Traffic Data: Most Foxborough Crashes Take Place Thursday Through Saturday

Most crashes in Foxborough take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday between the hours of 1 and 6 p.m., according to traffic crash data published in the 2012 Annual Town Report.

According to the report, Foxborough police received 618 crash calls in 2012 with 305 reports processed.

“Over the past five years, 24.6 percent of crashes involved single vehicles, 30 percent were rear end crashes and 30.9 percent were angle events,” according to Foxborough Police Chief Edward O’Leary.

Of the crashes reported in 2012, 305 involved injury and two resulted in fatalities.

“One of the fatal crashes took place on Commercial Street near Walnut Street on an early Saturday morning,” O’Leary stated in the report. “The young driver and the surviving passenger had stopped at the Shell station at around 3:30 a.m., where the young driver left her wallet. Her vehicle was headed back to the station where, at a high speed, she lost control of her vehicle, which rolled over and hit a tree. High speed and lack of driving experience were causative factors. The young female operator died, and her passenger received severe injuries.”

The second fatal crash occurred in June, involving a van and a motorcycle in the area of Central and Leonard streets.

“A young man driving a van entered Central Street from Leonard and was crossing over to Leonard Place,” O’Leary stated in the report. “He had not seen a motorcycle traveling south on Central Street. The motorcycle crashed into the side of the van, killing the operator and severely injuring the rider (his wife). The young man was charged with motor vehicle homicide as a result of an investigation with the District Attorney’s Office.”

Foxborough police issued over 1,400 traffic citations in 2012 and 52 people were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in town.

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