2013 BOSTON CRASH REPORT Although rates have declined in recent years, motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) remain a leading cause of injury death in the United States. This data has been visualized to raise awareness of the most dangerous situations to drive in Metropolitan Boston area.
2013 BOSTON CRASH REPORT MOST DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS Traffic Accident Non-Fatal Traffic Accident Fatal Belmont Chelsea Everett Somerville Mystic River Cambridge Win Watertown Logan International Airport er Bo sto n Riv Inn er Ha rbo r Fo rt Po int Ch an ne l rles Cha Chandler Pond Reserved Channel Newton Boston Harbo Chestnut Hill Reservoir Do Brookline rc he st e y r Ba Jamaica Pond N ep on se tr iv e r Quincy Dedham Mill Pon Milton d Bra The size of the transparent circles varies according to the number of accidents that occurred in the center of each circle. The smallest circle = 1 crash the biggest circle = 115 crashes 1 (617) 973-1593 www.attorneysheehan.com 44 School St #815, Boston, MA 02108
VEHICLES INVOLVED CONFIGURATIONS Number of vehicles by type. 48,7% Light truck 35,0% Passenger car 7,6% 3,0% Truck* Bus 2,2% Motorcycle 3,2% unknown *Truck/trailer, Single-unit truck, Tractor/semi-trailer, Heavy truck CRASH SEVERITY (Number of accidents) NUMBER OF VEHICLES 1 accident involved 11 vehicles 26 Fatal Injuries 932 Unknown 1,956 Property damage only (none injured) 1,241 Non-fatal injury 2 accidents involved 8 vehicles 8 accidents involved 6 vehicles 18 accidents involved 5 vehicles 97 accidents involved 4 vehicles 2355 accidents involved 2 vehicles 1047 accidents involved 1 vehicle 421 accidents involved 3 vehicles 2
MANNER OF COLLISION 1,461 Rear-end 872 Single vehicle crash 253 Unknown 5 Rear-to-rear 680 Angle 80 Sideswipe, opposite direction 103 Head-on 497 Sideswipe, same direction 3
ROAD SURFACE CONDITION 230 Unknown 25 Ice 90 Snow 2,912 Dry 694 Wet AMBIENT LIGHT 192 Unknown 54 Dark - not lighted roadway/ Dark - unknown lighted roadway 173 Dawn/Dusk 2,314 Daylight 1,209 Dark - lighted roadway WEATHER CONDITION 515 Unknown /Other 105 Snow 422 Rain 2,373 Clear 536 Cloudy 4
CRASHES BY MONTH (IN PERCENTAGES) 400 350 % of Total Crashes 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec CRASHES BY HOUR OF DAY (IN PERCENTAGES) 300 % of Total Crashes 250 200 150 100 50 0 12:00AM 01:00AM 02:00AM 03:00AM 04:00AM 05:00AM 06:00AM 07:00AM 08:00AM 09:00AM 10:00AM 11:00AM 12:00PM 5 01:00PM 02:00PM 03:00PM 04:00PM 05:00PM 06:00PM 07:00PM 08:00PM 09:00PM 10:00PM 11:00PM
SOURCE www.massdot.state.ma.us - The Official Website of The Massachusetts Department of Transportation The crash data are compiled by the MassDOT Registry of Motor Vehicles (Registry) based on crash reports submitted by State and local police, other police departments and operators (drivers of vehicles involved in crashes). Some of the information in these reports has been aggregated and some may have been incorrectly or incompletely reported to us. Therefore, MassDOT makes no representation as to the accuracy or completeness of the crash records or the data collected from them. Furthermore, the data contained in the web-based crash report tool are not an official record of what transpired in a particular crash or for a particular crash type. If a user is interested in an official copy of a crash report, contact the Registry: www.mass.gov/rmv. The data posted on this infographic, including crash records and other reports, are collected for the purpose of identifying, evaluating, or planning the safety enhancement of potential crash sites, hazardous roadway conditions, or railway-highway crossings. Under federal law, this information cannot be used as evidence in any lawsuit or other action for damages that involves the sites mentioned in these records. (See 23 USC, Section 409). (617) 973-1593 www.attorneysheehan.com 44 School St #815, Boston, MA 02108