Here Are The 10 Most Dangerous Roads In New London

NEW LONDON, CT - New London's most dangerous roadway over the past four years is Route 1 with more than 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 the most dangerous roads and routes during the last four years:

1. Route 1: 507

2. Unknown: 306

3. I-95: 276

4. Route 32: 228

5. Bank Street: 219

6. Route 641: 197

7. Route 213: 179

8. Montauk Avenue: 156

9. Broad Street: 122

10. Route 639:82

There were 2 fatal New London crashes, 36 with suspected serious injuries and 295 with suspected minor injuries. Overall there were 3,946 crashes between 2015 and halfway through December 2018.

There were more than 431,000 crashes 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? Please let us know in the comments section.

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