HADDAM-EAST HADDAM-KILLINGWORTH, CT — A crash on Clark Hill Road in East Haddam on Oct. 15 left someone with what police listed as suspected serious injuries, one of 10 crashes with injuries reported in Haddam, East Haddam and Killingworth last month, according to preliminary state crash data.
Nobody was killed. The crashes injured 12 people: one had suspected serious injuries, eight had suspected minor injuries and three had possible injuries, according to police reports in the Connecticut Crash Data Repository at UConn.
Last October, the data shows one injury crash in Haddam, four in East Haddam and one in Killingworth.
The crashes
Wednesday, Oct. 7, about 8:45 a.m., Route 81 at Beaver Meadow Road, Haddam. Two vehicles collided at an angle. Police listed one driver as failing to yield the right of way. One driver had suspected minor injuries.
Wednesday, Oct. 7, about 9:45 a.m., Route 81, Haddam. A head-on collision. Police listed one driver as failing to keep in the proper lane. One driver had suspected minor injuries.
Thursday, Oct. 15, about 12:15 p.m., Clark Hill Road, East Haddam. Two vehicles collided at an angle. Police listed one driver as driving in an inattentive, careless or erratic manner. One driver had suspected serious injuries.
Thursday, Oct. 15, about 9:45 p.m., Dublin Hill Road, Haddam. A single vehicle hit a utility pole. Police listed a driver as failing to keep in the proper lane. It happened after dark. One driver had suspected minor injuries.
Sunday, Oct. 18, about 2:15 a.m., Route 81, Haddam. A single vehicle hit an embankment. Police listed a driver as running off the road. It happened after dark. One driver had possible injuries.
Thursday, Oct. 22, about 6:30 a.m., Parker Hill Road, Haddam. A single vehicle hit a tree. Police listed a driver as failing to keep in the proper lane. One driver had possible injuries.
Saturday, Oct. 24, about 2 p.m., Route 434 at Route 82, East Haddam. A single vehicle hit an embankment. Police listed a driver as running a stop sign. One driver had suspected minor injuries.
Monday, Oct. 26, about 2:15 p.m., Route 9, Haddam. A single vehicle hit a cable barrier. Police listed a driver as failing to keep in the proper lane. Two people had suspected minor injuries.
Wednesday, Oct. 28, about 3:15 p.m., Route 81, Killingworth. A rear-end crash. Police listed one driver as failing to yield the right of way. One driver had possible injuries.
Friday, Oct. 30, about 5:45 p.m., Route 81 at Beaver Meadow Road, Haddam. Two vehicles collided at an angle. Police listed one driver as failing to yield the right of way. Two people had suspected minor injuries.
The pattern
One of the 10 crashes was a rear-end collision. Three were angle crashes. Five involved a single vehicle. Eight of the 10 happened in daylight, and all in clear or cloudy weather. By road: five on Route 81. The only traffic death in Haddam, East Haddam and Killingworth this year came in May on Silverspring Drive in Haddam, 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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