NORWICH, CT — A 22-year-old pedestrian was hurt on Route 82 on Oct. 11, one of 28 crashes with injuries police reported in town last month, according to preliminary state crash data.
Nobody was killed or seriously hurt. The crashes injured 34 people: 29 had suspected minor injuries and five had possible injuries, according to police reports in the Connecticut Crash Data Repository at UConn.
Norwich had 26 injury crashes in October 2025.
The crashes
Twenty-eight crashes were reported; the most serious and those involving pedestrians or bicyclists are listed below.
Sunday, Oct. 11, about 11:45 p.m., Route 82 at Route 646. A driver struck a 22-year-old pedestrian. It happened after dark. The pedestrian had suspected minor injuries.
Wednesday, Oct. 21, about 1 p.m., Route 82. A vehicle and a 33-year-old bicyclist collided. Police listed a driver as failing to yield the right of way. The bicyclist had suspected minor injuries.
Saturday, Oct. 31, about 8 p.m., Route 2 at Talman Street Extension. A driver struck a 32-year-old pedestrian. It happened after dark. The pedestrian had suspected minor injuries.
The other 25 crashes included four on Route 82, three on Route 2, two on New London Turnpike and two on Route 97. They injured 31 people, 26 with suspected minor injuries and five with possible injuries, according to the reports.
The pattern
Nine of the 28 crashes were rear-end collisions, and in six of them police cited the trailing driver for following too closely. Six were angle crashes. Five involved a single vehicle. Police listed a driver as distracted by a hand-held electronic device in one crash. Twenty of the 28 happened in daylight, and all in clear or cloudy weather. By road: six on Route 82, four on Route 2, two on New London Turnpike and two on Route 97. Norwich's six traffic deaths this year came in April on Route 32, April on Route 97, April on Interstate 395, May on Interstate 395, August on Route 97 and August on Boswell Avenue, 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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