Massachusetts Pedestrian and Bicyclist Fatalities Map

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

a stacked area line graph showing the 2016-2021 data from the table

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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