BERLIN, CT — A crash on Route 71 on Oct. 2 left someone with what police listed as suspected serious injuries, one of 18 crashes with injuries reported in town last month, according to preliminary state crash data.
Nobody was killed. The crashes injured 28 people: six had suspected serious injuries, 17 had suspected minor injuries and five had possible injuries, according to police reports in the Connecticut Crash Data Repository at UConn.
Berlin had 16 injury crashes in October 2025.
The crashes
Eighteen crashes were reported; the most serious are listed below.
Friday, Oct. 2, about 10 a.m., Route 71. Two vehicles collided at an angle. Police listed one driver as failing to yield the right of way. One driver had suspected serious injuries.
Sunday, Oct. 4, about 4:15 p.m., Glen Street. A single vehicle hit a curb. Police listed the driver as running off the road. One driver had suspected serious injuries.
Thursday, Oct. 8, about 11 a.m., Route 15 at Meadow Lane. Two vehicles collided at an angle. Police listed one driver as failing to yield the right of way. One driver had suspected serious injuries.
Friday, Oct. 16, about noon, Route 15 at Deming Road. Two vehicles collided at an angle. Police listed one driver as running a red light. Two people were hurt: one with suspected serious injuries and one with suspected minor injuries.
Thursday, Oct. 22, about 6 p.m., Route 572. Two vehicles collided at an angle. Police listed one driver as failing to keep in the proper lane. Three people were hurt: one with suspected serious injuries, one with suspected minor injuries and one with possible injuries.
Tuesday, Oct. 27, about 4 p.m., Spruce Brook Road. A single vehicle hit a utility pole. Police listed the driver as failing to keep in the proper lane. One driver had suspected serious injuries.
The other 12 crashes included four on Route 9, two on Route 15, two on Route 372 and two on Route 71A. They injured 19 people, 15 with suspected minor injuries and four with possible injuries, according to the reports.
The pattern
Six of the 18 crashes were rear-end collisions, and in three of them police cited the trailing driver for following too closely. Six were angle crashes. Five involved a single vehicle. Ten of the 18 happened in daylight, and one in rain or other bad weather. By road: four on Route 15, four on Route 9, two on Route 372 and two on Route 71A. No one has been killed in a crash in Berlin 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.
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