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Traffic deaths in Connecticut in 2020

State in United States

Deaths, 2020
299
Fatal crashes
284
Population
3.6M

In 2020, 299 people died in 284 fatal crashes in Connecticut. The death rate was 8.4 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.8 in the United States. Connecticut had the 35th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 42nd-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 20% of deaths, and 35% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

8.4

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2020

  • About 70 percent of the rate in the United States: 11.8

Connecticut traffic deaths by year goes back to 1975.

Profile by year: 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020

Road users

Who died

20%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 17%
Who died in 2020
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 176
Pedestrians 59
Motorcyclists 58
Cyclists 6
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Deaths by type, 2020
Type Deaths Share in Connecticut Share in the US
Pedestrians 59 20% 17%
Motorcyclists 58 19% 14%
Cyclists 6 2% 2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 123 41% 30%
Speeding-related crashes 106 35% 29%

Alcohol-impaired and speeding-related count everyone killed in those crashes, so a death can appear in more than one row.

Crash factors

Speeding, alcohol, night and weekend crashes

35%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 29%

36%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 1.4 times the share in the United States: 27%
Crash factors in 2020
Category Connecticut United States
Speeding-related 36.3% 26.7%
Alcohol-involved 35.2% 28.6%
At night 51.8% 53.4%
At weekends 33.8% 32.9%

Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.

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Timing

When crashes happen

52%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 53%

34%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 10
1am 14
2am 10
3am 3
4am 10
5am 2
6am 5
7am 4
8am 2
9am 8
10am 2
11am 11
12pm 13
1pm 13
2pm 14
3pm 21
4pm 21
5pm 13
6pm 19
7pm 24
8pm 14
9pm 14
10pm 17
11pm 10

All crashes 2020.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 51
Mon 31
Tue 33
Wed 30
Thu 49
Fri 45
Sat 45

All crashes 2020.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 22
Feb 20
Mar 20
Apr 22
May 20
Jun 30
Jul 25
Aug 27
Sep 22
Oct 21
Nov 33
Dec 22

All crashes 2020.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 241
Rain 22
Cloudy 16
Snow 2
Fog, Smog, Smoke 1

All crashes 2020. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Daylight 127
Dark - Lighted 92
Dark - Not Lighted 48
Dusk 10
Dark - Unknown Lighting 5
Dawn 2

All crashes 2020. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. I-9519
  2. SR-810
  3. I-9110
  4. US-110
  5. I-849
  6. SR-108
  7. SR-158
  8. US-447
  9. SR-324
  10. SR-834

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 205
SUVs 80
Motorcycles 65
Medium and heavy trucks 27
Pickup trucks 26
Vans 13
Other vehicles 7

All crashes 2020.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Honda Accord18
  2. Honda Civic12
  3. Honda CR-V9
  4. Hyundai Sonata9
  5. Nissan Altima9
  6. Chevrolet Silverado8
  7. Toyota Camry8
  8. Nissan Rogue7
  9. Subaru Forester6
  10. Toyota Corolla6

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Fatal crashes in 2020. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Crash factors
Date Location Deaths
Dec 31, 2020 Putnam, Windham County 1
Dec 29, 2020 New Haven, New Haven County 1
Dec 28, 2020 North Coventry, Tolland County 2
Dec 27, 2020 Waterbury, New Haven County 1
Dec 25, 2020 Bristol, Hartford County 1
Dec 25, 2020 Hartford, Hartford County 1
Dec 25, 2020 Franklin, New London County 1
Dec 24, 2020 New Britain, Hartford County 1
Dec 24, 2020 Middlebury, New Haven County 1
Dec 22, 2020 Vernon, Tolland County 1
Dec 18, 2020 West Haven, New Haven County 1
Dec 17, 2020 Greenwich, Fairfield County 1
Dec 17, 2020 Wethersfield, Hartford County 1
Dec 13, 2020 Bridgeport, Fairfield County 1
Dec 10, 2020 South Windsor, Hartford County 1
Dec 8, 2020 North Stonington, New London County 1
Dec 7, 2020 Chaplin, Windham County 1
Dec 6, 2020 Hartford, Hartford County 1
Dec 6, 2020 Bridgeport, Fairfield County 2
Dec 4, 2020 Milford, New Haven County 1
Dec 4, 2020 Windsor, Hartford County 1
Dec 2, 2020 Wolcott, New Haven County 1
Nov 30, 2020 Greenwich, Fairfield County 1
Nov 29, 2020 Waterbury, New Haven County 2
Nov 29, 2020 Glastonbury, Hartford County 1

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Counties in Connecticut in 2020

Area Deaths, 2020 Per 100,000
Fairfield County 59 —
Hartford County 64 —
Litchfield County 21 —
Middlesex County 17 —
New Haven County 83 —
New London County 22 —
Tolland County 21 —
Windham County 12 —

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.