New Haven County, Connecticut Car Accident Statistics
81 people died in 72 fatal crashes in New Haven County in 2024, according to NHTSA. From 2019 through 2024 the county had 501 traffic deaths in 467 crashes, and 24% of the people killed were pedestrians.
Traffic deaths in New Haven County by year
| Year | Deaths | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 81 | 72 |
| 2023 | 73 | 70 |
| 2022 | 112 | 101 |
| 2021 | 89 | 84 |
| 2020 | 83 | 79 |
| 2019 | 63 | 61 |
Who died
People killed in New Haven County crashes, 2019–2024.
Roads with the most fatal crashes
| Road | Fatal crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| I-91 | 29 | 31 |
| I-95 | 26 | 34 |
| SR-10 | 22 | 23 |
| SR-15 | 19 | 21 |
| I-84 | 12 | 15 |
| SR-34 | 11 | 11 |
| SR-8 | 11 | 14 |
| US-1 | 10 | 10 |
| SR-69 | 10 | 10 |
| SR-63 | 9 | 9 |
As named in crash reports, 2019–2024. Long highways cross many miles of the county, so they tend to rank high.
Fatal crashes inside city limits
| City | Fatal crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| New Haven | 101 | 105 |
| Waterbury | 82 | 87 |
| Meriden | 30 | 31 |
| Milford | 25 | 26 |
| Wallingford | 25 | 27 |
| Hamden | 24 | 25 |
| West Haven | 22 | 25 |
| North Haven | 19 | 20 |
| Cheshire | 12 | 12 |
| Seymour | 12 | 15 |
When fatal crashes happen
Time of day
Day of week (most: Sunday)
58% of fatal crashes in New Haven County happened in the dark, and 2% on roads classed as rural.
Drinking and speeding
What the first impact was with:
After a crash in Connecticut
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Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2024, which records every crash on a public road in which someone died within 30 days. Population figures are the Census Bureau's 2024 county estimates. A crash is counted where it happened, not where the people involved lived. “Drinking driver” means police reported a driver had been drinking; “speeding” means police reported at least one driver was speeding or going too fast for conditions. Injury-only crashes aren't in FARS.
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