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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · VERMONT, VT · APRIL 2013
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
854 CRASHES IN
VERMONT, VT
APRIL 2013
In April 2013, there were 854 total crashes, a 24.7% increase from the 685 crashes recorded in April 2012. Year-over-year, total fatalities doubled from 3 to 6, and total injuries rose from 131 to 143. A notable factor in the overall increase was a rise in crashes occurring under adverse weather conditions, with incidents involving freezing precipitation increasing from 5 to 70.
854
▲ 24.7%was 685
Total Crash Events
6
▲ 100.0%was 3
Fatal Crashes
143
▲ 9.2%was 131
Injury Crashes
6
▲ 100.0%was 3
Fatal Crash Events
Note: "Fatal Crashes" and "Injury Crashes" count crash events — this source publishes crash-level counts only, not individual persons. 117 crashes with unreported severity are not shown in the severity breakdown.
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2013-04-01 to 2013-04-30 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Crash data from April 2013 indicates an upward trend compared to the same month in the prior year. Total crashes increased by 24.7%, from 685 in April 2012 to 854 in April 2013. This period also saw a 100% increase in fatalities, which rose from 3 to 6, while total injuries increased by 9.2% from 131 to 143.
When Crashes Happen
The temporal distribution of crashes shifted significantly between April 2012 and April 2013. The day with the most crashes changed from Monday (140 crashes) in the prior year to Friday (201 crashes) in the current period. While the peak hour for collisions remained 3 p.m. in both years, the number of crashes during that hour increased from 64 to 74. Crashes on Friday more than doubled year-over-year, increasing from 92 in April 2012 to 201 in April 2013.
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2013-04-01 to 2013-04-30 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2013-04-01 to 2013-04-30 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
In April 2013, the number of fatal crashes doubled to 6 from 3 in the prior year, with total fatalities also doubling from 3 to 6. Consequently, the fatal crash rate increased from 0.44% to 0.70% of all crashes. While the total number of injuries rose from 131 to 143, the proportion of crashes resulting in an injury decreased from 19.1% in April 2012 to 16.7% in April 2013.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2013-04-01 to 2013-04-30 · Severity derived from reported fatal/injury indicators (no KABCO A/B/C codes)
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2013-04-01 to 2013-04-30 · Most severe injury per crash record
Road & Environmental Conditions
Adverse road and weather conditions were markedly more prevalent in crashes during April 2013 compared to the previous year. Collisions attributed to freezing precipitation increased dramatically from 5 to 70 incidents. Similarly, crashes on icy road surfaces rose from 1 in April 2012 to 36 in April 2013, with slush-related crashes also increasing from 1 to 19. In contrast, the number of crashes on wet roads decreased from 87 to 53.
Weather
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2013-04-01 to 2013-04-30 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2013-04-01 to 2013-04-30 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2013-04-01 to 2013-04-30 · 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: 2013-04-01 through 2013-04-30
- Report generated: July 5, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2013-04-01 through 2013-04-30 (30 days)
- Geographic scope: vermont, VT
- Total crash records analyzed: 854
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.
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Suggested Citation
ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). "vermont, VT Crash Intelligence Report: April 2013." Published July 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2013-04-01 to 2013-04-30. Data source: Vermont Crash Data, Arcgis Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/vermont/statewide/april-2013-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: 2013-04-01 – 2013-04-30
Generated: July 5, 2026 · All rights reserved