WEST HARTFORD, CT — A crash on Gin Still Lane on Oct. 2 left someone with what police listed as suspected serious injuries, one of 10 crashes with injuries reported in town last month, according to preliminary state crash data.
Nobody was killed. The crashes injured 15 people: one had suspected serious injuries, 11 had suspected minor injuries and three had possible injuries, according to police reports in the Connecticut Crash Data Repository at UConn.
West Hartford had 31 injury crashes in October 2025.
The crashes
Thursday, Oct. 1, about 3:15 a.m., Interstate 84. A single vehicle hit a sign post. Police listed the driver as failing to keep in the proper lane. It happened after dark. One driver had suspected minor injuries.
Thursday, Oct. 1, about 6:45 p.m., Fern Street at Walbridge Road. Two vehicles collided at an angle. Police listed one driver as running a stop sign. It happened after dark. Three people had suspected minor injuries.
Friday, Oct. 2, about 2:45 p.m., Interstate 84. A three-vehicle rear-end crash. Police listed one driver as following too closely. One passenger had suspected minor injuries.
Friday, Oct. 2, about 10:45 p.m., Gin Still Lane at Buena Vista Road. A single vehicle overturned. Police listed the driver as overcorrecting. It happened after dark. Two people were hurt: one with suspected serious injuries and one with suspected minor injuries.
Tuesday, Oct. 6, about noon, Route 44 at Coolidge Road. Two vehicles collided at an angle. Police listed one driver as failing to yield the right of way. Two people were hurt: one with suspected minor injuries and one with possible injuries.
Thursday, Oct. 8, about 2:45 p.m., Interstate 84. Three vehicles collided. Police listed one driver as failing to keep in the proper lane. One driver had possible injuries.
Saturday, Oct. 10, about 2 a.m., Interstate 84. A single vehicle hit a concrete barrier. Police listed the driver as failing to keep in the proper lane. It happened after dark. One driver had possible injuries.
Saturday, Oct. 24, about 8:30 p.m., Farmington Avenue at South Quaker Lane. Two vehicles collided at an angle. Police listed one driver as failing to yield the right of way. It happened after dark. One driver had suspected minor injuries.
Monday, Oct. 26, about 3:15 p.m., South Road. Two vehicles collided at an angle. Police listed one driver as running a stop sign. Two people had suspected minor injuries.
Friday, Oct. 30, about 2 p.m., Interstate 84. A single vehicle hit an embankment. Police listed the driver as failing to keep in the proper lane. One driver had suspected minor injuries.
The pattern
One of the 10 crashes was a rear-end collision. Four were angle crashes. Four involved a single vehicle. Five of the 10 happened in daylight, and all in clear or cloudy weather. By road: five on Interstate 84. The only traffic death in West Hartford this year came in March in a parking lot on New Park 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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