Avon Had 4 Injury Crashes In October

AVON, CT — Police reported four crashes with injuries in Avon in October, two of them on Route 10, according to preliminary state crash data.

Nobody was killed or seriously hurt. The crashes injured six people: one had suspected minor injuries and five had possible injuries, according to police reports in the Connecticut Crash Data Repository at UConn.

Avon had six injury crashes in October 2025.

The crashes

Friday, Oct. 9, about 1:45 p.m., Route 44. A rear-end crash. Police listed one driver as following too closely. One driver had possible injuries.

Wednesday, Oct. 14, about 10:30 a.m., Route 10. A rear-end crash. Police listed one driver as following too closely. One driver had possible injuries.

Saturday, Oct. 24, about 3:30 p.m., Route 10. A head-on collision. Police listed one driver as following too closely. Three people were hurt: one with suspected minor injuries and two with possible injuries.

Tuesday, Oct. 27, about 2:15 p.m., Route 177 at Bridgewater Drive. Two vehicles collided at an angle. Police listed one driver as running a stop sign. One driver had possible injuries.

The pattern

Two of the four crashes were rear-end collisions, and in both police cited the trailing driver for following too closely. One was an angle crash. All four happened in daylight, and all in clear or cloudy weather. By road: two on Route 10. No one has been killed in a crash in Avon this year, according to the data.

About the data

These figures are preliminary. Police reports for recent months are still being added to the state database, and counts often rise as they come in. Crashes that damaged only property aren't in the October figures yet, so this story covers crashes with injuries only.

Crash data from the Connecticut Crash Data Repository, University of Connecticut, as of Nov. 13, 2026.