Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis

912 CRASHES IN
VERMONT, VT
SEPTEMBER 2014

All metrics benchmarked againstSeptember 2013

In September 2014, there were 912 total crashes, a 6.5% decrease from the 975 crashes recorded in September 2013. The most significant year-over-year shift was a substantial reduction in traffic fatalities, which fell from 8 in the prior period to 3 in the current period. Crashes resulting in injury also decreased from 198 to 177.

912

-6.5%was 975

Total Crash Events

3

-62.5%was 8

Fatal Crashes

177

-10.6%was 198

Injury Crashes

3

-62.5%was 8

Fatal Crash Events

Note: "Fatal Crashes" and "Injury Crashes" count crash events — this source publishes crash-level counts only, not individual persons. 105 crashes with unreported severity are not shown in the severity breakdown.

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2014-09-01 to 2014-09-30 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Year-over-year data indicates a downward trend in traffic incidents for the month of September. Total crashes decreased by 6.5%, from 975 in September 2013 to 912 in September 2014. This trend included a 10.6% drop in injuries and a 62.5% reduction in fatalities.

When Crashes Happen

The temporal pattern of crashes showed some shifts between the two periods. The peak hour for collisions remained consistent at 3 p.m. for both September 2013 and September 2014, though the number of crashes in that hour fell from 105 to 85. The most frequent day for crashes changed from Thursday (154 crashes) in the prior year to Friday (152 crashes) in the current period.

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2014-09-01 to 2014-09-30 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2014-09-01 to 2014-09-30 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

Crash severity decreased notably from the previous year. The number of fatal crashes dropped from 8 in September 2013 to 3 in September 2014, with the fatal crash rate per 100 crashes falling from 0.82 to 0.33. The proportion of crashes resulting in an injury also saw a slight decrease, from 20.3% (198 of 975 crashes) in the prior period to 19.4% (177 of 912 crashes) in the current period.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal3fatal crashes0.3%
-62.5%prior 8
Injury177minor injury crashes19.4%
-10.6%prior 198
No Injury627no injury crashes68.8%
-17.9%prior 764

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2014-09-01 to 2014-09-30 · Severity derived from reported fatal/injury indicators (no KABCO A/B/C codes)

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2014-09-01 to 2014-09-30 · Most severe injury per crash record

Road & Environmental Conditions

The distribution of crashes by environmental conditions showed some year-over-year changes. Crashes occurring on wet roads decreased from 92 to 47, and their share of total crashes fell from 9.4% to 5.2%. This corresponds with a reduction in crashes during rain, which were halved from 68 to 34. While most crashes in both periods occurred in daylight, the number of crashes in darkness increased from 166 to 173 despite an overall decrease in total collisions.

Weather

Clear568 (77.3%)
-8.5%prior 621
Cloudy133 (18.1%)
-5.7%prior 141
Rain34 (4.6%)
-50.0%prior 68

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2014-09-01 to 2014-09-30 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight732 (80.9%)
-8.3%prior 798
Dark173 (19.1%)
4.2%prior 166

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2014-09-01 to 2014-09-30 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry687 (92.2%)
-9.1%prior 756
Wet47 (6.3%)
-48.9%prior 92
Sand, mud, dirt, oil, gravel11 (1.5%)
83.3%prior 6

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2014-09-01 to 2014-09-30 · 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: 2014-09-01 through 2014-09-30
  • Report generated: July 5, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2014-09-01 through 2014-09-30 (30 days)
  • Geographic scope: vermont, VT
  • Total crash records analyzed: 912

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.

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Data License

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Suggested Citation

ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). "vermont, VT Crash Intelligence Report: September 2014." Published July 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2014-09-01 to 2014-09-30. Data source: Vermont Crash Data, Arcgis Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/vermont/statewide/september-2014-report

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