MileCheck Highway Report

MileCheck Highway Report: Massachusetts, October 2026

Name: MileCheck Highway Report, October 2026: Massachusetts
Creator: MileCheck

by MileCheck · November 2, 2026

What Massachusetts's department of transportation (DOT) feed showed in October 2026. Part of the national MileCheck Highway Report, October 2026.

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How we got these numbers: These are unique alerts published by Massachusetts's department of transportation (DOT) feed, from a daily copy taken Oct. 1 through Oct. 31, 2026. Each alert is counted once. An alert posted and removed between two daily copies is not counted. Not all states report the same data, so compare each place with its own earlier months. Fire figures are as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific.

48crash alerts in October

17closure alerts

202roadwork alerts

7wildfire records, as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific

Crashes

Massachusetts's road feed carried 48 crash alerts in October.

Routes with the most crash alerts

I-95 — 9
I-93 — 8
I-90 — 7

Closures and roadwork

17 closures and 202 roadwork records were on Massachusetts's feed in October, out of 284 alerts of all types.

Routes with the most alerts in Massachusetts

I-95 — 16
I-90 — 14
US-1 — 13
I-495 — 13
I-93 — 13

Compared with earlier months

Unique alerts on Massachusetts's feed in each full month MileCheck has.

By month

September — 149 alerts: 25 crashes, 9 closures, 100 roadwork
October — 284 alerts: 48 crashes, 17 closures, 202 roadwork

Wildfires

The national wildfire feed listed 7 fire records in Massachusetts as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific.

Largest fires, as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific

Little River (Hampshire County), 5 acres, containment not published
Green Dot Trail (Norfolk County), 3 acres, containment not published
Bellevue Pond Fire (Middlesex County), 1 acres, containment not published
Fd070074 (Worcester County), 0 acres, containment not published

Thank you to the firefighters and crews who worked these fires all season.

Live fire perimeters are at milecheckapp.com/fire.

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