Windham County, Connecticut Car Accident Statistics
8 people died in 8 fatal crashes in Windham County in 2024, according to NHTSA. From 2019 through 2024 the county had 97 traffic deaths in 89 crashes.
Traffic deaths in Windham County by year
| Year | Deaths | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | 8 |
| 2023 | 14 | 13 |
| 2022 | 30 | 25 |
| 2021 | 16 | 15 |
| 2020 | 12 | 12 |
| 2019 | 17 | 16 |
Who died
People killed in Windham County crashes, 2019–2024.
Roads with the most fatal crashes
| Road | Fatal crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| US-6 | 11 | 12 |
| I-395 | 8 | 8 |
| SR-169 | 4 | 4 |
| SR-101 | 4 | 4 |
| SR-14 | 4 | 4 |
| SR-171 | 3 | 3 |
| US-44 | 2 | 2 |
| US-6 HARTFORD TPKE | 2 | 3 |
| US-6 WILLIMANTIC RD | 2 | 2 |
| SR-205 | 2 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn | 12 | 14 |
| Killingly Center | 12 | 12 |
| Windham | 8 | 9 |
| Canterbury | 8 | 8 |
| Thompson | 8 | 11 |
| Woodstock | 6 | 6 |
| Chaplin | 6 | 7 |
| Pomfret | 6 | 6 |
| Putnam | 5 | 5 |
| Plainfield | 4 | 4 |
When fatal crashes happen
Time of day
Day of week (most: Saturday)
44% of fatal crashes in Windham County happened in the dark, and 61% 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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