Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

213 CRASHES IN
HARTFORD, VT
2012

All metrics benchmarked against2011

In 2012, Hartford recorded 213 total traffic crashes, a 12% decrease from the 242 crashes reported in 2011. Despite the overall reduction in collisions, the number of fatalities doubled from one in the prior year to two. Notably, crashes involving driving under the influence (DUI) increased from 13 incidents in 2011 to 19 in 2012.

213

▼ -12.0%was 242

Total Crash Events

2

▲ 100.0%was 1

Fatal Crashes

42

Injury Crashes

2

▲ 100.0%was 1

Fatal Crash Events

Note: "Fatal Crashes" and "Injury Crashes" count crash events — this source publishes crash-level counts only, not individual persons.

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

The overall trend in traffic collisions in Hartford shows a decrease between 2011 and 2012, with total crashes falling by 12% from 242 to 213. However, this trend did not extend to crash severity, as the number of injuries remained stable at 42 in both years, while fatalities increased from one to two.

When Crashes Happen

The temporal patterns of crashes showed some consistency year-over-year, as Friday remained the peak day for collisions in both 2011 (45 crashes) and 2012 (41 crashes). However, the peak hour for collisions shifted from the 4 p.m. hour in 2011, which saw 22 crashes, to the 5 p.m. hour in 2012, which recorded 15 crashes.

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

While total crashes declined, the severity of collisions increased from 2011 to 2012. The number of fatal crashes doubled from one to two, causing the fatal crash rate to rise from 0.4% to 0.9% of all incidents. The number of crashes resulting in injury remained unchanged at 42, but their proportion of total crashes grew from 17.4% in 2011 to 19.7% in 2012.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal2fatal crashes0.9%
↑100.0%prior 1
Injury42minor injury crashes19.7%
→0.0%prior 42
No Injury169no injury crashes79.3%
↓-15.1%prior 199

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31 · Severity derived from reported fatal/injury indicators (no KABCO A/B/C codes)

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record

Road & Environmental Conditions

In 2012, a larger proportion of crashes occurred after dark compared to the previous year, with incidents in dark conditions rising from 21.1% in 2011 to 29.6% in 2012. Conversely, the share of crashes on adverse road surfaces such as wet, snow, or ice decreased. Collisions on dry roads accounted for 70% of crashes in 2012, up from 61.6% in 2011, though the absolute number of crashes on dry roads was identical at 149 for both years.

Weather

Clear132 (64.4%)
↓-8.3%prior 144
Cloudy39 (19.0%)
↑21.9%prior 32
Rain19 (9.3%)
↓-29.6%prior 27
Freezing Precipitation15 (7.3%)
↓-46.4%prior 28

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight150 (70.4%)
↓-21.5%prior 191
Dark63 (29.6%)
↑23.5%prior 51

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry149 (72.7%)
→0.0%prior 149
Wet32 (15.6%)
↓-45.8%prior 59
Snow13 (6.3%)
↓-27.8%prior 18
Ice6 (2.9%)
Sand, mud, dirt, oil, gravel3 (1.5%)
Slush2 (1.0%)
↓-75.0%prior 8

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31 · 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: 2012-01-01 through 2012-12-31
  • Report generated: July 5, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2012-01-01 through 2012-12-31 (366 days)
  • Geographic scope: Hartford, VT
  • Total crash records analyzed: 213

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). "Hartford, VT Crash Intelligence Report: 2012." Published July 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31. Data source: Vermont Crash Data, Arcgis Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/vermont/hartford/2012-annual-report

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