Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis

82 CRASHES IN
WOBURN, MA
FEBRUARY 2025

All metrics benchmarked againstFebruary 2024

In February 2025, Woburn experienced 82 crashes, a notable increase from the 67 crashes recorded in February 2024. This represents a 22.4% rise in total crash incidents year-over-year. The most significant shift was the overall increase in total crashes.

82

22.4%was 67

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

22

-18.5%was 27

Persons Injured

11

22.2%was 9

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 · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall, crash incidents in Woburn are trending upwards year-over-year, with total crashes increasing from 67 in February 2024 to 82 in February 2025. This constitutes a 22.4% increase in the total number of crashes.

11

Hit-and-Run Crashes — February 2025

22.2% vs prior (9)

The number of hit-and-run crashes increased from 9 in February 2024 to 11 in February 2025. Despite this increase in count, the hit-and-run crash rate remained stable at 13.4% of all crashes in both periods.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

22

Motorists Injured

Prior: 25-12.0%

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)

When Crashes Happen

The peak day for crashes remained Thursday in both periods, though the count decreased from 21 in February 2024 to 16 in February 2025. The peak hour shifted significantly from 6 PM with 10 crashes in February 2024 to 7 AM with 12 crashes in February 2025, indicating a change in the busiest crash times.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

There were no fatal crashes or fatalities in either February 2024 or February 2025. Total injuries decreased from 27 in February 2024 to 22 in February 2025, an 18.5% reduction. While Minor Injury crashes increased from 10 to 12, Possible Injury crashes decreased from 9 (13.4% share) to 5 (6.1% share), and Serious Injury crashes, which were 1 (1.5% share) in the prior period, were absent in the current period.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Minor Injury12minor injury crashes14.6%
20.0%prior 10
Possible Injury5possible injury crashes6.1%
-44.4%prior 9
No Injury61no injury crashes74.4%
45.2%prior 42

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Most severe injury per crash record

Top Contributing Factors

Among contributing factors, 'No improper driving' increased from 19 crashes in February 2024 to 24 crashes in February 2025, a 26.3% increase in count. 'Inattention' also saw an increase from 11 crashes to 14 crashes, a 27.3% increase in count, while 'Driving too fast for conditions' rose from 2 crashes to 7 crashes, a 250% increase in count. 'Followed too closely' remained constant at 8 crashes in both periods.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

No improper driving24 (29.3%)26.3%prior 19
Inattention14 (17.1%)27.3%prior 11
Followed too closely8 (9.8%)0.0%prior 8
Driving too fast for conditions7 (8.5%)
Failed to yield right of way7 (8.5%)16.7%prior 6
Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road5 (6.1%)
Other improper action4 (4.9%)
Made an improper turn3 (3.7%)
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner3 (3.7%)
Swerving or avoiding due to wind, slippery surface, vehicle, object, vulnerable user in roadway3 (3.7%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash

Road & Environmental Conditions

Crashes occurring in 'Clear' weather conditions decreased from 63 in February 2024 to 43 in February 2025, while 'Snow' related crashes increased from 1 to 10. The number of crashes in 'Dry' road surface conditions decreased from 62 to 49, but crashes on 'Snow' covered roads significantly increased from 1 to 16. Crashes during 'Daylight' conditions increased from 36 to 53, while those in 'Dark - lighted roadway' conditions remained constant at 23.

Weather

Clear43 (52.4%)
-31.7%prior 63
Snow10 (12.2%)
Cloudy10 (12.2%)
Clear/Clear7 (8.5%)
Snow/Sleet, hail (freezing rain or drizzle)2 (2.4%)
Cloudy/Rain2 (2.4%)
Rain2 (2.4%)
Rain/Cloudy1 (1.2%)
Sleet, hail (freezing rain or drizzle)1 (1.2%)
Cloudy/Snow1 (1.2%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight53 (65.4%)
47.2%prior 36
Dark - lighted roadway23 (28.4%)
0.0%prior 23
Dark - roadway not lighted4 (4.9%)
Dusk1 (1.2%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry49 (59.8%)
-21.0%prior 62
Snow16 (19.5%)
Wet13 (15.9%)
Ice4 (4.9%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

The total number of vehicles involved in crashes increased from 133 in February 2024 to 157 in February 2025. The top vehicle make involved shifted from Toyota (21 vehicles) in the prior period to Honda (28 vehicles) in the current period. Regarding persons involved, the 45-54 age group saw a significant increase from 8 persons in February 2024 to 26 persons in February 2025, and the male count remained stable at 86, while the female count increased from 51 to 60.

Top Vehicle Makes (157 vehicles)

1
HONDA28 (17.8%)
64.7%prior 17
2
TOYOTA23 (14.6%)
9.5%prior 21
3
JEEP11 (7%)
83.3%prior 6
4
FORD11 (7%)
-31.3%prior 16
5
CHEVROLET10 (6.4%)
11.1%prior 9
6
SUBARU7 (4.5%)
-22.2%prior 9
7
NISSAN7 (4.5%)
16.7%prior 6
8
LEXUS6 (3.8%)
9
MERCEDES-BENZ4 (2.5%)
-33.3%prior 6
10
HYUNDAI3 (1.9%)
-62.5%prior 8

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Vehicle unit records

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

Sex Distribution (146 persons with recorded sex)

Male86 (58.9%)
0.0%prior 86
Female60 (41.1%)
17.6%prior 51

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · Person-level records linked to crash events

Speed Limit Zones

Crashes in 30 mph zones increased from 23 in February 2024 to 38 in February 2025. Crashes in 65 mph zones increased from 7 to 13, while crashes in 55 mph zones decreased from 12 to 8. There were no fatal crashes reported in any speed zone during either period.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28 · 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: 2025-02-01 through 2025-02-28
  • Report generated: June 21, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2025-02-01 through 2025-02-28 (28 days)
  • Geographic scope: WOBURN, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 82
  • Total persons involved: 169
  • Total vehicles involved: 157

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: February 2025." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/woburn/february-2025-report

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