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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · VERMONT, VT · SEPTEMBER 2012
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
895 CRASHES IN
VERMONT, VT
SEPTEMBER 2012
In September 2012, there were 895 total crashes, an 8.6% decrease from the 979 crashes recorded in September 2011. Despite the overall reduction in collisions, the number of fatalities doubled, increasing from 4 to 8 year-over-year.
895
▼ -8.6%was 979
Total Crash Events
8
▲ 100.0%was 4
Fatal Crashes
188
▼ -6.0%was 200
Injury Crashes
8
▲ 100.0%was 4
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 · 2012-09-01 to 2012-09-30 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Overall crash trends show a decrease in September 2012 compared to the same month in the previous year. Total crashes fell by 8.6%, from 979 to 895, and total injuries decreased by 6.0% from 200 to 188. However, this downward trend was contrasted by a significant increase in fatalities, which doubled from 4 to 8.
When Crashes Happen
The temporal distribution of crashes showed some consistency year-over-year, though with lower volumes in the current period. Friday remained the peak day for crashes in both September 2011 (224 crashes) and September 2012 (167 crashes). The peak hour for collisions shifted slightly later, from 4 p.m. in the prior period with 110 crashes to 5 p.m. in the current period with 81 crashes.
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2012-09-01 to 2012-09-30 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2012-09-01 to 2012-09-30 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
While total crashes decreased, the severity of crashes increased in September 2012 compared to the prior year. The number of fatal crashes doubled from 4 to 8, and the fatal crash rate increased from 0.41 to 0.89 per 100 crashes. The proportion of crashes resulting in injury saw a slight increase from 20.4% to 21.0%, while no-injury crashes constituted a slightly smaller share of the total, decreasing from 79.1% to 78.1%.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2012-09-01 to 2012-09-30 · Severity derived from reported fatal/injury indicators (no KABCO A/B/C codes)
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2012-09-01 to 2012-09-30 · Most severe injury per crash record
Road & Environmental Conditions
A comparison of crash conditions shows a higher proportion of incidents occurred during favorable weather in September 2012 than in September 2011. Crashes in clear weather increased from 59.7% to 65.9% of the total, while crashes on dry roads rose from 74.6% to 78.0%. Conversely, the share of crashes on wet roads decreased from 17.0% to 12.1%. The proportion of collisions occurring in dark conditions saw a slight increase, rising from 18.3% to 20.3% of all crashes.
Weather
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2012-09-01 to 2012-09-30 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2012-09-01 to 2012-09-30 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2012-09-01 to 2012-09-30 · 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: 2012-09-01 through 2012-09-30
- Report generated: July 5, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2012-09-01 through 2012-09-30 (30 days)
- Geographic scope: vermont, VT
- Total crash records analyzed: 895
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: September 2012." Published July 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2012-09-01 to 2012-09-30. Data source: Vermont Crash Data, Arcgis Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/vermont/statewide/september-2012-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: 2012-09-01 – 2012-09-30
Generated: July 5, 2026 · All rights reserved