Somerville, MA Crash Map and Accident Trends
The most recent police-reported reported collisions in Somerville, MA, plotted from official open data — locations, injuries and contributing factors. This is government-published crash data, not news coverage.
Somerville is a city located directly to the northwest of Boston, and north of Cambridge, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the city had a total population of 81,045 people. With an area of 4.12 square miles (10.7 km2), the city has a density of 19,671/sq mi (7,595/km2), making it the most densely populated municipality in New England and the 19th most densely populated incorporated municipality in the country.
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383 official records from 2025-10-11 to 2026-09-09. Published with a delay · newest record 32 days old
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· source: City of Somerville Open Data — Police Data: Crashes (Somerville Police Department, ODbL)
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383 records from 2025-10-11 to 2026-09-09, newest first. Last successful import 2026-10-11T22:01 UTC.
| Date | Hour | Location | Injured | Killed | Collision type or factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | 9:00 | 12 Watson St | 0 | 0 | Sideswipe, Same Direction |
| 2026-03-04 | 7:00 | 290 Washington St | 1 | 0 | Rear-end |
| 2026-03-04 | 5:00 | Broadway & Garfield Av | 0 | 0 | Unknown |
| 2026-03-03 | 23:00 | Broadway & Mcgrath Hwy | 0 | 0 | Sideswipe, Same Direction |
| 2026-03-03 | 8:00 | 221 Willow Av | 0 | 0 | Sideswipe, Same Direction |
| 2026-03-01 | 10:00 | 4 College Av | 1 | 0 | Sideswipe, Same Direction |
| 2026-03-01 | 9:00 | 177 Central | 0 | 0 | Sideswipe, Same Direction |
| 2026-02-28 | 19:00 | 36 Boston Av | 0 | 0 | Sideswipe, Same Direction |
| 2026-02-28 | 0:00 | 30 Washington St | 0 | 0 | Angle |
| 2026-02-27 | 16:00 | 42 Prescott St | 0 | 0 | Sideswipe, Same Direction |
| 2026-02-27 | 15:00 | 72 Oxford St | 0 | 0 | Single Vehicle Crash |
| 2026-02-26 | 17:00 | 73 Elmwood St | 0 | 0 | Sideswipe, Opposite Direction |
| 2026-02-25 | 15:00 | 72 Oxford Street | 0 | 0 | Angle |
| 2026-02-25 | 10:00 | 6 Liberty Av | 0 | 0 | Sideswipe, Same Direction |
| 2026-02-24 | 6:00 | 230 Somerville Ave. | 0 | 0 | Sideswipe, Same Direction |
| 2026-02-23 | 20:00 | 23 Putnam Rd | 0 | 0 | Sideswipe, Opposite Direction |
| 2026-02-23 | 15:00 | Lincoln St & Perkins St | 0 | 0 | Sideswipe, Same Direction |
| 2026-02-23 | 13:00 | 425 Revolution Dr | 0 | 0 | Sideswipe, Opposite Direction |
| 2026-02-23 | 10:00 | 220 Washington St | 0 | 0 | Head On |
| 2026-02-22 | 18:00 | 6 Warner St | 0 | 0 | Head On |
| 2026-02-20 | 19:00 | Dane St & Somerville Av | 0 | 0 | Sideswipe, Same Direction |
| 2026-02-19 | 8:00 | Broadway & Medford | 0 | 0 | Angle |
| 2026-02-19 | 7:00 | 680 Somerville Av | 0 | 0 | Rear-end |
| 2026-02-18 | 8:00 | Pinckney St & Washington St | 0 | 0 | Angle |
| 2026-02-13 | 7:00 | 66 Highland Av | 1 | 0 | Rear-end |
| 2026-02-13 | 2:00 | 270 Washington St | 0 | 0 | Single Vehicle Crash |
| 2026-02-12 | 17:00 | 13 Partridge Av | 1 | 0 | Single Vehicle Crash |
| 2026-02-12 | 16:00 | 487 Broadway | 0 | 0 | Head On |
| 2026-02-12 | 8:00 | 94 Marshall St | 0 | 0 | Sideswipe, Same Direction |
| 2026-02-12 | 5:00 | 14 Mcgrath Hwy | 0 | 0 | Single Vehicle Crash |
| 2026-02-07 | 17:00 | 50 Florence St | 0 | 0 | Sideswipe, Same Direction |
| 2026-02-07 | 14:00 | Cedar St & Spencer Av | 0 | 0 | Sideswipe, Same Direction |
| 2026-02-07 | 12:00 | 20 Medford St | 1 | 0 | Rear-end |
| 2026-02-05 | 10:00 | Ryan Rd & Franey Rd | 0 | 0 | Angle |
| 2026-02-04 | 18:00 | 86 Electric Av | 0 | 0 | Unknown |
| 2026-02-04 | 12:00 | Beacon St & Forest St | 1 | 0 | Angle |
| 2026-02-04 | 8:00 | Kidder Av & Lowden Av | 0 | 0 | Angle |
| 2026-02-03 | 19:00 | Myrtle St & Washington St | 0 | 0 | Rear-end |
| 2026-02-03 | 17:00 | 11 Lexington Av | 0 | 0 | Sideswipe, Same Direction |
| 2026-02-03 | 16:00 | 4 Langmaid Av | 0 | 0 | Angle |
| 2026-02-03 | 14:00 | Highland Av & Porter St | 0 | 0 | Head On |
| 2026-02-03 | 10:00 | 1 Franey Rd | 0 | 0 | Sideswipe, Same Direction |
| 2026-02-03 | 8:00 | 250 Willow Av | 0 | 0 | Angle |
| 2026-02-02 | 19:00 | Cedar St & Highland Av | 0 | 0 | Rear-end |
| 2026-01-30 | 7:00 | 15 Sanborn Av | 0 | 0 | Sideswipe, Same Direction |
| 2026-01-29 | 20:00 | 105 Rogers Av | 1 | 0 | Sideswipe, Same Direction |
| 2026-01-29 | 12:00 | Beacon St & Buckingham St | 0 | 0 | Angle |
| 2026-01-29 | 7:00 | 698 Assembly Row | 0 | 0 | Rear-end |
| 2026-01-28 | 9:00 | 265 Highland Av | 0 | 0 | Angle |
| 2026-01-27 | 11:00 | 151 Hudson St | 0 | 0 | Sideswipe, Opposite Direction |
Accident news in and near Somerville, MA
21 news reports in the last 30 days, placed by city name in the headline — a separate layer from the police records above.
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Data: City of Somerville Open Data — Police Data: Crashes (Somerville Police Department, ODbL), updated 2026-08-30 (public government data). How records are imported, deduplicated and labelled: methodology. See also accidents in United States and US road deaths by year.