Statewide Fatal Crashes In MA, July 2022
Each month, we post about the fatal crashes in Massachusetts from the previous month, and share any trends that we see. For the full list of monthly posts, head here. Earlier this year, we released a year in review for 2021 to highlight common issues.
Last month, we took a look at five fatal crashes listed in the MassDOT Crash Portal in June. In this post, we’ll look at crashes in MA in July 2022. The information in the chart below is compiled from news reports, and was checked against the MassDOT Crash Portal Dashboard “Fatal Crash Information.” Any Google Street View images included below use the address listed in the crash portal.
- Of the 36 fatal crashes in Massachusetts in July in the MassDOT Crash portal, none were identified as people walking.
- The data portal includes fatal crash data dating back to 2015. July 2022 is the only month without a fatal pedestrian crash listed. This information is still preliminary, and could be adjusted.
- There are only six months between 2015-2022 that are listed with less than three fatal pedestrian crashes:
- January 2020 – 2
- February 2020 – 1
- May 2020 – 2
- October 2020 – 1
- June 2017 – 2
- July 2016 – 2
- Despite a blank for the month of July, the 2022 pedestrian Year to Date number is still discouraging; this is the first time since at least 2015 where Massachusetts has had at least 50 pedestrian fatal crashes through the end of July.
Updates
If you have an update about a community member who was killed in one of these crashes, please contact Brendan so we can update our 2022 list. WalkBoston has maintained a list each year since 2016, pulling the information from news reports, social media, and from people like you that share the information with us.
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Reminder about the data from the MassDOT portal
MassDOT makes no representation as to the accuracy, adequacy, reliability, availability or completeness of the crash records or the data collected from them and is not responsible for any errors or omissions in such records or data. Under no circumstance will MassDOT have any liability for any loss or damage incurred by any party as a result of the use 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 (http://www.mass.gov/rmv/). The City of Boston Police Department may be contacted directly for official copies of crash reports and for crash data pertaining to the City of Boston. In addition, any crash records or data provided for the years after 2018 are subject to change at any time and are not to be considered up-to-date or complete. As such, open years’ of crash data are for informational purposes only and should not be used for analysis. The data posted on this website, 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 is not subject to discovery and cannot be admitted into evidence in any federal or state court proceeding or considered for other purposes in any action for damages that involves the sites mentioned in these records (see 23 USC, Section 409).