East Hampton & Portland Had 1 Injury Crash In October

EAST HAMPTON-PORTLAND, CT — Police reported one crash with injuries in East Hampton and Portland in October, according to preliminary state crash data.

Nobody was killed or seriously hurt. One person was hurt and had what police listed as suspected minor injuries, according to the Connecticut Crash Data Repository at UConn.

Last October, the data shows one injury crash in East Hampton and four in Portland.

The crashes

Sunday, Oct. 25, about 5:30 p.m., Route 66, East Hampton. A rear-end crash. Police listed one driver as following too closely. One driver had suspected minor injuries.

The towns' two traffic deaths this year came in April on East High Street in East Hampton and August on Route 16 in East Hampton, 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.