FARMINGTON, CT — Police reported nine crashes with injuries in Farmington in October, two of them on Route 4, according to preliminary state crash data.
Nobody was killed or seriously hurt. The crashes injured 11 people: three had suspected minor injuries and eight had possible injuries, according to police reports in the Connecticut Crash Data Repository at UConn.
Farmington had 13 injury crashes in October 2025.
The crashes
Thursday, Oct. 8, about 9 p.m., Two Mile Road at Batterson Park Road. A single vehicle hit a curb. Police listed the driver as driving in an inattentive, careless or erratic manner and distracted by a hand-held electronic device. It happened after dark. One driver had possible injuries.
Friday, Oct. 9, about 8:45 a.m., Route 4 at South Road. A sideswipe between vehicles going the same direction. Police listed one driver as making an improper turn. One driver had possible injuries.
Sunday, Oct. 11, about 11:15 a.m., Route 6. A single vehicle hit a curb. Police listed the driver as failing to keep in the proper lane. It happened in the rain. One driver had possible injuries.
Friday, Oct. 16, about 7:45 a.m., Interstate 84. A three-vehicle rear-end crash. Police listed one driver as following too closely. It happened in the rain. One driver had suspected minor injuries.
Friday, Oct. 16, about 9:30 a.m., New Britain Avenue at Meadow Road. Two vehicles collided at an angle. Police listed one driver as running a stop sign and distracted by a hand-held electronic device. It happened in the rain. One driver had suspected minor injuries.
Monday, Oct. 19, about 6:15 a.m., Interstate 84. A sideswipe between vehicles going the same direction. Police listed one driver as driving in an inattentive, careless or erratic manner. Police listed another driver as following too closely. It happened after dark. Two people had possible injuries.
Tuesday, Oct. 20, about 9 a.m., Old Mountain Road. A single vehicle hit a utility pole. Police listed the driver as driving in an inattentive, careless or erratic manner and distracted by a hand-held electronic device. One driver had possible injuries.
Monday, Oct. 26, about noon, Dowling Way. Two vehicles collided. Police listed one driver as backing improperly. Two people were hurt: one with suspected minor injuries and one with possible injuries.
Tuesday, Oct. 27, about 2:45 p.m., Route 4. A rear-end crash. One driver had possible injuries.
The pattern
Two of the nine crashes were rear-end collisions, and in one of them police cited the trailing driver for following too closely. One was an angle crash. Three involved a single vehicle. Police listed a driver as distracted by a hand-held electronic device in three crashes. Seven of the nine happened in daylight, and three in rain or other bad weather. By road: two on Route 4 and two on Interstate 84. The only traffic death in Farmington this year came in May on Meadow Road, 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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