New Milford Had 11 Injury Crashes In October; 5 Were On Route 7

NEW MILFORD, CT — An 89-year-old pedestrian was hurt on Brookside Avenue in late October, one of 11 crashes with injuries New Milford police reported last month, according to preliminary state crash data.

Five of the 11 crashes happened on Route 7 and three on Route 202. Nobody was killed or seriously hurt. The crashes injured 18 people in all: seven had what police listed as suspected minor injuries, and 11 had possible injuries, according to the Connecticut Crash Data Repository at UConn.

New Milford also had 11 injury crashes in October 2025, eight of them on Route 7.

The crashes

Wednesday, Oct. 7, about 1:30 p.m., Route 7. Two vehicles collided at an angle after one driver failed to keep in the proper lane, according to the police report. Both drivers and a passenger had possible injuries.

Friday, Oct. 9, about 6:45 a.m., Route 202. A three-vehicle rear-end crash. Police listed the trailing driver as following too closely. One driver had possible injuries.

Friday, Oct. 9, about 4:30 p.m., Route 202. Two vehicles collided at an angle after one driver failed to yield the right of way, according to the report. The other driver, 66, had suspected minor injuries.

Sunday, Oct. 11, about 4 p.m., South Main Street. Two vehicles collided at an angle in the rain. Police listed one driver as failing to yield and the other as running off the road, and cited an obstructed view. Both drivers had possible injuries.

Sunday, Oct. 18, about 9:15 a.m., Route 7. A rear-end crash in which police listed the trailing driver as following too closely. The other driver had possible injuries.

Thursday, Oct. 22, about 8:45 a.m., Route 202. Another rear-end crash; police cited the trailing driver for following too closely and listed glare as a factor. That driver had possible injuries.

Friday, Oct. 23, about 2:30 p.m., Route 37 at Candlewood Mountain Road. A 77-year-old driver failed to yield, according to the report, and two vehicles collided at an angle. Four people were hurt: two with suspected minor injuries and two with possible injuries.

Friday, Oct. 23, about 4:15 p.m., Route 7 at Twin Oaks. A rear-end crash in which the trailing driver was listed as following too closely. The other driver had suspected minor injuries.

Saturday, Oct. 24, about 12:15 p.m., Brookside Avenue at Elm Street Extension. A driver making an improper turn, according to the report, struck an 89-year-old pedestrian, who had suspected minor injuries.

Thursday, Oct. 29, about 8:45 p.m., Route 7. A rear-end crash after dark. Police listed the trailing driver as following too closely and distracted by texting or another hand-held device. Both drivers were hurt, one with suspected minor injuries and one with possible injuries.

Friday, Oct. 30, about 4:45 p.m., Route 7. Another rear-end crash in which the trailing driver was listed as following too closely. The other driver had suspected minor injuries.

The pattern

Six of the 11 crashes were rear-end collisions, and in all six, police cited the trailing driver for following too closely. Four more were angle crashes, each involving a driver who failed to yield or keep in the proper lane, according to the reports. Ten of the 11 happened in daylight, and all but the Oct. 11 crash on South Main Street happened in clear weather. Five of the 11 happened on a Friday.

No one has been killed in a crash in New Milford this year or last, 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.