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Traffic deaths in Connecticut in 2022

State in United States

Deaths, 2022
366
Fatal crashes
332
Population
3.6M

In 2022, 366 people died in 332 fatal crashes in Connecticut. That was 20.8% more than in 2021 (303) and the most since 1990. The death rate was 10.1 per 100,000 residents, compared with 12.8 in the United States. Connecticut had the 34th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 39th-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 20% of deaths, and 39% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

10.1

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2022

  • About 80 percent of the rate in the United States: 12.8

+21%

change in deaths from 2021 to 2022

303 deaths in 2021, 366 in 2022

  • The United States: -1%

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 1.1 times the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2022
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 223
Pedestrians 72
Motorcyclists 67
Cyclists 4
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Deaths by type, 2022
Type Deaths Share in Connecticut Share in the US
Pedestrians 72 20% 18%
Motorcyclists 67 18% 15%
Cyclists 4 1% 3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 129 35% 32%
Speeding-related crashes 148 40% 28%

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

39%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 1.4 times the share in the United States: 28%

30%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 26%
Crash factors in 2022
Category Connecticut United States
Speeding-related 30.4% 26.2%
Alcohol-involved 38.9% 27.7%
At night 53.9% 53.9%
At weekends 37.0% 33.3%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

54%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 54%

37%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 1.1 times the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 9
1am 18
2am 19
3am 5
4am 6
5am 9
6am 18
7am 11
8am 5
9am 8
10am 13
11am 7
12pm 9
1pm 8
2pm 18
3pm 16
4pm 21
5pm 14
6pm 17
7pm 21
8pm 16
9pm 16
10pm 18
11pm 25

All crashes 2022.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 58
Mon 42
Tue 42
Wed 44
Thu 42
Fri 39
Sat 65

All crashes 2022.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 23
Feb 21
Mar 26
Apr 18
May 29
Jun 36
Jul 33
Aug 26
Sep 23
Oct 29
Nov 38
Dec 30

All crashes 2022.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 281
Rain 26
Cloudy 17
Fog, Smog, Smoke 2
Snow 1
Blowing Snow 1

All crashes 2022. 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 146
Dark - Lighted 104
Dark - Not Lighted 58
Dawn 9
Dusk 7
Dark - Unknown Lighting 5

All crashes 2022. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2022

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. I-9516
  2. I-8415
  3. I-9115
  4. SR-812
  5. US-17
  6. US-67
  7. I-3956
  8. SR-156
  9. SR-106
  10. US-445

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 228
SUVs 124
Motorcycles 67
Medium and heavy trucks 40
Pickup trucks 33
Vans 16
Other vehicles 5
Buses 2
Other light trucks 1

All crashes 2022.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Honda Accord17
  2. Honda Civic16
  3. Nissan Rogue12
  4. Jeep Grand Cherokee11
  5. Nissan Altima11
  6. Toyota Camry10
  7. Toyota RAV410
  8. Freightliner Cascadia9
  9. Honda CR-V9
  10. Ford F-1507

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 2022. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Date Location Deaths
Apr 18, 2022 Norwalk, Fairfield County 1
Apr 16, 2022 Colchester, New London County 1
Apr 16, 2022 Canterbury, Windham County 1
Apr 15, 2022 West Mystic, New London County 1
Apr 13, 2022 Stamford, Fairfield County 1
Apr 13, 2022 Chaplin, Windham County 1
Apr 11, 2022 Stafford, Tolland County 1
Apr 9, 2022 West Haven, New Haven County 1
Apr 9, 2022 Hampton, Windham County 2
Apr 9, 2022 New Haven, New Haven County 2
Apr 3, 2022 Seymour, New Haven County 1
Apr 2, 2022 New Hartford, Litchfield County 1
Mar 31, 2022 Hartford, Hartford County 1
Mar 29, 2022 Hartford, Hartford County 1
Mar 27, 2022 Waterbury, New Haven County 1
Mar 25, 2022 Norwalk, Fairfield County 1
Mar 24, 2022 Hartford, Hartford County 1
Mar 23, 2022 Stamford, Fairfield County 1
Mar 23, 2022 West Torrington, Litchfield County 1
Mar 23, 2022 Plainville, Hartford County 1
Mar 19, 2022 Suffield, Hartford County 1
Mar 19, 2022 Meriden, New Haven County 1
Mar 18, 2022 West Hartford, Hartford County 1
Mar 18, 2022 Southbury, New Haven County 1
Mar 18, 2022 Danbury, Fairfield County 1

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Counties in Connecticut in 2022

Area Deaths, 2022 Per 100,000
Fairfield County 56 —
Hartford County 93 —
Litchfield County 25 —
Middlesex County 13 —
New Haven County 112 —
New London County 27 —
Tolland County 10 —
Windham County 30 —

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2022. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.