreased by 55.56% 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
Fatal crashes remained constant at 1 in both July 2024 and July 2025, with the fatal crash rate slightly decreasing from 1.67% to 1.54%. Minor injury crashes decreased by 27.27%, from 11 to 8, while possible injury crashes also fell by 33.33% from 3 to 2. Crashes resulting in no injuries increased by 26.83%, from 41 to 52.
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
Crashes attributed to 'No improper driving' decreased by 39.13% from 23 to 14, and 'Inattention' crashes decreased by 28.57% from 14 to 10. Conversely, 'Failed to yield right of way' crashes saw a substantial increase of 133.33%, rising from 3 to 7, and 'Swerving or avoiding due to wind, slippery surface, vehicle, object, vulnerable user in roadway' crashes increased by 200%, from 2 to 6. 'Followed too closely' crashes decreased by 60%, from 5 to 2.
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 on dry road surfaces increased by 17.31% from 52 in July 2024 to 61 in July 2025, while crashes on wet road surfaces decreased by 50% from 8 to 4. The number of crashes occurring in dark conditions (lighted or unlighted roadway) increased from 9 to 13 year-over-year. The proportion of crashes occurring in clear weather conditions, specifically 'Clear', decreased from 66.67% (40 of 60) to 55.38% (36 of 65).
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 in crashes increased by 7.55%, from 106 to 114. While Toyota remained a top vehicle make, its crash involvement decreased from 24 to 22, whereas Ford's involvement increased from 14 to 18. Crashes involving persons aged 21-25 saw a significant increase of 145.45%, rising from 11 to 27, and the 65+ age group also increased by 26.32% from 19 to 24. Conversely, crashes involving the 26-34 age group decreased by 37.93%, from 29 to 18.
Top Vehicle Makes (114 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 (126 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 in 35 mph zones saw a slight increase from 22 to 23, while crashes in 45 mph zones increased by 75%, from 4 to 7. The fatal crash in July 2025 occurred in a 45 mph zone, which had no fatal crashes in the prior period. In contrast, the fatal crash in July 2024 occurred in a 35 mph zone, which recorded no fatal crashes in the current period.
Fatal crashes by zone: 45 mph: 1 of 7 (14.286%)
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: WAREHAM, MA
- Total crash records analyzed: 65
- Total persons involved: 130
- Total vehicles involved: 114
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). "WAREHAM, 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/wareham/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