Hartford County, Connecticut: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 88 deaths in 81 fatal crashes in Hartford County in 2024.

FARS records 721 deaths in 673 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Connecticut in the same years is 8.3.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Hartford County was number 2 of 8 counties of Connecticut.

Deaths in Hartford County rose by 11.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (647) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (721).

In the counties of Connecticut the deaths rose by 8.5% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 3.0% of the fatal crashes in Hartford County with a known setting were rural, against 14.4% in Connecticut.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Hartford County by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Hartford County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	88	81	26
2023	70	64	23
2022	93	82	22
2021	89	83	31
2020	64	62	22
2019	64	61	21
2018	70	65	21
2017	60	55	23
2016	60	59	21
2015	63	61	16
2015 to 2024	721	673	226

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Hartford County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 135 (1980)2024: 88

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Hartford County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	88	81
2023	70	64
2022	93	82
2021	89	83
2020	64	62
2019	64	61
2018	70	65
2017	60	55
2016	60	59
2015	63	61
2014	56	53
2013	79	72
2012	72	67
2011	54	52
2010	69	66
2009	46	44
2008	69	61
2007	66	56
2006	83	74
2005	53	48
2004	57	56
2003	72	65
2002	81	73
2001	79	73
2000	83	78
1999	59	55
1998	66	65
1997	71	69
1996	71	67
1995	92	85
1994	70	65
1993	72	69
1992	65	64
1991	70	64
1990	100	94
1989	99	94
1988	105	97
1987	112	103
1986	95	89
1985	90	86
1984	97	94
1983	97	94
1982	105	93
1981	123	117
1980	135	121
1979	130	116
1978	96	91
1977	125	115
1976	108	94
1975	96	86

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Hartford County beside Connecticut and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hartford County	Connecticut	United States
2024	9.9	8.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.1	8.3	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. The file of the Census Bureau for vintage 2025 has the planning regions of Connecticut and no county. This site uses the estimate of 2020 for the years from 2021. Hartford County had 889,226 residents in 2020.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hartford County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Connecticut
A driver recorded as drinkingof 673 fatal crashes	226	673 fatal crashes	33.6%	34.3%
A speeding-related driverof 673 fatal crashes	246	673 fatal crashes	36.6%	33.3%
No restraint usedof 319 occupant deaths with restraint use known	156	319 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.9%	49.8%
Pedestriansof 721 deaths	163	721 deaths	22.6%	18.8%
Bicyclistsof 721 deaths	6	721 deaths	0.8%	1.2%
Motorcyclistsof 721 deaths	139	721 deaths	19.3%	19.6%
On a rural roadof 669 fatal crashes with the condition reported	20	669 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	3.0%	14.4%
In the darkof 672 fatal crashes with the condition reported	356	672 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.0%	51.1%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Hartford County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	34	14	21	30	99
Monday	17	12	23	31	83
Tuesday	12	15	22	24	73
Wednesday	8	19	27	30	84
Thursday	16	19	32	41	108
Friday	19	18	20	41	98
Saturday	38	9	32	41	120
All days	144	106	177	238	665

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Hartford County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Connecticut
Interstate	128	19.1%	16.5%
Other freeways and expressways	59	8.8%	9.1%
Other principal arterial	141	21.1%	21.8%
Minor arterial	207	30.9%	30.5%
Major collector	62	9.3%	11.3%
Minor collector	15	2.2%	1.3%
Local	57	8.5%	9.6%
Not reported	4	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Hartford County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	288
Dark, not lighted	62
Dark, lighted	292
Dawn	10
Dusk	18
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Hartford County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	567
Cloudy	38
Rain	42
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	8
Fog, smog or smoke	7
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	10

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Hartford County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hartford	In all of Connecticut
Interstate 84	Interstate	63	118
Interstate 91	Interstate	52	119
State Route 2	State highway	20	36
State Route 9	State highway	10	33
State Route 10	State highway	20	64
State Route 15	State highway	24	76
State Route 66	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 69	State highway	1 or 2	24
US Route 5	US highway	16	28
US Route 6	US highway	17	86
US Route 44	US highway	24	60

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in Connecticut

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Hartford County on the county map of Connecticut

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 105 counties
10 to 14.93 counties
15 to 19.90 counties
20 to 29.90 counties
30 or more0 counties
Hartford County: 8.1

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of Connecticut

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Hartford County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Litchfield County	Connecticut	14	204	11.3
Middlesex County	Connecticut	14	149	9.2
New Haven County	Connecticut	81	810	9.5
New London County	Connecticut	35	281	10.5
Tolland County	Connecticut	13	143	9.5
Hampden County	Massachusetts	35	418	9.0

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Connecticut have a population nearest to that of Hartford County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
Connecticut Department of TransportationThe highway safety office of Connecticut.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Hartford in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 647 deaths in Hartford County from 2005 to 2014. It records 721 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hartford in 2024?

The rate of Hartford County in 2024 was 9.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Connecticut was 8.4. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Hartford had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 226 of 673 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Hartford?

11 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 249 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.