Impact Essex County

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Traffic Injuries and Fatalities

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Traffic Injuries and Fatalities

What does this measure?

The number of traffic injuries and deaths in a region, expressed as a rate per 1,000 residents.

Why is this important?

Traffic injuries and fatalities present an enormous cost to a community in terms of both money spent and lives altered.

How is our county doing?

In 2024, Essex County had a traffic injury and death rate of 4.3 per 1,000 residents, similar to 2024, but a 7% decrease in the rate from 2010. The rate in Essex County was similar to the state rate of 4.4 per 1,000 residents in 2024.

How do we compare to similar counties?

The rate in Essex County was higher than Middlesex (3.6 per 1,000 residents) in 2024, but lower than Westchester, NY (7.0).

Notes about the data

Data not available for the nation or Lake County, IL for 2024.

Traffic Injuries and Fatalities

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Essex County, MA	4.6	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.6	4.8	5.1	5.0	5.1	4.6	3.5	4.1	4.3	4.3	4.3
Middlesex County, MA	4.4	3.9	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.4	4.3	4.1	4.0	2.7	3.4	3.7	3.6	3.6
Lake County, IL	6.4	6.2	6.2	6.4	6.2	6.5	7.0	5.0	5.0	4.8	3.4	3.9	4.1	4.1
Westchester County, NY	8.3	8.2	7.7	7.7	7.3	7.9	8.1	8.1	8.0	8.1	5.3	6.5	6.9	7.2	7.0
Massachusetts	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	5.0	5.2	5.1	5.0	4.8	3.5	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4

Source: Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, Illinois Department of Transportation, New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Notes: Rates per 10,000 residents. Massachusetts data not available for 2011.

Number of Traffic Injuries and Fatalities

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Essex County, MA	3,397	3,280	3,304	3,259	3,572	3,751	3,947	3,951	3,981	3,618	2,818	3,278	3,521	3,525	3,521
Middlesex County, MA	6,629	5,975	6,380	6,535	6,648	6,733	7,029	6,942	6,643	6,494	4,358	5,461	5,967	5,906	6,036
Lake County, IL	4,485	4,336	4,368	4,501	4,378	4,558	4,915	3,522	3,476	3,324	2,408	2,798	2,909	2,950
Westchester County, NY	7,859	7,816	7,346	7,395	7,048	7,658	7,839	7,824	7,732	7,836	5,290	6,525	6,886	7,149	7,050
Massachusetts	30,645	31,310	31,547	31,519	32,544	33,982	35,421	35,188	34,431	33,269	24,640	29,809	31,024	31,389	31,483

Source: Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, Illinois Department of Transportation, New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Notes: Massachusetts data not available for 2011.

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