Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis

38 CRASHES IN
WEATHERSFIELD, VT
2024

All metrics benchmarked against2023

In Weathersfield, total crashes decreased by 9.52%, from 42 in the prior year to 38 in the current year. Fatalities remained stable at one in both periods, while injuries also held steady at 11. The most notable shift was an 80% reduction in DUI-related crashes, falling from five in the prior year to one in the current year.

38

-9.5%was 42

Total Crash Events

1

Fatal Crashes

11

Injury Crashes

1

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 · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Overall, Weathersfield experienced a decrease in total crashes, with a 9.52% reduction from 42 crashes in the prior year to 38 crashes in the current year. Despite this decline in total incidents, the number of fatalities remained constant at one, and total injuries held steady at 11 across both periods.

When Crashes Happen

The temporal distribution of crashes shifted year-over-year, with the peak day moving from Friday, which had 10 crashes in the prior year, to Wednesday, which recorded 8 crashes in the current year. Similarly, the peak hour for crashes changed from 2 PM with 7 incidents in the prior year to 3 PM with 6 incidents in the current year.

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

The number of fatal crashes remained consistent at one in both the prior and current years, though the fatal crash rate slightly increased from 2.38% to 2.63% due to fewer total crashes. Injury crashes also maintained a count of 11, but their proportion of total crashes rose from 26.2% in the prior year to 28.9% in the current year. Conversely, crashes resulting in no injuries decreased from 30 to 26, and their proportion dropped from 71.4% to 68.4%.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal1fatal crashes2.6%
0.0%prior 1
Injury11minor injury crashes28.9%
0.0%prior 11
No Injury26no injury crashes68.4%
-13.3%prior 30

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Severity derived from reported fatal/injury indicators (no KABCO A/B/C codes)

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record

Road & Environmental Conditions

Regarding weather conditions, crashes occurring in clear weather decreased from 25 to 23, while those in freezing precipitation slightly increased from 5 to 6. For road surfaces, crashes on dry roads decreased from 27 to 23, resulting in a lower proportion of dry-road incidents from 64.3% to 60.5%. Conversely, crashes on wet, snow, and ice surfaces saw increases, with wet road crashes rising from 6 to 7, snow from 3 to 4, and ice from 1 to 2, indicating a higher proportion of crashes occurring on adverse road conditions.

Weather

Clear23 (65.7%)
-8.0%prior 25
Freezing Precipitation6 (17.1%)
20.0%prior 5
Cloudy3 (8.6%)
Rain3 (8.6%)

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight30 (78.9%)
-6.3%prior 32
Dark8 (21.1%)
-20.0%prior 10

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry23 (63.9%)
-14.8%prior 27
Wet7 (19.4%)
16.7%prior 6
Snow4 (11.1%)
Ice2 (5.6%)

Source: Vermont Crash Data · Arcgis Open Data · 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · 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: 2024-01-01 through 2024-12-31
  • Report generated: July 5, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2024-01-01 through 2024-12-31 (366 days)
  • Geographic scope: Weathersfield, VT
  • Total crash records analyzed: 38

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). "Weathersfield, VT Crash Intelligence Report: 2024." Published July 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31. Data source: Vermont Crash Data, Arcgis Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/vermont/weathersfield/2024-annual-report

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