Traffic & Transit
Here Are The 10 Most Dangerous Roads In Ridgefield
A new report names the worst local roads in town. Did they miss any?
RIDGEFIELD, CT — The most dangerous roadway in town over the past four years is Rt. 35 with nearly 600 crashes.
The UConn Connecticut Crash Data Repository has crunched data from The Department of Public Safety and the state Department of Transportation.
These are Ridgefield’s most dangerous roads and routes from the past four years:
- Rt. 35 (574)
- Rt. 7 (387)
- Rt. 116 (143)
- Rt. 102 (64)
- Ridgebury Road (49)
- Grove Street (36)
- Rt. 33 (32)
- Rt. 822 (31)
- East Ridge Street (72)
There were no fatal Ridgefield crashes, but there were 23 with suspected serious injuries and 128 with suspected minor injuries. Overall there were 1,969 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? Please let us know in the comments section.
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