Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

215 CRASHES IN
MIDDLEBURY, VT
2017

All metrics benchmarked against2016

Current total crashes were 215, a 4.88% increase from the 205 crashes reported in the prior year. The most notable shift was the absence of fatalities in the current year, compared to 2 fatalities in the prior year. Total injuries, however, increased by 16, from 26 to 42.

215

▲ 4.9%was 205

Total Crash Events

0

▼ -100.0%was 2

Fatal Crashes

42

▲ 61.5%was 26

Injury Crashes

0

▼ -100.0%was 2

Fatal Crash Events

Note: "Fatal Crashes" and "Injury Crashes" count crash events — this source publishes crash-level counts only, not individual persons. 1 crash with unreported severity is not shown in the severity breakdown.

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall, total crashes in Middlebury increased by 4.88%, rising from 205 in the prior year to 215 in the current year. While total crashes saw a slight increase, fatalities decreased significantly from 2 in the prior year to 0 in the current year. Conversely, the number of injured persons increased by 16, from 26 to 42.

When Crashes Happen

The peak day for crashes shifted from Wednesday, which had 38 crashes in the prior year, to Tuesday, which recorded 43 crashes in the current year. Similarly, the peak hour for crashes moved from 3 PM with 29 crashes in the prior year to 1 PM with 23 crashes in the current year. These shifts indicate changes in the temporal distribution of crash occurrences.

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

The most significant change in severity was the elimination of fatalities, with 0 fatalities and 0 fatal crashes in the current year, down from 2 fatalities and 2 fatal crashes in the prior year. Injury crashes increased, with 42 injuries representing 19.5% of crashes in the current year, compared to 26 injuries representing 12.7% of crashes in the prior year. This indicates a 6.8 percentage point increase in the proportion of injury-involved crashes.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Injury42minor injury crashes19.5%
↑61.5%prior 26
No Injury172no injury crashes80%
↓-2.8%prior 177

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31 · Severity derived from reported fatal/injury indicators (no KABCO A/B/C codes)

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record

Road & Environmental Conditions

Crashes occurring under adverse weather conditions, such as rain or freezing precipitation, increased from 20 crashes (9.8%) in the prior year to 35 crashes (16.3%) in the current year. Crashes on adverse road surfaces (wet, snow, ice, or slush) also rose, accounting for 59 crashes (27.4%) in the current year compared to 41 crashes (20%) in the prior year. The proportion of crashes occurring in dark conditions decreased from 16.6% (34 crashes) to 12.1% (26 crashes).

Weather

Clear85 (45.7%)
↓-13.3%prior 98
Cloudy66 (35.5%)
↑17.9%prior 56
Rain21 (11.3%)
↑162.5%prior 8
Freezing Precipitation13 (7.0%)
↑8.3%prior 12
Wind1 (0.5%)

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight185 (87.7%)
↑10.1%prior 168
Dark26 (12.3%)
↓-23.5%prior 34

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry125 (67.9%)
↓-7.4%prior 135
Wet38 (20.7%)
↑46.2%prior 26
Snow13 (7.1%)
↑30.0%prior 10
Ice6 (3.3%)
↑20.0%prior 5
Slush2 (1.1%)

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31 · 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: 2017-01-01 through 2017-12-31
  • Report generated: July 5, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2017-01-01 through 2017-12-31 (365 days)
  • Geographic scope: Middlebury, VT
  • Total crash records analyzed: 215

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). "Middlebury, VT Crash Intelligence Report: 2017." Published July 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31. Data source: Vermont Crash Data, Arcgis Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/vermont/middlebury/2017-annual-report

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