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Easthampton Crash Report
Police-reported motor-vehicle crashes in Easthampton 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.
Easthampton totals, 2022 to 2024. Fatal, bicyclist, and pedestrian figures count crashes in which at least one such outcome or road user was involved.
Where Easthampton 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 | Easthampton | Statewide rank |
|---|---|---|
| Total crashes | 870 | 134th of 349 |
| Fatal crashes | 3 | 118th of 349 |
| Bicyclist crashes | 5 | 150th of 349 |
| Pedestrian crashes | 13 | 81st of 349 |
Reading the Easthampton numbers
Over 2022 to 2024, Easthampton recorded 870 police-reported crashes, of which 145 involved an injury and 3 were fatal. Its fatality rate of 3.4 fatal crashes per 1,000 crashes runs above the pattern for a city its size, which points to higher-severity crashes rather than simply more of them. Vulnerable road users account for a measurable share of the total: 5 crashes involved a bicyclist and 13 involved a pedestrian.
The single most crash-prone named road in the Easthampton record is Northampton St, with 31 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 Easthampton
Named roadways with the most crashes in Easthampton, most recent year of record. Road names are reproduced from the MassDOT records and lightly formatted for readability.
| # | Road | Crashes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northampton St | 31 |
| 2 | Cottage St | 26 |
| 3 | Union St | 12 |
| 4 | East St | 10 |
| 5 | Main St | 10 |
| 6 | Holyoke St | 8 |
| 7 | Pleasant St | 8 |
| 8 | Pine St | 5 |
What the fatality rate means
Easthampton's fatality rate is 3.4 fatal crashes for every 1,000 crashes on record. In plain terms, out of every 1,000 reported crashes in Easthampton, about 3.4 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.
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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