Data and Resources

Work Zone Safety at a Glance" infographic showing 2021 statistics: 164 pedestrian fatalities, 323 CMV crash fatalities, 956 total fatalities, 42K injuries, and 106K total crashes.


Crashes in Work Zones

Data from the National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse and UCONN CT Crash Data Repository show that crashes and fatalities in work zones are a growing problem on the state and national level – and that both workers and drivers are at risk.

Work Zone: Crash Emphasis Area Dashboard

Crash Data

  • Bar chart showing work zone crashes from 2017–2021: 94K, 123K, 115K, 102K, and 106K.
  • Bar chart showing work zone fatalities from 2017–2021: 809, 757, 845, 863, and 956.
  • Bar chart showing work zone injuries from 2017–2021: 39K, 45K, 38K, 44K, and 42K.

Data from the National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse and UCONN CT Crash Data Repository indicate that work zone crashes, fatalities and injuries are on the rise.  Nationally there were 94,000 crashes in work zones in 2017, 123,000 crashes in 2018, 115,000 crashes in 2019, 102,000 crashes in 2020 and 104,000 crashes in 2021.  Nationally there were 809 fatalities in work zones in 2017, 757 fatalities in 2018, 845 fatalities in 2019, 863 fatalities in 2020 and 956 fatalities in 2021.  Nationally there were 39,000 injuries in work zone crashes in 2017, 45,000 injuries in 2018, 38,000 injuries in 2019,  44,000 injuries in 2020 and 42,000 in juries in 2021.   

Quick Facts

2566 Crashes Inside CT Works Zone
10 Fatalities Inside CT Work Zone
20 percent drivers speed through work zones