Waterford Had 19 Injury Crashes In October

WATERFORD, CT — A crash on Devonshire Drive on Oct. 30 left someone with what police listed as suspected serious injuries, one of 19 crashes with injuries reported in town last month, according to preliminary state crash data.

Nobody was killed. The crashes injured 22 people: one had suspected serious injuries, 12 had suspected minor injuries and nine had possible injuries, according to police reports in the Connecticut Crash Data Repository at UConn.

Waterford had seven injury crashes in October 2025.

The crashes

Nineteen crashes were reported; the most serious and those involving pedestrians or bicyclists are listed below.

Wednesday, Oct. 7, about 1:30 p.m., Route 1. A vehicle and a 33-year-old bicyclist collided. The bicyclist had suspected minor injuries.

Friday, Oct. 30, about 8:30 p.m., Devonshire Drive. A single-vehicle crash in which someone fell or jumped from the vehicle, according to the report. It happened after dark. One driver had suspected serious injuries.

The other 17 crashes included three on Interstate 95, two on Clark Lane, two on Route 85 and two on Route 1. They injured 20 people, 11 with suspected minor injuries and nine with possible injuries, according to the reports.

The pattern

Five of the 19 crashes were rear-end collisions, and in all five police cited the trailing driver for following too closely. Seven were angle crashes. Five involved a single vehicle. Thirteen of the 19 happened in daylight, and two in rain or other bad weather. By road: three on Interstate 95, three on Route 1, two on Clark Lane and two on Route 85. The only traffic death in Waterford this year came in June on Route 693, 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.