Traffic & Transit

Here Are The 10 Most Dangerous Roads In Ledyard

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

LEDYARD, CT — Ledyard’s most dangerous roadway over the past four years is Rt. 214 with more than 150 crashes.

The UConn Connecticut Crash Data Repository has crunched data from The Department of Public Safety and the state Department of Transportation. (To sign up for Ledyard breaking news alerts and more, click here.)

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

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  1. Rt. 214 (151)
  2. Rt. 12 (131)
  3. Unknown (105)
  4. Rt. 117 (104)
  5. Rt. 2 (47)
  6. 680 (41)
  7. Shewville Road NO 2 (28)
  8. Colonel Ledyard Hwy (22)
  9. Long Cove Road (21)
  10. Whalehead Road (20)

There were seven fatal Ledyard crashes, 17 with suspected serious injuries and 97 with suspected minor injuries. Overall there were 915 crashes between 2015 and halfway through December 2018.

There were more than 431,000 crashes 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? Please let us know in the comments section.

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