BOSTON CRASH REPORT.

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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

CRASH REPORT

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2013 BOSTON CRASH REPORT

BOSTON

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MOST DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS

Traffic Accident Non-Fatal Traffic Accident Fatal

The size of the transparent circles varies according to the number

of accidents that occurred in the center of each circle.

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Number of vehicles by type.

*Truck/trailer, Single-unit truck, Tractor/semi-trailer, Heavy truck

Property damage only (none injured) Non-fatal injury Fatal Injuries Not reported/ Unknown

1,956

1,241

26

(Number of accidents)

NUMBER OF VEHICLES

Truck*

7,6%

Bus

3,0%

Motorcycle

2,2%

3,2%

Not reported/_unknown

35,0%

Passenger car Light truck

48,7%

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2013 BOSTON CRASH REPORT

Sideswipe,

same

direction

80 Head-on

103 Single

vehicle crash

872 Rear-end

1,461

Not reported/

Unknown

253 Rear-to-rear

5 Angle

680 Sideswipe,

opposite

direction

497 MANNER OF COLLISION

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Dry

2,912

Wet

694

Snow

90

Ice

25

Not reported/ Unknown

230 ROAD SURFACE CONDITION

AMBIENT LIGHT

WEATHER CONDITION

Daylight

2,314

Dark - lighted roadway

1,209

Dawn/Dusk

173

Dark - not lighted roadway/ Dark - unknown lighted roadway

54

Not reported/ Unknown

192

Clear

2,373

Cloudy

536

Rain

422

Snow

105

Not reported/ Unknown /Other

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2013 BOSTON CRASH REPORT

CRASHES BY MONTH (IN PERCENTAGES)

% of Total Crashes

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

CRASHES BY HOUR OF DAY (IN PERCENTAGES)

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 0 50 100 150 200 250 300

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2013 BOSTON CRASH REPORT

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The Official Website of The Massachusetts Department of Transportation

SOURCE

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).