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Statewide Fatal Crashes In MA, July 2023

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.

Last month, we took a look at crashes listed in the MassDOT Crash Portal in June; three were identified as people walking. In this post, we’ll look at crashes in MA in July 2023. 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 32 fatal crashes in Massachusetts in July in the MassDOT Crash portal, 3 were identified as people walking.
The average age of pedestrians hit & killed in July was 60.
At least 1 was a hit and run, where the driver left the scene after striking someone.

Date	7/1/2023, 5:06 PM
Location	3 Bartlett St.
Town	Merrimac
Type	PEDESTRIAN
Age	93
Sex	M

The Boston Herald reports that 93-year old Robert Whitcomb was struck and killed by a juvenile driving a vehicle near Robert’s residence on Bartlett Street. Robert may have been on a tricycle when he was struck. (This crash may be re-categorized in the future, but is currently listed pedestrian crash in the database.)

According to the MassDOT Road Inventory, Bartlett Street is under local jurisdiction. It is two-way street with no sidewalks. The speed limit is unclear, as it is not listed and not viewable nearby on street view. The default speed limit in Merrimac is 30mph. Communities in Massachusetts can opt-in to a 25mph default speed limit and create 20mph Safety Zones.

Bartlett Street does not have a Google Street View image available, but the nearby intersection of Broad/Mill/Bartlett shows a “slow” sign at the start of Bartlett Street.

Date	7/18/2023, 9:30 PM
Location	165 Wood Ave.
Town	Boston
Type	PEDESTRIAN
Age	4
Sex	M

The Boston Globe reports 4-year old Ivan Pierre was struck and killed on Wood Avenue in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood near his family’s home. The driver, Olguens Joseph, left the scene after striking Ivan; he turned himself in almost two weeks later. From the article:

Boston police released a video of the car that allegedly struck and killed Ivan Pierre. The nine-second video shows the vehicle running a stop sign at the corner of Wood Avenue and Safford Street in the moments before Pierre was killed near his family’s home. The intersection is less than 500 feet from the house.

According to the MassDOT Road Inventory, Wood Avenue is under local jurisdiction. It is a two way street, with 1 travel lane in each direction. There is a sidewalk on each side. The speed limit is 25mph.

There have been 2 other fatal crashes near that crash site on Wood Avenue in Hyde Park. On April 9, 2017 was a fatal motorcycle crash at the corner of Wood/Mariposa; and on August 11, 2020 there was a fatal vehicle crash. Since the crash in 2017, the Boston Transportation Department has implemented a number of street design changes to try and control speed and vehicle movement at wide intersections along the corridor (like Wood/Tacoma, Wood/Farrar, Wood/Mariposa), including flex posts and paint to force drivers to slow down when taking turns or navigating curves on the hilly roadway. There aren’t many crosswalks to get across Wood; this is likely due to poor sight lines with the street’s curves and hilly terrain.

Earlier this year, the City of Boston published a speed hump eligibility map as part of a safety surge effort.

Wood Avenue is not indicated as a street that qualifies for speed humps, but a number of the side streets are eligible for a future phase. It is possible that neighborhood arterials have not been listed on this general map when considering all roadways in the city in order to allow for a potential quicker rollout in order to strike a balance between implementing traffic calming and not impact any operations of MBTA bus routes or fire/emergency operations; it is also possible speed humps on arterials instead could be implemented on a case-by-case basis. Creating safer/slower streets could make it so fire/emergency responders would not need to respond to as many traffic crashes.

Date	7/23/2023, 3:50 PM
Location	McGrath Hwy. + Newcomb St.
Town	Quincy
Type	PEDESTRIAN
Age	83
Sex	M

The Patriot Ledger reports that a pedestrian was hit by a car and suffered life-threatening injuries. The MassDOT crash portal dataset indicates that an 83-year old man died.

A damaged silver sedan was at the intersection, Patriot Ledger media partner WCVB reported. Vegetables from a bag were strewn on the road where the pedestrian was hit.
Quincy police said the driver stayed at the scene. It is unclear whether charges will be filed.
The victim’s name will not be released, police said.

According to the MassDOT Road Inventory, Newcomb Street and McGrath Highway are both under local jurisdiction. Newcomb Street is a two way street with one lane in each direction. There is a sidewalk on each side. McGrath Highway is a divided two-way street, with two lanes in each direction. There is a sidewalk on each side. There is a crosswalk with RRFB flashers. The speed limit for each street is unclear, as they are both listed as 99 and there are no speed limit signs viewable nearby on Google Street View.

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 2023 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.
Yearly trackers: | ||||| 2022 | 2023
Report: Fatal Pedestrian Crashes in MA (2021)
Report: Fatal Pedestrian Crashes in MA (2022)

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).

Statewide Fatal Crashes In MA, April 2023

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.

Last month, we took a look at crashes listed in the MassDOT Crash Portal in March; six were identified as people walking. In this post, we’ll look at crashes in MA in April 2023. 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 23 fatal crashes in Massachusetts in April in the MassDOT Crash portal, 5 were identified as people walking.
The average age of pedestrians hit & killed in April was 41.2.
3 of the fatal crashes took place at intersections.

Date	4/3/2023, 2:43 PM
Location	Lawrence St. + Erving St.
Town	Lawrence
Type	PEDESTRIAN
Age	64
Sex	F

According to a press release from the Essex District Attorney’s Office, 64-year old Silvana Seabra was struck by a van about 2:43 p.m. on April 3 at the intersection of Lawrence St and Erving [Avenue] in Lawrence. She passed away over a week later at Boston Medical Center. A man who also was struck suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was treated at Lawrence General Hospital.

The intersection is a street crossing for the Spicket River Greenway and is adjacent to the Hayden Schofield Playstead park; Google Street View from October 2019 shows a faded crosswalk.

According to the MassDOT Road Inventory, each road at this intersection is under local jurisdiction. Erving Avenue is a two-way street, with 1 travel lane in each direction. There is a sidewalk on both sides (note: road inventory says 1 side). The speed limit is unclear, as it is unlisted and not viewable nearby on street view. Lawrence Street is a two-way street, with 1 travel lane in each direction. There is a sidewalk and street parking on both sides of the street. The speed limit is unclear, as it is listed as 99 and not viewable nearby on street view.

Date	4/6/2023, 3:34 PM
Location	Road Rd. at Lot 6
Town	Dartmouth
Type	PEDESTRIAN
Age	19
Sex	M

WBZ/CBS Boston reports that 19-year old UMass Dartmouth freshman Frank Petillo, Jr. was struck and killed by another student on the campus’ Ring Road. As of this posting, a petition for pedestrian safety improvements on the campus had over 7,000 signatures.

From WBZ:

His death quickly drew attention to the perceived lack of safety on Ring Road, the school’s main thoroughfare and Chancellor Mark Fuller on Monday announced several steps to make it safer, either right away or by the end of the academic year.
They include portable speed bumps, flashing speed limit signs, additional patrol cars, elevated speed tables and crosswalks, and concrete barriers to protect some walkways.
UMass also said it plans to build a new pedestrian walkway to connect the school to a nearby apartment complex.
Students say these changes are long overdue. “The speed limit is supposed to be 25,” student Kyrillos Kedees said. “We really don’t want that to happen again.”

According to the MassDOT Road Inventory, this road is under state college or university jurisdiction. It is a two-way street, with 1 travel lane in each direction. There are no sidewalks on some sections of the roadway, with a sidewalk on one side for other sections. The speed limit is 25mph.

Date	4/8/2023, 9:23 PM
Location	Daniel Shays Hwy.
Town	Athol
Type	PEDESTRIAN
Age	29
Sex	M

WWLP reports 29-year old Kyle Bezio was struck and killed after being hit by a car on Route 202 in the area of 150 Daniel Shays Highway. The 20-year old driver and his passenger stopped and tried to help Bezio before he was taken by ambulance to Athol Hospital.

According to the MassDOT Road Inventory, this road is under MassDOT jurisdiction. It is a two-way street, with 1 travel lane in each direction. There is shoulder on each side and no sidewalks. The speed limit is listed as 35mph in one direction and 45mph in the opposing direction.

Date	4/9/2023, 8:21 PM
Location	258 Jefferson Ave.
Town	Salem
Type	PEDESTRIAN
Age	41
Sex	F

41-year old Tammi Lyn Guy was struck and killed as she was crossing Jefferson Avenue at Wilson Street on the night of Easter Sunday.

Boston.com spoke to Salem City Councilor Patti Morsillo about the crash:

“My heart breaks for Tammi Guy’s family,” Salem City Councilor Patti Morsillo told Boston.com in an email. “This was a tragedy, and happened right in her own neighborhood.”
Morsillo said that after years of accidents on the residential and school-area street, the Salem Police Department is gathering crash data from the intersection. She also said that Salem will conduct a city meeting “within a week or two” after the collection process is complete. She says the meeting would include the acting mayor, the Director of Traffic and Parking, the Police Chief, the Lieutenant in charge of the Traffic Division, the City Engineer, the City Electrician, and herself.
“Instead of prioritizing efficient throughput of vehicles, we need to create safer roads for everyone: pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers. The goal for every road should be zero crashes,” she said.
“We will look at the effectiveness of the street lights, road markings, crosswalk visibility, and geometry of the road, to determine what needs to be done to make the area safer,” Morsillo added. “Salem has been working on intersection design upgrades in the area, and I am hoping to accelerate that work. The issue of road safety requires a team approach, which is how this work will move forward.”

According to the MassDOT Road Inventory, this road is under local jurisdiction. It is a two-way street, with 1 travel lane in each direction; Google Street View shows that drivers create a second lane on Jefferson through the intersection where parking is prohibited, but not restricted. There is a sidewalk on both sides of the street and a crosswalks for 2 of the 3 legs of the intersection. The speed limit is 25mph.

Date	4/23/2023, 9:35 PM
Location	Gallivan Blvd. + Dorchester Ave.
Town	Boston
Type	PEDESTRIAN
Age	53
Sex	M

53-year old Torrance Hodges was struck and killed by the 52-year old driver of a 2006 Chevrolet Express van who was driving southbound with the green light on Gallivan Boulevard at Dorchester Avenue.

According to the MassDOT Road Inventory, Gallivan Boulevard is under MassDOT jurisdiction. It is a two-way street, with 2 travel lanes in each direction. There is also a slip lane to Dorchester Avenue in each direction. There is a sidewalk and street parking on both sides of the street; street parking is restricted closer to the intersection. The speed limit is 30mph.

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 2023 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.
Yearly trackers: | ||||| 2022 | 2023
Report: Fatal Pedestrian Crashes in MA (2021)
Report: Fatal Pedestrian Crashes in MA (2022)

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).

Statewide Fatal Crashes In MA, March 2023

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.

Last month, we took a look at crashes listed in the MassDOT Crash Portal in February; eight were identified as people walking. In this post, we’ll look at crashes in MA in March 2023. 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 25 fatal crashes in Massachusetts in March in the MassDOT Crash portal, 6 were identified as people walking.
The average age of pedestrians hit & killed in March was 51.5.
Three of the crashes were hit & runs.

Date	3/1/2023, 7:07 PM
Location	61 Taunton St.
Town	Plainville
Type	PEDESTRIAN
Age	46
Sex	M

MassLive reports 46-year old William Murry was struck and killed by the driver of a Honda Accord at 7:07PM on Wednesday evening while walking along Taunton Street.

According to the MassDOT Road Inventory, this road is under local jurisdiction. It is a two-way street, with 1 travel lane in each direction. There is a sidewalk on one side of the street. The speed limit is 40mph.

Date	3/16/2023, 9:50 AM
Location	University Ave.
Town	Westwood
Type	PEDESTRIAN
Age	82
Sex	F

82-year old Alice Wedge was struck and killed at 9:50am on Thursday morning as she was trying to cross from a retail complex to the railway station. Boston.com reports two nurses stopped and gave her first aid until an ambulance arrived, but she passed away at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Needham.

According to the MassDOT Road Inventory, this road is under local jurisdiction. Much of the information for University Avenue at this location is incomplete. It is a two-way street, with 3 travel lanes in each direction. There is a shared use path on one side and a sidewalk and street level bike lane on the other side of the street. The speed limit is unclear in the Road Inventory since it is listed as 99. The location is adjacent to the Route 128/University Park Commuter Rail/Amtrak Station and on/off ramps for 128/95.

Date	3/24/2023, 11:42 PM
Location	South St.
Town	Hatfield
Type	PEDESTRIAN
Age	19
Sex	M

Western Mass News reports 19-year old Jesse Johansmeyer was struck and killed at 11:42pm on Friday night after a bonfire in a remote cornfield in a section known as the Hatfield Meadows which is off of Great Neponset Road and South Street and near the Connecticut River. The driver of the white pickup truck fled the scene.

According to the MassDOT Road Inventory, this road is under local jurisdiction. It is a rural dirt road. The speed limit is unclear in the Road Inventory, and Street View is not available.

Date	3/26/2023, 5:03 PM
Location	3968 Washington St.
Town	Boston
Type	PEDESTRIAN
Age	60
Sex	M

60-year old Egdio D’Antuony was struck and killed while sitting on his porch at 5:03pm on Sunday afternoon when he was struck by a vehicle that crashed into the house. His friend, 62-year old Joseph Cobb, suffered life-threatening injuries. The driver of the vehicle that caused the crash fled the scene.

Boston 25 News reports:

Juan Medina, 20, is charged with motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation, leaving the scene of personal injury or death and failing to yield at an intersection for his alleged role in the deadly March 26 crash.
Prosecutors say, Medina, was driving south on Washington Street around 5 p.m. when he turned into the northbound lane. His sudden movement allegedly caused another car to collide with a minivan and then the triple-decker where Edigio D’Antuony and Joseph Cobb sat on the front porch.

According to the MassDOT Road Inventory, this road is under local jurisdiction. It is a two-way street, with 1 travel lane in each direction. There is a sidewalk and street parking on both sides of the street. The speed limit is 30mph.

Date	3/27/2023, 4:59 PM
Location	Logan Airport – Lower Roadway Terminal B
Town	Boston
Type	PEDESTRIAN
Age	47
Sex	M

WWLP reports 47-year old Vishwachand Kolla was struck and killed by the driver of a Dartmouth Transportation motor coach bus at 4:59pm on Monday afternoon as he was standing outside his SUV parked curbside as he waited to pick up a friend from the airport.

Boston 25 News spoke to a bystander:

“I’m like what happened.. to find out that someone lost their life tonight that affects somebody.. especially to know that you’re here the same place and it could have been you,” said Laura Vandiver, Logan Airport passenger.

According to the MassDOT Road Inventory, this road is under Massport jurisdiction. There are 3 through lanes and 1 curbside pickup/drop-off lane on the one-way roadway. The speed limit is 15mph.

Date	3/29/2023, 6:20 AM
Location	1000 Western Ave.
Town	Lynn
Type	PEDESTRIAN
Age	55
Sex	F

55-year old Emira Barucija was hit and killed in a crosswalk while walking to the bus stop on her morning commute to her job at Salem Hospital. The driver fled the scene. Lynn Police identified the suspect and located the suspect’s vehicle in a parking garage in the Longwood Medical area of Boston. Charges against the driver are anticipated, but not yet filed.

The Lynn Item spoke to an MBTA bus driver after the crash:

An MBTA bus driver, who spoke anonymously, said that at approximately 6 a.m. he saw the victim lying on the ground in the middle of the street, with another woman kneeling beside her.
The bus driver said a GE security guard responded to the scene just before he could call 911. He said that while driving his bus route, he sees erratic drivers in the area nearly every day.
“It’s crazy out here, you wouldn’t believe it,” he said.

According to the MassDOT Road Inventory, this road is under MassDOT jurisdiction. It is a two-way street, with 1 general travel lane and 1 bus/bike lane in each direction. There is a sidewalk on both sides of the street. The speed limit in the Road Inventory is 30mph. (We’ve included a screenshot of the overhead view below, since the painted lanes are not yet updated on Google Street View.)

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 2023 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.
Yearly trackers: | ||||| 2022 | 2023
Report: Fatal Pedestrian Crashes in MA (2021)
Report: Fatal Pedestrian Crashes in MA (2022)

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).

Statewide Fatal Crashes In MA, January 2023

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. We will be releasing a year in review for 2022 in the coming weeks to highlight common issues. You can read the year in review for 2021 here.

Last month, we took a look at crashes listed in the MassDOT Crash Portal in December; eight were identified as people walking. In this post, we’ll look at crashes in MA in January 2023. 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 17 fatal crashes in Massachusetts in January in the MassDOT Crash portal, 4 were identified as people walking.
The average age of pedestrians hit & killed in January was 59.5.
2 of the crashes were hit & runs.

Date	1/9/2023, 4:51 PM
Location	90 South Main St.
Town	Sharon
Type	PEDESTRIAN
Age	71
Sex	M

The Sharon, MA Police Department shared on Facebook that 71 year-old Joel Singer was struck and killed by a driver on South Main Street at Chestnut Street. Multiple commenters reference drivers driving very fast in the town. One commenter made note of dark streets in Sharon:

But have to add one more thing that should be addressed: lack of proper street lighting in Sharon. I have noticed that the street lights are either very dim or far apart (not all streets are like that but many are) such that there are several dark patches.

According to the MassDOT Road Inventory, this road is under local jurisdiction. It is a two-way street, with 1 travel lane in each direction. There is a sidewalk on both sides. The speed limit is 30mph. Google Street View shows Sharon’s town hall at this location near a signalized intersection with crosswalks.

Date	1/20/2023, 10:35 PM
Location	Melnea Cass Blvd. + Mass Ave.
Town	Boston
Type	PEDESTRIAN
Age	73
Sex	M

WCVB reports that a 73-year old man was walking and pushing a wheelchair when he was struck by the driver of a vehicle. The driver fled the scene; authorities located a vehicle of interest based on dashcam footage from another vehicle.

According to the MassDOT Road Inventory, part of this intersection is under MassDOT jurisdiction (Mass Ave Connector) and a portion is under local jurisdiction (Mass Ave, Melnea Cass Blvd, and Southampton St). From dashcam footage, it appears the crash location is under local jurisdiction. Both Melnea Cass Blvd and Mass Ave are two-way streets, with 1-2 turning lanes and 2 through lanes in each direction with a pedestrian island. The speed limit is 30mph.

Date	1/23/2023, 11:46 AM
Location	91 Concord Rd. EAST
Town	Acton
Type	PEDESTRIAN
Age	66
Sex	F

WCVB reports that a 66-year old woman was struck and killed while checking her mail by the driver of a dark-colored van that fled the scene; the driver later contacted police. The article notes it was the third hit-and-run in Acton in the past few months.

According to the MassDOT Road Inventory, this road is under local jurisdiction. It is a two-way street, with 1 travel lane in each direction. There is a walking path on one side of the street next to a cemetery, on the opposite side from where houses are located. The speed limit is 35mph (though a sign near the location on Street View from September 2019 shows 30mph).

Date	1/30/2023, 9:13 AM
Location	West St. (300 Block)
Town	Pittsfield
Type	PEDESTRIAN
Age	28
Sex	F

The Berkshire Eagle reports that Shaloon Milord and her 3-year old daughter were hit near Dorothea Amos Park by 84-year old Pittsfield resident Loraine Utter, who was driving a 2015 Toyota Yaris. Shaloon was transported to a hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.

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 2023 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.
Yearly trackers: | ||||| 2022
Report: Fatal Pedestrian Crashes in MA (2021)
Report: Fatal Pedestrian Crashes in MA (2022) – anticipated report publication in March 2023

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).

Boston Globe: “Dangerous intersections and roads in Boston and Springfield are about to get multimillion-dollar upgrades”

Brendan Kearney, deputy director of the advocacy group WalkBoston, said he was pleased to see federal dollars going toward road safety, not just traffic congestion. It’s an urgent issue, he said, and one that is literally life-or-death.
He recalls a particularly urgent conversation with a manager at the Boch Center’s Wang Theatre at Stuart and Tremont Streets, one of the intersections targeted for safety improvements.
“He’s incredibly nervous about the safety of their patrons,” Kearney said.
Kearney noted that the commitment to Springfield is meaningful, too.
His group, which advocates for walkability in communities statewide, released a report last spring that found Springfield, despite being about a quarter of the population of Boston, had the same number of fatal pedestrian crashes in 2021. In 2022, Springfield saw 12 fatal crashes and 94 serious injury crashes, according to state data, and Boston saw 23 fatal crashes and 31 serious injury crashes.

Posted February 1, 2023