HARTFORD, CT — A crash on Locust Street on Oct. 1 left someone with what police listed as suspected serious injuries, one of 93 crashes with injuries reported in the city last month, according to preliminary state crash data.
Nobody was killed. The crashes injured 113 people: three had suspected serious injuries, 48 had suspected minor injuries and 62 had possible injuries, according to police reports in the Connecticut Crash Data Repository at UConn.
Hartford had 151 injury crashes in October 2025.
The crashes
Ninety-three crashes were reported; the most serious and those involving pedestrians or bicyclists are listed below.
Thursday, Oct. 1, about 1:15 p.m., Locust Street. A sideswipe between vehicles going the same direction. Police listed one driver as failing to keep in the proper lane. Police listed another driver as passing improperly. Three people were hurt: one with suspected serious injuries and two with suspected minor injuries.
Saturday, Oct. 3, about 8:15 p.m., Main Street. A driver struck a 67-year-old pedestrian. It happened after dark. The pedestrian had suspected minor injuries.
Tuesday, Oct. 6, about 2 p.m., Hillside Avenue at Ansonia Street. A vehicle and a 66-year-old bicyclist collided. Police listed the driver as running a stop sign. One driver had possible injuries.
Thursday, Oct. 8, about 4:45 p.m., Charter Oak Avenue at South Prospect Street. A driver struck a 64-year-old pedestrian. The pedestrian had possible injuries.
Wednesday, Oct. 14, about 6:30 a.m., Farmington Avenue at Broad Street. A driver struck a 68-year-old pedestrian. The pedestrian had suspected minor injuries.
Thursday, Oct. 15, about 3 p.m., Franklin Avenue at Benton Street. A driver struck a 12-year-old pedestrian. The pedestrian had suspected minor injuries.
Tuesday, Oct. 20, about 11:15 a.m., Route 44 at Route 187. A driver struck a 17-year-old pedestrian. The pedestrian had suspected minor injuries.
Friday, Oct. 23, about 8 p.m., Sisson Avenue. A driver struck a 49-year-old pedestrian. It happened after dark. The pedestrian had suspected serious injuries.
Saturday, Oct. 24, about 5 p.m., Capitol Avenue at West Street. A driver struck a 79-year-old pedestrian. Police listed one driver as running a stop sign. Two people had suspected minor injuries.
Sunday, Oct. 25, about 5:45 a.m., Route 44. A driver struck a pedestrian. It happened after dark. The pedestrian had suspected serious injuries.
The other 83 crashes included seven on Interstate 91, six on Interstate 84, five on Route 44, four on Maple Avenue and four on Sigourney Street. They injured 100 people, 40 with suspected minor injuries and 60 with possible injuries, according to the reports.
The pattern
Thirty-one of the 93 crashes were rear-end collisions, and in 24 of them police cited the trailing driver for following too closely. Thirty-five were angle crashes. Fourteen involved a single vehicle. Police listed a driver as distracted by a hand-held electronic device in one crash. Fifty-six of the 93 happened in daylight, and three in rain or other bad weather. By road: seven on Route 44, seven on Interstate 91, six on Interstate 84 and four on Maple Avenue. The only traffic death in Hartford this year came in June on Interstate 91, 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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