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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · VERMONT, VT · MAY 2013
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
1,036 CRASHES IN
VERMONT, VT
MAY 2013
In May 2013, Vermont recorded 1,036 total traffic crashes, an increase of 12.1% from the 924 crashes documented in May 2012. Despite the rise in total collisions, the number of fatalities decreased from 8 in the prior year period to 5 in the current period. This represents a 37.5% reduction in traffic-related deaths year-over-year.
1,036
▲ 12.1%was 924
Total Crash Events
5
▼ -37.5%was 8
Fatal Crashes
188
▼ -0.5%was 189
Injury Crashes
5
▼ -37.5%was 8
Fatal Crash Events
Note: "Fatal Crashes" and "Injury Crashes" count crash events — this source publishes crash-level counts only, not individual persons. 112 crashes with unreported severity are not shown in the severity breakdown.
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2013-05-01 to 2013-05-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Year-over-year data for May indicates a rising trend in the total number of crashes, with a 12.1% increase from 924 incidents in 2012 to 1,036 in 2013. However, the outcomes of these crashes became less severe. The total number of injuries remained stable, decreasing by one from 189 to 188, while fatalities fell from 8 to 5.
When Crashes Happen
The temporal patterns of crashes shifted between May 2012 and May 2013. The peak day for collisions moved from Wednesday (169 crashes) in the prior year to Friday (197 crashes) in the current year. While the peak hour for crashes remained consistent at 3 PM in both periods, the number of incidents during that hour increased from 98 to 105. Crashes on Fridays and Saturdays increased notably, rising from 137 to 197 and 97 to 128, respectively.
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2013-05-01 to 2013-05-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2013-05-01 to 2013-05-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
The severity of crashes decreased in May 2013 compared to the same month in 2012, despite an overall increase in crash volume. The number of fatal crashes fell from 8 to 5, and the fatal crash rate per 100 crashes dropped from 0.87 to 0.48. While the absolute number of injuries remained nearly unchanged (189 vs. 188), the proportion of crashes resulting in an injury decreased from 20.5% in May 2012 to 18.1% in May 2013.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2013-05-01 to 2013-05-31 · Severity derived from reported fatal/injury indicators (no KABCO A/B/C codes)
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2013-05-01 to 2013-05-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Road & Environmental Conditions
The distribution of crashes across environmental conditions remained broadly similar year-over-year, with most incidents in both periods occurring in daylight on dry roads. In May 2013, 80.8% of crashes occurred during daylight, compared to 81.3% in May 2012. Crashes on dry road surfaces accounted for 68.6% of the total in the current period, down from a 75.4% share in the prior period. The number of crashes in clear weather increased from 555 to 579, while those in rainy conditions decreased from 103 to 98.
Weather
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2013-05-01 to 2013-05-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2013-05-01 to 2013-05-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2013-05-01 to 2013-05-31 · 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: 2013-05-01 through 2013-05-31
- Report generated: July 5, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2013-05-01 through 2013-05-31 (31 days)
- Geographic scope: vermont, VT
- Total crash records analyzed: 1,036
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 2013." Published July 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2013-05-01 to 2013-05-31. Data source: Vermont Crash Data, Arcgis Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/vermont/statewide/may-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.
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An Injuria.ai Company
Crash Data Intelligence
Data: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis
Period: 2013-05-01 – 2013-05-31
Generated: July 5, 2026 · All rights reserved