Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis

68 CRASHES IN
WESTBOROUGH, MA
NOVEMBER 2025

All metrics benchmarked againstNovember 2024

In November 2025, Westborough experienced 68 total crashes, an increase of 13.33% compared to the 60 crashes reported in November 2024. Despite the rise in total crashes, overall injuries significantly decreased from 19 in the prior period to 8 in the current period, representing a 57.89% reduction. However, hit-and-run crashes saw a substantial increase from 4 to 7 incidents year-over-year.

68

13.3%was 60

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

8

-57.9%was 19

Persons Injured

7

75.0%was 4

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. 4 crashes with unreported severity are not shown in the severity breakdown.

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 incidents in Westborough are trending upwards, with a 13.33% increase from 60 crashes in November 2024 to 68 crashes in November 2025. Conversely, total injuries decreased by 57.89%, falling from 19 to 8 over the same period. This indicates a rise in crash frequency but a notable reduction in injury severity.

7

Hit-and-Run Crashes — November 2025

75.0% vs prior (4)

Hit-and-run crashes increased by 75% year-over-year, rising from 4 incidents in November 2024 to 7 in November 2025. Consequently, the hit-and-run rate increased from 6.7% to 10.3% of all crashes. This indicates an upward trend in hit-and-run incidents.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

1

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 0%

7

Motorists Injured

Prior: 19-63.2%

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 temporal patterns of crashes shifted year-over-year, with the peak day for crashes moving from Tuesday (14 crashes) in November 2024 to Saturday (17 crashes) in November 2025. The peak crash hour also changed, shifting from 2 PM (9 crashes) in the prior period to 12 PM (8 crashes) in the current period. Notably, crashes during the morning commute hours (7 AM - 9 AM) increased from 14 to 17, while crashes in the mid-afternoon (2 PM - 4 PM) saw a slight decrease from 15 to 13.

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

There were no fatal crashes in either November 2024 or November 2025. However, the distribution of injuries changed significantly, with total injuries decreasing from 19 to 8 year-over-year. Serious injuries (Severity A) increased from 0 to 2, while minor injuries (Severity B) decreased from 8 to 5, and possible injuries (Severity C) decreased from 5 to 1.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Serious Injury2serious injury crashes2.9%
Minor Injury5minor injury crashes7.4%
-37.5%prior 8
Possible Injury1possible injury crashes1.5%
-80.0%prior 5
No Injury56no injury crashes82.4%
24.4%prior 45

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 remained a leading contributing factor, increasing from 11 crashes in November 2024 to 15 crashes in November 2025, a 36.36% rise. Crashes attributed to 'No improper driving' also increased from 13 to 14. 'Followed too closely' incidents rose from 9 to 11, and 'Failed to yield right of way' increased from 7 to 9. Conversely, factors like 'Driving too fast for conditions' and 'Exceeded authorized speed limit' were reported in 3 and 1 crashes respectively in the prior period but were not listed in the current period.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

Inattention15 (22.1%)36.4%prior 11
No improper driving14 (20.6%)7.7%prior 13
Followed too closely11 (16.2%)22.2%prior 9
Failed to yield right of way9 (13.2%)28.6%prior 7
Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road5 (7.4%)
Disregarded traffic signs, signals, road markings2 (2.9%)
Glare2 (2.9%)
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner2 (2.9%)
Over-correcting/over-steering2 (2.9%)
Distracted1 (1.5%)

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 increased from 40 to 44, while those in cloudy conditions rose from 6 to 11. Incidents during rain decreased from 6 to 4. Regarding lighting, crashes in 'Dark - lighted roadway' conditions increased from 8 to 15, and those on dry road surfaces increased from 48 to 60, while crashes on wet surfaces decreased from 11 to 8.

Weather

Clear44 (64.7%)
10.0%prior 40
Cloudy11 (16.2%)
83.3%prior 6
Clear/Clear6 (8.8%)
Rain4 (5.9%)
-33.3%prior 6
Rain/Rain2 (2.9%)
Rain/Fog, smog, smoke1 (1.5%)

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

Lighting

Daylight43 (63.2%)
4.9%prior 41
Dark - lighted roadway15 (22.1%)
87.5%prior 8
Dark - roadway not lighted7 (10.3%)
Dusk3 (4.4%)

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

Road Surface

Dry60 (88.2%)
25.0%prior 48
Wet8 (11.8%)
-27.3%prior 11

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 vehicles involved in crashes increased by 8.7%, from 115 in November 2024 to 125 in November 2025. Toyota remained the most common vehicle make involved, although its count slightly decreased from 25 to 23. Hyundai vehicles involved in crashes saw a notable increase from 2 to 6. The 35-44 age group experienced the largest increase in persons involved in crashes, rising from 15 to 23.

Top Vehicle Makes (125 vehicles)

1
TOYOTA23 (18.4%)
-8.0%prior 25
2
HONDA15 (12%)
7.1%prior 14
3
FORD12 (9.6%)
-7.7%prior 13
4
HYUNDAI6 (4.8%)
5
NISSAN6 (4.8%)
-33.3%prior 9
6
CHEVROLET6 (4.8%)
7
AUDI5 (4%)
8
BMW4 (3.2%)
9
JEEP4 (3.2%)
-33.3%prior 6
10
SUBARU3 (2.4%)
-40.0%prior 5

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

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

Sex Distribution (145 persons with recorded sex)

Male80 (55.2%)
3.9%prior 77
Female65 (44.8%)
16.1%prior 56

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

The 30 mph speed limit zone continued to account for the highest number of crashes, with 23 incidents in both periods. Crashes in 45 mph zones saw a significant increase from 7 to 13, representing an 85.7% rise. Additionally, crashes in 65 mph zones increased from 8 to 11. No fatal crashes were reported in any speed zone during either period.

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: WESTBOROUGH, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 68
  • Total persons involved: 161
  • Total vehicles involved: 125

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). "WESTBOROUGH, 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/westborough/november-2025-report

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