WOODBURY-MIDDLEBURY, CT — Police reported seven crashes with injuries in Woodbury and Middlebury in October, three of them on Interstate 84, according to preliminary state crash data.
Nobody was killed or seriously hurt. The crashes injured 10 people: five had suspected minor injuries and five had possible injuries, according to police reports in the Connecticut Crash Data Repository at UConn.
Last October, the data shows six injury crashes in Woodbury and nine in Middlebury.
The crashes
Saturday, Oct. 10, about 2:45 a.m., Charcoal Avenue, Middlebury. A single vehicle hit a post or pole. Police listed a driver as failing to keep in the proper lane. It happened after dark. One driver had suspected minor injuries.
Tuesday, Oct. 13, about 4 p.m., Interstate 84, Middlebury. Two vehicles collided at an angle. Police listed one driver as failing to keep in the proper lane. One driver had suspected minor injuries.
Friday, Oct. 16, about 6:30 a.m., Route 64, Middlebury. Three vehicles collided at an angle. Police listed one driver as failing to yield the right of way. It happened in the rain and after dark. Two people had suspected minor injuries.
Saturday, Oct. 17, about 7:45 a.m., Route 47, Woodbury. A single vehicle hit a tree. Police listed a driver as failing to keep in the proper lane. One driver had suspected minor injuries.
Thursday, Oct. 22, about 8 p.m., Interstate 84, Middlebury. A single vehicle hit a sign post. Police listed a driver as failing to keep in the proper lane. It happened after dark. One driver had possible injuries.
Friday, Oct. 23, about 7 a.m., Route 6, Woodbury. A rear-end crash. Police listed one driver as following too closely. One driver had possible injuries.
Wednesday, Oct. 28, about 5 p.m., Interstate 84, Middlebury. A three-vehicle rear-end crash. Police listed one driver as following too closely. Three people had possible injuries.
The pattern
Two of the seven crashes were rear-end collisions, and in both police cited the trailing driver for following too closely. Two were angle crashes. Three involved a single vehicle. Four of the seven happened in daylight, and one in rain or other bad weather. By road: three on Interstate 84. The only traffic death in Woodbury and Middlebury this year came in May on Interstate 84 in Middlebury, 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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