Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis

64 CRASHES IN
WELLESLEY, MA
NOVEMBER 2025

All metrics benchmarked againstNovember 2024

Total crashes in Wellesley for November 2025 were 64, a slight decrease from the 65 crashes recorded in November 2024. The most significant year-over-year shift was a 53.33% reduction in total injuries, falling from 15 in the prior period to 7 in the current period.

64

-1.5%was 65

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

7

-53.3%was 15

Persons Injured

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.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall crash activity in Wellesley for November saw a slight decline, with total crashes decreasing by 1.54% from 65 in November 2024 to 64 in November 2025. This period also observed a substantial 53.33% reduction in total injuries, which fell from 15 to 7 year-over-year.

2

Hit-and-Run Crashes — November 2025

0.0% vs prior (2)

The number of hit-and-run crashes remained constant at 2 in both November 2024 and November 2025. Consequently, the hit-and-run rate also stayed stable at 3.1% across both periods.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

1

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 0%

6

Motorists Injured

Prior: 14-57.1%

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · 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 Friday with 15 crashes in November 2024 to Monday with 14 crashes in November 2025. Similarly, the peak hour for crashes moved from 7 AM with 8 crashes in the prior period to 2 PM with 8 crashes in the current period.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

Fatalities remained at zero in both November 2024 and November 2025. However, the number of serious injuries (persons) increased from 1 in the prior period to 3 in the current period, while minor injuries (persons) decreased from 8 to 4.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Serious Injury3serious injury crashes4.7%
200.0%prior 1
Minor Injury3minor injury crashes4.7%
-57.1%prior 7
No Injury58no injury crashes90.6%
9.4%prior 53

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · Most severe injury per crash record

Top Contributing Factors

Inattention became the leading contributing factor, increasing by 6 crashes from 11 in November 2024 to 17 in November 2025, a 54.5% increase in count. Conversely, crashes where 'No improper driving' was cited decreased by 9 crashes, from 16 to 7, representing a 56.25% reduction in count.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

Inattention17 (26.6%)54.5%prior 11
Followed too closely14 (21.9%)7.7%prior 13
Failed to yield right of way7 (10.9%)-12.5%prior 8
No improper driving7 (10.9%)-56.3%prior 16
Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road4 (6.3%)
Distracted3 (4.7%)
Disregarded traffic signs, signals, road markings2 (3.1%)
Made an improper turn2 (3.1%)
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner2 (3.1%)
Driving too fast for conditions1 (1.6%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash

Road & Environmental Conditions

Crashes occurring in clear weather conditions decreased from 56 in November 2024 to 47 in November 2025, while rain-related crashes increased from 3 to 5. Crashes on dry road surfaces increased from 54 to 57, and crashes occurring in daylight decreased from 42 to 38.

Weather

Clear47 (73.4%)
-16.1%prior 56
Cloudy7 (10.9%)
Rain5 (7.8%)
Clear/Cloudy2 (3.1%)
Clear/Unknown1 (1.6%)
Clear/Clear1 (1.6%)
Cloudy/Rain1 (1.6%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight38 (59.4%)
-9.5%prior 42
Dark - lighted roadway18 (28.1%)
5.9%prior 17
Dusk6 (9.4%)
Dark - roadway not lighted1 (1.6%)
Dawn1 (1.6%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry57 (89.1%)
5.6%prior 54
Wet7 (10.9%)
-22.2%prior 9

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

The total number of persons involved in crashes increased from 131 in November 2024 to 164 in November 2025. Notably, the 0-15 age group saw a significant increase in involvement, rising from 2 persons to 16 persons year-over-year, and the 26-34 age group increased from 15 to 25 persons. Toyota, which was the top vehicle make with 30 vehicles involved in the prior period, saw its involvement decrease to 16 vehicles, while Honda's involvement increased from 12 to 17, making it the top make in the current period.

Top Vehicle Makes (126 vehicles)

1
HONDA17 (13.5%)
41.7%prior 12
2
TOYOTA16 (12.7%)
-46.7%prior 30
3
FORD10 (7.9%)
11.1%prior 9
4
SUBARU8 (6.3%)
5
MERCEDES-BENZ7 (5.6%)
6
KIA5 (4%)
7
CHEVROLET5 (4%)
8
MAZDA5 (4%)
9
VOLVO4 (3.2%)
-20.0%prior 5
10
JEEP4 (3.2%)
-42.9%prior 7

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (153 persons with recorded sex)

Male82 (53.6%)
34.4%prior 61
Female71 (46.4%)
14.5%prior 62

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · Person-level records linked to crash events

Speed Limit Zones

Crashes in 30 mph speed zones increased from 28 in November 2024 to 34 in November 2025. Conversely, crashes in 50 mph zones decreased from 24 to 16 year-over-year, while crashes in 55 mph zones saw an increase from 3 to 5.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · 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: 2025-11-01 through 2025-11-30
  • Report generated: June 21, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2025-11-01 through 2025-11-30 (30 days)
  • Geographic scope: WELLESLEY, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 64
  • Total persons involved: 164
  • Total vehicles involved: 126

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

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.

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Suggested Citation

ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). "WELLESLEY, MA Crash Intelligence Report: November 2025." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/wellesley/november-2025-report

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