Here Are The 10 Most Dangerous Roads In Hamden

HAMDEN, CT — Hamden’s most dangerous roadway over the past four years is Route 10 with more than 2,500 crashes.

The UConn Connecticut Crash Data Repository has crunched data from The Department of Public Safety and the state Department of Transportation.

These are Hamden’s most dangerous roads and routes from the past four years:

1. Rt. 10 (2,529)
2. Rt. 15 (1,081)
3. “Unknown” (480)
4. Rt. 707 (429)
5. Rt. 5 (180)
6. Shepard Ave. (161)
7. Mix Ave. (142)
8. Skiff St. (134)
9. Putnam Ave. (126)
10. Benham St. (123)

There were 13 fatal Hamden crashes, 73 with suspected serious injuries and 593 with suspected minor injuries. Overall there were 7,856 crashes between 2015 and halfway through December 2018.

There were more than 431,000 crashes on Connecticut roads and highways between 2015 and Dec. 17, 2018, according to the repository. Of that 1,074 involved fatal injuries.

The top 10 routes for crashes in Connecticut from 2015 to 2018 are:

• I-95 (21,547)
• I-84 (17,652)
• CT-15 (16,620)
• Rt. 1 (16,577)
• I-91 (12,724)
• Rt. 10 (7,063
• Rt. 8 (5,932)
• Rt. 6 (5,750)
• Rt. 44 (5,137)

About three-quarters of all crashes happened during dry conditions.

Do you feel there are other dangerous local roads that should be included on this list? Let us know in the comments section.

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