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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · VERMONT, VT · OCTOBER 2011
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
1,024 CRASHES IN
VERMONT, VT
OCTOBER 2011
In October 2011, there were 1,024 vehicle crashes statewide, a 4.7% increase from the 978 crashes recorded in October 2010. Total fatalities rose from 6 to 8 year-over-year. A notable change was the 35.4% increase in crashes involving a driver under the influence (DUI), which grew from 48 incidents in the prior period to 65 in the current period.
1,024
▲ 4.7%was 978
Total Crash Events
8
▲ 33.3%was 6
Fatal Crashes
204
▲ 4.6%was 195
Injury Crashes
8
▲ 33.3%was 6
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 · 2011-10-01 to 2011-10-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Overall traffic crash metrics showed an upward trend in October 2011 compared to the same month in 2010. Total crashes increased by 4.7%, rising from 978 to 1,024. The number of injuries also rose by 4.6% from 195 to 204, and total fatalities increased from 6 to 8.
When Crashes Happen
The peak hour for crashes was consistent year-over-year, with the 3 p.m. hour having the highest volume in both October 2011 (93 crashes) and October 2010 (95 crashes). However, the peak day for collisions shifted from Friday (189 crashes) in the prior year to Monday (200 crashes) in the current period. Crashes on Mondays increased from 124 to 200, while incidents on Fridays decreased from 189 to 171.
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2011-10-01 to 2011-10-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2011-10-01 to 2011-10-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
The rate of fatal crashes increased from 0.6% of all collisions in October 2010 to 0.8% in October 2011, with the absolute count of fatal incidents rising from 6 to 8. Despite an increase in the total number of injury crashes from 195 to 204, their proportion of all crashes remained stable at 19.9% for both periods. Crashes resulting in no injuries accounted for 79.3% of incidents in the current period, compared to 77.5% in the prior year.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2011-10-01 to 2011-10-31 · Severity derived from reported fatal/injury indicators (no KABCO A/B/C codes)
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2011-10-01 to 2011-10-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Road & Environmental Conditions
Environmental conditions during crashes were broadly similar between the two periods. Daylight was the predominant lighting condition in both years, present in 67.1% of crashes in October 2011 versus 69.7% in October 2010. The proportion of crashes occurring on dry roads decreased from 69.5% in the prior year to 64.8% in the current year, while the share of crashes in clear weather conditions fell from 52.8% to 49.6%.
Weather
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2011-10-01 to 2011-10-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2011-10-01 to 2011-10-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2011-10-01 to 2011-10-31 · 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: 2011-10-01 through 2011-10-31
- Report generated: July 5, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2011-10-01 through 2011-10-31 (31 days)
- Geographic scope: vermont, VT
- Total crash records analyzed: 1,024
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.
Corrections & Feedback
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Suggested Citation
ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). "vermont, VT Crash Intelligence Report: October 2011." Published July 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2011-10-01 to 2011-10-31. Data source: Vermont Crash Data, Arcgis Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/vermont/statewide/october-2011-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: 2011-10-01 – 2011-10-31
Generated: July 5, 2026 · All rights reserved