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Brockton Crash Report
Police-reported motor-vehicle crashes in Brockton over three complete years, drawn from the state's crash records. Totals, fatalities, bicyclist and pedestrian counts, and the city's most crash-prone roads.
Brockton totals, 2022 to 2024. Fatal, bicyclist, and pedestrian figures count crashes in which at least one such outcome or road user was involved.
Where Brockton ranks in Massachusetts
Rank among all 349 Massachusetts cities and towns in the crash record, 2022 to 2024. A lower number means more crashes of that type.
| Measure | Brockton | Statewide rank |
|---|---|---|
| Total crashes | 7,378 | 7th of 349 |
| Fatal crashes | 20 | 5th of 349 |
| Bicyclist crashes | 62 | 15th of 349 |
| Pedestrian crashes | 183 | 8th of 349 |
Reading the Brockton numbers
Over 2022 to 2024, Brockton recorded 7,378 police-reported crashes, of which 2,604 involved an injury and 20 were fatal. Its fatality rate works out to 2.7 fatal crashes per 1,000 crashes. Vulnerable road users account for a measurable share of the total: 62 crashes involved a bicyclist and 183 involved a pedestrian.
The single most crash-prone named road in the Brockton record is Main St, with 96 crashes in the most recent year of data. The full list of the city's highest-crash roads appears below.
Most crash-prone roads in Brockton
Named roadways with the most crashes in Brockton, most recent year of record. Road names are reproduced from the MassDOT records and lightly formatted for readability.
| # | Road | Crashes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main St | 96 |
| 2 | Belmont St | 85 |
| 3 | Pleasant St | 83 |
| 4 | N Montello St | 68 |
| 5 | N Main St | 64 |
| 6 | Oak St | 63 |
| 7 | Warren Ave | 51 |
| 8 | Crescent St | 44 |
What the fatality rate means
Brockton's fatality rate is 2.7 fatal crashes for every 1,000 crashes on record. In plain terms, out of every 1,000 reported crashes in Brockton, about 2.7 ended in a death. The rate lets you compare severity across cities of very different sizes, because it does not simply reward the city with the most traffic.
If you were injured in Brockton
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Source and data
Source: MassDOT IMPACT Crash Data Portal (Massachusetts RMV crash records), 2022 to 2024 data. Fatality context: NHTSA FARS. Analysis by Jim Glaser Law; not affiliated with or endorsed by MassDOT.
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