Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis

93 CRASHES IN
WEYMOUTH, MA
DECEMBER 2024

All metrics benchmarked againstDecember 2023

In December 2024, Weymouth experienced 93 crashes, a slight decrease from the 96 crashes recorded in December 2023, representing a 3.1% reduction. Despite the decrease in total crashes, total injuries surged by 163.2%, rising from 19 in December 2023 to 50 in December 2024, marking the most notable year-over-year shift.

93

-3.1%was 96

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

50

163.2%was 19

Persons Injured

7

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 · 2024-12-01 to 2024-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall, the number of crashes in Weymouth saw a minor decline, decreasing by 3.1% from 96 crashes in December 2023 to 93 crashes in December 2024. However, the number of injured persons significantly increased by 163.2%, rising from 19 to 50 over the same period, indicating a substantial increase in injury severity per crash.

7

Hit-and-Run Crashes — December 2024

0.0% vs prior (7)

The number of hit-and-run crashes remained constant at 7 in both December 2023 and December 2024. The hit-and-run rate saw a slight increase from 7.3% in the prior period to 7.5% in the current period, despite the overall decrease in total crashes.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

3

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 0%

47

Motorists Injured

Prior: 19147.4%

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-12-01 to 2024-12-31 · 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 with 19 crashes in December 2023 to Tuesday with 20 crashes in December 2024. While the peak hour remained 5 PM in both periods, the number of crashes at this hour decreased from 19 in December 2023 to 11 in December 2024, suggesting a redistribution of crash occurrences throughout the day.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-12-01 to 2024-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-12-01 to 2024-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

Fatal crashes remained at zero in both December 2023 and December 2024. However, injury-involved crashes (Serious, Minor, Possible) increased from a total of 14 crashes in December 2023 to 33 crashes in December 2024. This represents a significant shift, with crashes resulting in no injury decreasing from 80.2% of all crashes in the prior period to 62.4% in the current period.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Serious Injury2serious injury crashes2.2%
Minor Injury21minor injury crashes22.6%
133.3%prior 9
Possible Injury10possible injury crashes10.8%
100.0%prior 5
No Injury58no injury crashes62.4%
-24.7%prior 77

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-12-01 to 2024-12-31 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-12-01 to 2024-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record

Top Contributing Factors

The leading contributing factor, 'Failed to yield right of way,' saw a substantial increase, rising from 15 crashes in December 2023 to 33 crashes in December 2024. Conversely, 'No improper driving' decreased from 22 crashes to 14 crashes, and 'Inattention' also dropped from 15 crashes to 8 crashes. 'Followed too closely' increased from 6 crashes to 11 crashes, indicating a shift in common contributing behaviors.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

Failed to yield right of way33 (35.5%)120.0%prior 15
No improper driving14 (15.1%)-36.4%prior 22
Followed too closely11 (11.8%)83.3%prior 6
Inattention8 (8.6%)-46.7%prior 15
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner5 (5.4%)0.0%prior 5
Driving too fast for conditions4 (4.3%)
Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road4 (4.3%)-42.9%prior 7
Disregarded traffic signs, signals, road markings2 (2.2%)
Fatigued/asleep2 (2.2%)
Glare1 (1.1%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-12-01 to 2024-12-31 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash

Road & Environmental Conditions

Crashes occurring in 'Clear' weather conditions decreased from 67 in December 2023 to 52 in December 2024, while 'Rain' conditions saw an increase from 7 crashes to 22 crashes. Similarly, crashes on 'Dry' road surfaces decreased from 74 to 53, and crashes on 'Wet' surfaces more than doubled from 17 to 36. Crashes during 'Daylight' hours increased from 35 to 43, while those in 'Dark - lighted roadway' conditions decreased from 44 to 33.

Weather

Clear52 (56.5%)
-22.4%prior 67
Rain22 (23.9%)
214.3%prior 7
Clear/Clear4 (4.3%)
Cloudy/Rain3 (3.3%)
-40.0%prior 5
Snow2 (2.2%)
Cloudy2 (2.2%)
-71.4%prior 7
Rain/Severe crosswinds2 (2.2%)
Fog, smog, smoke/Cloudy1 (1.1%)
Rain/Cloudy1 (1.1%)
Rain/Rain1 (1.1%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-12-01 to 2024-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight43 (46.2%)
22.9%prior 35
Dark - lighted roadway33 (35.5%)
-25.0%prior 44
Dark - roadway not lighted9 (9.7%)
0.0%prior 9
Dawn4 (4.3%)
Dusk4 (4.3%)
-33.3%prior 6

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-12-01 to 2024-12-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry53 (57.6%)
-28.4%prior 74
Wet36 (39.1%)
111.8%prior 17
Snow2 (2.2%)
Ice1 (1.1%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-12-01 to 2024-12-31 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

The total number of vehicles involved in crashes increased from 173 in December 2023 to 200 in December 2024. Toyota remained the top vehicle make involved, with its count more than doubling from 24 to 51. There was a notable increase in crashes involving persons aged 35-44 (from 22 to 43) and 65+ (from 19 to 33), while crashes involving persons aged 16-20 decreased from 25 to 16.

Top Vehicle Makes (200 vehicles)

1
TOYOTA51 (25.5%)
112.5%prior 24
2
HONDA18 (9%)
-18.2%prior 22
3
CHEVROLET17 (8.5%)
-10.5%prior 19
4
NISSAN13 (6.5%)
18.2%prior 11
5
FORD11 (5.5%)
-47.6%prior 21
6
SUBARU10 (5%)
42.9%prior 7
7
JEEP9 (4.5%)
12.5%prior 8
8
KIA7 (3.5%)
9
LEXUS6 (3%)
10
AUDI6 (3%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-12-01 to 2024-12-31 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (226 persons with recorded sex)

Male115 (50.9%)
11.7%prior 103
Female111 (49.1%)
11.0%prior 100

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-12-01 to 2024-12-31 · Person-level records linked to crash events

Speed Limit Zones

Crashes occurring in 30 mph speed zones decreased from 46 in December 2023 to 35 in December 2024. Conversely, crashes in 35 mph speed zones increased from 17 to 28 during the same period. No fatal crashes were recorded in any speed zone for either period.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2024-12-01 to 2024-12-31 · 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: 2024-12-01 through 2024-12-31
  • Report generated: June 21, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2024-12-01 through 2024-12-31 (31 days)
  • Geographic scope: WEYMOUTH, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 93
  • Total persons involved: 251
  • Total vehicles involved: 200

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). "WEYMOUTH, MA Crash Intelligence Report: December 2024." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2024-12-01 to 2024-12-31. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/weymouth/december-2024-report

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