This map outlines pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities across Massachusetts from 2016 through the present (the map was last updated on September 26, 2022). Blue pins represent 2016-2022 pedestrian fatalities, and orange pins represent 2016-2022 bicyclist fatalities.
| Pedestrian Fatalities | Bicyclist Fatalities | |
| 2016 | 78 | 10 |
| 2017 | 82 | 10 |
| 2018 | 71 | 6 |
| 2019 | 78 | 6 |
| 2020 | 56 | 9 |
| 2021 | 63 | 6 |
| 2022 (to date) | 34 | 3 |
This crash fatality list is compiled manually via news and social media alerts in order to give communities more information to help push for safer streets.
Pedestrian information is collected by WalkBoston. Please send any info/updates you may have to Brendan Kearney at [email protected]. Learn more about Walk Boston at www.WalkBoston.org and follow them on Twitter @WalkBoston.
Bicyclist information is collected by the Massachusetts Bike Coalition. Please send any info/updates you may have to Tom Francis at [email protected]. Learn more about MassBike at www.MassBike.org and follow them on Twitter @MassBike.
For information about traffic crashes resulting in serious injury or fatality in Boston, please visit this map that the City of Boston maintains. For more information about crashes statewide, visit MassDOT's crash data portal.
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