Chester, Essex & Deep River Had 8 Injury Crashes In October

CHESTER-ESSEX-DEEP RIVER, CT — A 14-year-old bicyclist was hurt on Route 154 in Essex on Oct. 12, one of eight crashes with injuries police reported in Chester, Essex and Deep River last month, according to preliminary state crash data.

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

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Last October, the data shows three injury crashes in Chester, two in Essex and none in Deep River.

The crashes

Friday, Oct. 2, about 11 p.m., Route 153, Essex. A single vehicle hit a tree. Police listed a driver as failing to keep in the proper lane. It happened after dark. One driver had suspected minor injuries.

Tuesday, Oct. 6, about 6 a.m., Route 9, Chester. A single vehicle hit a cable barrier. Police listed a driver as failing to keep in the proper lane. One driver had possible injuries.

Saturday, Oct. 10, about 8 p.m., Route 145 at Route 80, Deep River. A single vehicle hit a curb. Police listed a driver as failing to keep in the proper lane. It happened after dark. One driver had possible injuries.

Monday, Oct. 12, about 12:15 p.m., Route 154, Essex. A vehicle and a 14-year-old bicyclist collided. The bicyclist had suspected minor injuries.

Monday, Oct. 12, about 6:45 p.m., Route 80, Deep River. A head-on collision. Police listed one driver as failing to keep in the proper lane. One driver had possible injuries.

Thursday, Oct. 15, about 2:45 p.m., Route 145, Chester. A rear-end crash. Police listed one driver as following too closely. One driver had suspected minor injuries.

Thursday, Oct. 15, about 2:45 p.m., Route 148, Chester. A single vehicle hit a utility pole. Police listed a driver as failing to keep in the proper lane. One driver had possible injuries.

Monday, Oct. 19, about 11 a.m., Route 9, Deep River. A rear-end crash. Police listed one driver as driving in a reckless or aggressive manner. One driver had suspected minor injuries.

The pattern

Two of the eight crashes were rear-end collisions, and in one of them police cited the trailing driver for following too closely. One was an angle crash. Four involved a single vehicle. Three of the eight happened in daylight, and all in clear or cloudy weather. By road: two on Route 9 and two on Route 145. No one has been killed in a crash in Chester, Essex and Deep River 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.