Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

1,042 CRASHES IN
WOBURN, MA
2025

All metrics benchmarked against2024

In 2025, Woburn recorded 1,042 total crashes, representing a 5.7% decrease from the 1,105 crashes recorded in 2024. While the overall number of collisions and injuries declined, the most notable year-over-year shift was the increase in total fatalities from 2 to 3. This rise in fatalities occurred despite a general downward trend in most other crash metrics.

1,042

-5.7%was 1,105

Total Crash Events

3

50.0%was 2

Persons Killed

304

-6.5%was 325

Persons Injured

129

-5.1%was 136

Hit-and-Run Crashes

Note: "Persons Killed" (3) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (3) counts crash events where at least one fatality occurred. A single crash can result in multiple fatalities. 32 crashes with unreported severity are not shown in the severity breakdown.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall, traffic collisions in Woburn showed a downward trend year-over-year, with total crashes decreasing by 5.7% from 1,105 in 2024 to 1,042 in 2025. The number of people injured also declined by 6.5%, from 325 to 304. However, the number of fatalities increased from 2 in the prior year to 3 in the current year.

129

Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2025

-5.1% vs prior (136)

The number of hit-and-run crashes saw a slight decrease, falling from 136 incidents in 2024 to 129 in 2025. Despite the drop in the absolute number of crashes, the hit-and-run rate remained stable. Hit-and-run incidents constituted 12.4% of all crashes in 2025, a negligible change from the 12.3% rate recorded in the previous year.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Cyclists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

3

Motorists Killed

Prior: 250.0%

0

Other Killed

Prior: 00.0%

8

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 11-27.3%

11

Cyclists Injured

Prior: 922.2%

279

Motorists Injured

Prior: 303-7.9%

6

Other Injured

Prior: 2200.0%

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)

When Crashes Happen

The temporal patterns of crashes remained largely consistent, with Thursday being the peak day for collisions in both 2025 (171 crashes) and 2024 (191 crashes). However, the peak hour for crashes shifted later in the day, from the 3 PM hour in 2024 (92 crashes) to the 5 PM hour in 2025 (94 crashes). Crash counts were lower on most days of the week compared to the prior year.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

While total crashes decreased, the fatal crash rate increased from 0.18% in 2024 to 0.29% in 2025, with the count of fatal crashes rising from 2 to 3. Crashes resulting in serious injuries decreased proportionally from 1.5% to 1.2% of all incidents. Conversely, the share of crashes involving minor injuries grew from 13.5% to 15.2% year-over-year.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal3fatal crashes0.3%
50.0%prior 2
Serious Injury12serious injury crashes1.2%
-29.4%prior 17
Minor Injury158minor injury crashes15.2%
6.0%prior 149
Possible Injury71possible injury crashes6.8%
-19.3%prior 88
No Injury766no injury crashes73.5%
-5.9%prior 814

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record

Top Contributing Factors

The leading contributing factors for crashes saw a notable shift in ranking between 2024 and 2025. Crashes attributed to 'Failed to yield right of way' increased in count by 23.9%, from 109 to 135 incidents, moving it from the fourth to the third-ranked factor. In contrast, crashes due to 'Followed too closely' decreased in count by 18.8% from 154 to 125, dropping its rank from second to fourth. The count for 'Inattention' remained unchanged at 144 crashes but rose in rank from third to second.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

No improper driving332 (31.9%)2.2%prior 325
Inattention144 (13.8%)0.0%prior 144
Failed to yield right of way135 (13%)23.9%prior 109
Followed too closely125 (12%)-18.8%prior 154
Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road41 (3.9%)17.1%prior 35
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner34 (3.3%)17.2%prior 29
Driving too fast for conditions23 (2.2%)27.8%prior 18
Other improper action22 (2.1%)-29.0%prior 31
Over-correcting/over-steering20 (1.9%)25.0%prior 16
Made an improper turn19 (1.8%)11.8%prior 17

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash

Road & Environmental Conditions

Crashes in both periods predominantly occurred in clear conditions on dry roads during daylight hours. In 2025, 73.3% of crashes happened in daylight, a slight proportional increase from 71.9% in 2024. Crashes on dry road surfaces accounted for 81.5% of the total in 2025, compared to 83.2% in the prior year. The proportion of crashes occurring in adverse weather conditions like rain or snow remained a small fraction of the total in both years.

Weather

Clear656 (63.4%)
-20.8%prior 828
Clear/Clear130 (12.6%)
364.3%prior 28
Cloudy83 (8.0%)
-1.2%prior 84
Rain41 (4.0%)
-36.9%prior 65
Cloudy/Rain34 (3.3%)
54.5%prior 22
Snow19 (1.8%)
58.3%prior 12
Clear/Other11 (1.1%)
-35.3%prior 17
Clear/Cloudy9 (0.9%)
80.0%prior 5
Cloudy/Cloudy9 (0.9%)
Rain/Rain8 (0.8%)
60.0%prior 5

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight764 (74.0%)
-3.8%prior 794
Dark - lighted roadway203 (19.7%)
-16.5%prior 243
Dusk23 (2.2%)
27.8%prior 18
Dark - roadway not lighted20 (1.9%)
-9.1%prior 22
Dawn14 (1.4%)
-22.2%prior 18
Dark - unknown roadway lighting9 (0.9%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry849 (82.2%)
-7.6%prior 919
Wet142 (13.7%)
-4.7%prior 149
Snow33 (3.2%)
106.3%prior 16
Ice8 (0.8%)
33.3%prior 6
Sand, mud, dirt, oil, gravel1 (0.1%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

The top three vehicle makes involved in crashes remained consistent, with Toyota, Honda, and Ford leading in both periods. The number of Toyotas and Fords in collisions decreased from 358 to 336 and 244 to 191, respectively, while Hondas saw a slight increase from 286 to 296. The age distribution of persons involved in crashes was also stable, with the 26-34 age group being the largest cohort in both 2025 (428 persons) and 2024 (441 persons).

Top Vehicle Makes (2,092 vehicles)

1
TOYOTA336 (16.1%)
-6.1%prior 358
2
HONDA296 (14.1%)
3.5%prior 286
3
FORD191 (9.1%)
-21.7%prior 244
4
CHEVROLET150 (7.2%)
-6.8%prior 161
5
NISSAN100 (4.8%)
-21.3%prior 127
6
JEEP92 (4.4%)
-15.6%prior 109
7
SUBARU90 (4.3%)
4.7%prior 86
8
HYUNDAI60 (2.9%)
-3.2%prior 62
9
BMW49 (2.3%)
19.5%prior 41
10
MAZDA49 (2.3%)
11.4%prior 44

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (2,077 persons with recorded sex)

Male1,228 (59.1%)
-7.9%prior 1,334
Female848 (40.8%)
-1.3%prior 859
X / Unspecified1 (0.0%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Person-level records linked to crash events

Speed Limit Zones

Crashes in both years were most prevalent in 30 mph zones, which accounted for 388 incidents (37.6% of crashes with speed data) in 2025, compared to 397 (36.0%) in 2024. There was a decrease in crashes in 55 mph zones, from 166 incidents to 142. Fatal crashes in 2025 were recorded in 25 mph, 30 mph, and 35 mph zones, whereas in 2024, fatalities occurred in 25 mph and 40 mph zones.

Fatal crashes by zone: 25 mph: 1 of 66 (1.515%) · 30 mph: 1 of 388 (0.258%) · 35 mph: 1 of 183 (0.546%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · 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: 2025-01-01 through 2025-12-31
  • Report generated: June 21, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2025-01-01 through 2025-12-31 (365 days)
  • Geographic scope: WOBURN, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 1,042
  • Total persons involved: 2,396
  • Total vehicles involved: 2,092

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). "WOBURN, MA Crash Intelligence Report: 2025." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/woburn/2025-annual-report

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