Traffic & Transit

Here Are The 10 Most Dangerous Roads In West Haven

A new report names the worst local roads in town. Did they miss any?

WEST HAVEN, CT — West Haven’s most dangerous roadway over the past four years is I-95 with more than 900 crashes.

The UConn Connecticut Crash Data Repository has crunched data from The Department of Public Safety and the state Department of Transportation.

These are West Haven’s most dangerous roads and routes from the past four years:

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  1. I-95 (911)
  2. Rt. 162 (678)
  3. Rt. 1 (669)
  4. Campbell Ave. (570)
  5. Rt. 122 (468)
  6. “Unknown” (367)
  7. Rt. 34 (296)
  8. Elm St. (252)
  9. Meloy Rd. (164)
  10. Main St. (141)

There were 17 fatal West Haven crashes, 62 with suspected serious injuries and 578 with suspected minor injuries. Overall there were 7,021 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.

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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? Let us know in the comments section.

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