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CRASH INTELLIGENCE REPORT · VERMONT, VT · MAY 2010
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
909 CRASHES IN
VERMONT, VT
MAY 2010
In May 2010, Vermont recorded 909 motor vehicle crashes, resulting in 7 fatalities and 193 injuries. The most frequent types of collisions were single-vehicle crashes, which accounted for 233 incidents (25.6%), and rear-end collisions, which accounted for 225 incidents (24.8%).
909
Total Crash Events
7
Fatal Crashes
193
Injury Crashes
7
Fatal Crash Events
Note: "Fatal Crashes" and "Injury Crashes" count crash events — this source publishes crash-level counts only, not individual persons. 12 crashes with unreported severity are not shown in the severity breakdown.
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
When Crashes Happen
Analysis of crash timing reveals distinct patterns for May 2010. The most crashes occurred on Mondays, with 152 incidents, while the single busiest hour was 3 p.m., which saw 112 crashes. A significant majority of collisions, 723 out of 909, happened during daylight hours.
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
The vast majority of crashes, 76.7% (697 incidents), resulted in no injuries and involved only property damage. Injury-related crashes accounted for 21.2% (193 incidents) of the total. There were 7 fatal crashes during this period, which resulted in 7 total fatalities.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Severity derived from reported fatal/injury indicators (no KABCO A/B/C codes)
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Road & Environmental Conditions
Most crashes in May 2010 occurred in ideal driving conditions. Crashes on dry roads accounted for 768 incidents (84.5%), while 652 crashes (71.7%) happened in clear weather and 723 (79.5%) occurred in daylight. Conversely, 48 crashes were reported in the rain, 64 on wet roads, and 178 took place in dark conditions.
Weather
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Road surface condition field
Deadliest Highway Corridors
Certain state-maintained highways saw a concentration of crashes. The top five corridors for crash incidents were US-7 with 91 crashes, US-5 with 56, US-2 with 40, VT-15 with 30, and I-91 with 29. Combined, these five routes accounted for 246 of the 458 crashes reported on numbered state highways.
Deadliest Highway Corridors
Showing top 9 of 50 reported. 41 additional (152 total) not shown: VT-116, VT-14, VT-100, BURLINGTON (ALTERNATE US-7), VT-2A, VT-12, VT-22A, US-302, WEST RUTLAND-RUTLAND (BR US-4), VT-103, VT-7A, VT-105, VT-108, VT-67A, VT-36, VT-104, VT-78, VT-142, VT-106, VT-11, VT-114, VT-128, VT-131, VT-102, VT-17, VT-100C, VT-25, VT-10, MONTPELIER (BR US-2), VT-313, VT-58, I-93, VT-289, VT-73, VT-117, I-189, VT-314, VT-123, VT-44, VT-4A, VT-140.
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Crash-level records
Road Class
Crashes were distributed across different road types, with state-numbered highways accounting for 458 incidents, or 50.4% of the total. Town or Local Roads saw the next highest number of incidents with 293 crashes, followed by 'Other Public Roadway / Parking' with 147.
Road Class
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Crash-level records
Junction / Location Type
The most common location for a crash was not at a junction, accounting for 415 incidents. Parking lots were the second most frequent location with 142 crashes. Intersections were also a significant site for collisions, with T-intersections seeing 122 crashes and four-way intersections seeing 98. In total, 238 crashes, or 26.2% of all incidents, occurred at an intersection.
Junction / Location Type
Showing top 9 of 13 reported. 4 additional (13 total) not shown: On Ramp, Five-point or more, Shared-use path or trail, Railway grade crossing.
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Crash-level records
Vulnerable Users & Heavy Trucks
Among crashes involving specific non-passenger car user types, heavy trucks were the most frequently involved, appearing in 52 incidents. Motorcycles were involved in 39 crashes. Combined, collisions involving pedestrians (11) and bicycles (12) accounted for 23 incidents, representing 2.5% of all crashes.
Animal-Involved Crashes
Animal-related collisions accounted for 38 incidents in May 2010, representing 4.2% of all crashes for the month. Deer were the most common animal involved, cited in 25 crashes, followed by moose, which were involved in 10 crashes.
Crashes by Town
Crash incidents were geographically concentrated in several key municipalities. The city of Burlington recorded the highest number of crashes with 110, followed by South Burlington with 68, and Colchester with 57. Together, the top five cities, which also include Brattleboro (55) and Rutland City (51), accounted for 341 crashes, representing 37.5% of the statewide total.
Crashes by Town
Showing top 9 of 50 reported. 41 additional (286 total) not shown: Middlebury, Barre City, St. Albans City, Montpelier, Milton, St. Albans Town, St. Johnsbury, Newport City, Stowe, Springfield, Hinesburg, Williston, Rockingham, Lyndon, Richmond, Berlin, Northfield, Bradford, Georgia, Windsor, Guilford, Cambridge, Johnson, Manchester, Shelburne, Derby, Marlboro, Bristol, Barre Town, Brandon, Swanton, Danville, Bolton, Enosburg, Randolph, Putney, Arlington, New Haven, Barnet, Sharon, Westminster.
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Crash-level records
Manner of Collision
The most common types of collisions were single-vehicle crashes, which accounted for 233 incidents or 25.6% of the total, and rear-end collisions, which accounted for 225 incidents or 24.8%. These two categories together represent just over half of all crashes. Same-direction sideswipes were the next most frequent type, with 96 incidents (10.6%).
Manner of Collision
"Other" combines 11 smaller categories (100 records): Head On (24), Rear-to-rear (23), Left Turn and Thru, Broadside v<-- (15), Right Turn and Thru, Same Direction Sideswipe/Angle Crash ^^-- (11), Right Turn and Thru, Broadside ^<-- (6), Left Turn and Thru, Same Direction Sideswipe/Angle Crash vv-- (6), Left Turn and Thru, Head On ^v-- (5), Left Turns, Same Direction, Rear End v--v-- (4), Right Turn and Thru, Head On v^-- (2), Right Turn and Thru, Angle Broadside -->^-- (2), Left Turns, Opposite Directions, Head On/Angle Crash --^v-- (2).
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Crash-level records
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: 2010-05-01 through 2010-05-31
- Report generated: July 5, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2010-05-01 through 2010-05-31 (31 days)
- Geographic scope: vermont, VT
- Total crash records analyzed: 909
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: May 2010." Published July 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31. Data source: Vermont Crash Data, Arcgis Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/vermont/statewide/may-2010-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.
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An Injuria.ai Company
Crash Data Intelligence
Data: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis
Period: 2010-05-01 – 2010-05-31
Generated: July 5, 2026 · All rights reserved