Ridgefield Had 7 Injury Crashes In October; 4 Were On Route 35

RIDGEFIELD, CT — A 12-year-old riding a bicycle was hurt on Route 35 in early October, one of seven crashes with injuries Ridgefield police reported last month, according to preliminary state crash data.

Four of the seven crashes happened on Route 35. Nobody was killed or seriously hurt. Each crash injured one person: five people had what police listed as suspected minor injuries, and two had possible injuries, according to the Connecticut Crash Data Repository at UConn.

Ridgefield had 12 injury crashes in October 2025.

The crashes

Monday, Oct. 5, about 6:50 p.m., Route 35. A vehicle and a 12-year-old bicyclist collided after dark on a lighted stretch of road. The cyclist had suspected minor injuries. Police didn't list a contributing action by the driver.

Friday, Oct. 9, about noon, Route 35. Two vehicles collided at an angle. One driver had suspected minor injuries.

Saturday, Oct. 10, about 11:15 a.m., Route 102. A 67-year-old driver failed to keep in the proper lane, according to the police report, and the vehicle overturned. The driver had possible injuries.

Sunday, Oct. 11, about 12:15 p.m., Route 7. One driver rear-ended another in the rain. Police listed the trailing driver as following too closely and going too fast for conditions. The driver who was hit had suspected minor injuries.

Sunday, Oct. 18, about 8:15 a.m., Ridgebury Road at Old Stagecoach Road. Two vehicles collided at an angle after an improper turn, according to the report. One driver had suspected minor injuries.

Monday, Oct. 26, about 7:45 a.m., Route 35. A rear-end crash. Police listed the trailing driver as following too closely and distracted by an electronic device. The other driver had possible injuries.

Friday, Oct. 30, about 9:15 a.m., Route 35. Another rear-end crash in which the trailing driver was listed as following too closely. The other driver had suspected minor injuries.

The pattern

Three of the seven crashes were rear-end collisions, and in all three, police cited the trailing driver for following too closely. Three more were angle crashes. Six of the seven happened in daylight; the exception was the Oct. 5 bicycle crash. All but the Oct. 11 crash on Route 7 happened in clear weather.

Ridgefield's two traffic deaths this year came in April on Route 7 and in July on Wilton Road West, 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. 11, 2026.