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Massachusetts: Summary of Large Trucks Involved in Crashes
Number of Large Trucks Involved in: 2004  2005  2006  2007  2008 
Fatal and Non-Fatal Crashes (FARS & MCMIS)  954  806  1,164  1,690  2,310 
Fatal Crashes (FARS)  42  24  33  27  20 
Fatal Crashes (MCMIS)  43  36  37  40  24 
Non-Fatal Crashes (MCMIS)  912  782  1,131  1,663  2,290 
Injury Crashes (MCMIS)  369  328  840  970  1,011 
Towaway Crashes (MCMIS)  543  454  291  693  1,279 
HM Placard Crashes (MCMIS)  31  29  21  13  12 
Number of:
Fatalities (FARS)  43  24  34  28  20 
Injuries (MCMIS)  480  450  1,138  1,275  1,307 
The MCMIS Crash File is intended to be a census of trucks and buses involved in fatal, injury and towaway crashes; however, some States do not report all FMCSA-eligible crashes. FMCSA continues to work with the States to improve data quality and reporting of all eligible truck and bus crashes to the MCMIS crash file.

Massachusetts: Summary of Buses Involved in Crashes
Number of Buses Involved in: 2004  2005  2006  2007  2008 
Fatal and Non-Fatal Crashes (FARS & MCMIS)  170  151  248  251  368 
Fatal Crashes (FARS)  3  0  2  1  1 
Fatal Crashes (MCMIS)  4  1  3  1  4 
Non-Fatal Crashes (MCMIS)  167  151  246  250  367 
Injury Crashes (MCMIS)  85  76  172  163  213 
Towaway Crashes (MCMIS)  82  75  74  87  154 
HM Placard Crashes (MCMIS)  0  0  0  0  0 
Number of:
Fatalities (FARS)  4  0  2  1  1 
Injuries (MCMIS)  142  127  411  289  355 
The MCMIS Crash File is intended to be a census of trucks and buses involved in fatal, injury and towaway crashes; however, some States do not report all FMCSA-eligible crashes. FMCSA continues to work with the States to improve data quality and reporting of all eligible truck and bus crashes to the MCMIS crash file.
Data Source: FARS & MCMIS (September 2009 data snapshot)



Number of Large Trucks
Involved in Fatal and Non-Fatal Crashes (FARS & MCMIS)
Number of Large Trucks Involved in Fatal and Non-Fatal Crashes


Number of Buses
Involved in Fatal and Non-Fatal Crashes (FARS & MCMIS)
Number of Buses Involved in Fatal and Non-Fatal Crashes


Number of Large Trucks
Involved in Fatal Crashes
Number of Large Trucks Involved in Fatal Crashes and Number of Fatalities in Large Truck Crashes


Number of Buses
Involved in Fatal Crashes
Number of Buses Involved in Fatal Crashes and Number of Fatalities in Bus Crashes


Number of Large Trucks
Involved in Non-Fatal Crashes (MCMIS)
Number of Large Trucks Involved in Non-Fatal Crashes


Number of Buses
Involved in Non-Fatal Crashes (MCMIS)
Number of Buses Involved in Non-Fatal Crashes
Data Source: FARS & MCMIS (September 2009 data snapshot)

CAUTION:  Although efforts have been made to provide the most accurate and complete MCMIS Crash data possible, data quality can vary from state to state. Please use caution when interpreting MCMIS crash data.

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