HSO is a data-driven organization. We fund and produce extensive research projects exploring traffic safety issues, crashes, fatalities and driver behavior. These data are invaluable in determining where to focus on efforts, how to design our programs and when to launch them.
This planning document provides historic, trending and current data detailing highway safety in Connecticut. Crash data and identified problem areas dictate the State’s highway safety goals, objectives and planned countermeasures. Download the CT Highway Safety plan for more information.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration partners with states like Connecticut, sharing data and providing grants so we can conduct effective highway safety programs. Visit NHTSA for a full option of data query tools and data visualizations.
The Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center (CTSRC), located at UConn’s Connecticut Transportation Institute, is grant-funded by the CT DOT and provides extensive data on road crashes throughout the State. It is a remarkable and comprehensive resource for developing programs and policies to address roadway safety.
Visit UCONN Crash Data’s extensive crash data dashboard for more information.
To access the data query tool and for further crash dashboards visit UCONN’s CTcrash site.
Most speeding fatalities don't happen on highways. In fact, from 2017-2021:
