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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · CORNWALL, VT · 2016
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Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis
24 CRASHES IN
CORNWALL, VT
2016
Total crashes in Cornwall increased from 15 in 2015 to 24 in 2016, representing a 60% rise year-over-year. The most significant shift was the emergence of fatal crashes, with one fatal crash resulting in one fatality in 2016, compared to zero in 2015. Additionally, crashes involving driving under the influence increased from zero in 2015 to three in 2016.
24
▲ 60.0%was 15
Total Crash Events
1
Fatal Crashes
7
▲ 133.3%was 3
Injury Crashes
1
Fatal Crash Events
Note: "Fatal Crashes" and "Injury Crashes" count crash events — this source publishes crash-level counts only, not individual persons. 8 crashes with unreported severity are not shown in the severity breakdown.
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Overall, crash activity in Cornwall showed an upward trend from 2015 to 2016. Total crashes increased by 60%, from 15 crashes in 2015 to 24 crashes in 2016. Fatalities also increased from 0 in 2015 to 1 in 2016, while total injuries rose from 3 to 7.
When Crashes Happen
The temporal patterns of crashes shifted between the two periods. The peak day for crashes moved from Wednesday with 4 crashes in 2015 to Tuesday with 5 crashes in 2016. The peak hour also changed, moving from 5 PM with 4 crashes in 2015 to 9 PM with 3 crashes in 2016, although 7 AM and 3 PM also recorded 3 crashes in 2016.
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
Crash severity increased year-over-year, with the emergence of fatal crashes in 2016. There was 1 fatal crash and 1 fatality in 2016, compared to 0 fatal crashes and 0 fatalities in 2015. Injury crashes also increased from 3 in 2015 (20% of total crashes) to 7 in 2016 (29.2% of total crashes).
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 · Severity derived from reported fatal/injury indicators (no KABCO A/B/C codes)
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Road & Environmental Conditions
Crashes under various conditions saw increases year-over-year. Crashes in clear weather increased from 4 in 2015 to 9 in 2016, while those in cloudy conditions rose from 1 to 3. Crashes occurring in daylight increased from 12 to 16, and crashes in dark conditions more than doubled, from 3 in 2015 to 8 in 2016. Crashes on dry road surfaces increased from 5 to 9, and crashes on snow-covered roads rose from 1 to 3.
Weather
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 · Road surface condition field
Data Sources & Methodology
Primary Data Source
All crash data in this report is sourced from Vermont Crash Data, accessed programmatically via the Arcgis 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 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: 2016-01-01 through 2016-12-31
- Report generated: July 5, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2016-01-01 through 2016-12-31 (366 days)
- Geographic scope: Cornwall, VT
- Total crash records analyzed: 24
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.
Non-Affiliation Disclosure
This report is produced independently by ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced in partnership with any law enforcement agency, municipal government, state department of transportation, or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Data is sourced from publicly available government open data portals.
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.
Corrections & Feedback
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Suggested Citation
ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). "Cornwall, VT Crash Intelligence Report: 2016." Published July 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31. Data source: Vermont Crash Data, Arcgis Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/vermont/cornwall/2016-annual-report
About the Publisher
ThatCarHitMe.com is a crash data intelligence platform developed by Injuria.ai, a legal technology company specializing in traffic safety analytics. We aggregate and analyze publicly available government crash data to produce structured intelligence reports for communities, researchers, journalists, and legal professionals. Our reports combine programmatic data retrieval from official open data portals with AI-assisted narrative analysis.
Questions about this report's data or methodology: data@injuria.ai
ThatCarHitMe.com · An Injuria.ai Company
ThatCarHitMe.com
An Injuria.ai Company
Crash Data Intelligence
Data: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis
Period: 2016-01-01 – 2016-12-31
Generated: July 5, 2026 · All rights reserved