New London County, Connecticut: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 35 deaths in 33 fatal crashes in New London County in 2024.

FARS records 281 deaths in 261 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 10.5 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, New London County was number 4 of 8 counties of Connecticut.

Deaths in New London County fell by 2.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (287) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (281).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 36.4% of the fatal crashes in New London 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 New London 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.New London County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	35	33	13
2023	28	27	9
2022	27	25	12
2021	27	25	12
2020	22	21	9
2019	34	29	11
2018	24	23	12
2017	28	26	8
2016	27	25	9
2015	29	27	12
2015 to 2024	281	261	107

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 68 (1979)2024: 35

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

Table 2.New London County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	35	33
2023	28	27
2022	27	25
2021	27	25
2020	22	21
2019	34	29
2018	24	23
2017	28	26
2016	27	25
2015	29	27
2014	31	27
2013	29	26
2012	24	22
2011	20	18
2010	33	29
2009	25	23
2008	21	20
2007	39	33
2006	40	39
2005	25	22
2004	48	45
2003	37	35
2002	35	31
2001	26	22
2000	44	39
1999	28	27
1998	26	24
1997	41	37
1996	38	36
1995	26	24
1994	31	29
1993	34	34
1992	27	22
1991	31	27
1990	34	33
1989	26	23
1988	58	53
1987	43	41
1986	46	43
1985	43	40
1984	61	56
1983	47	47
1982	57	52
1981	54	50
1980	58	54
1979	68	60
1978	51	48
1977	43	37
1976	42	35
1975	47	43

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.New London County beside Connecticut and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	New London County	Connecticut	United States
2024	13.2	8.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	10.5	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. New London County had 264,999 residents in 2020.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.New London County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Connecticut
A driver recorded as drinkingof 261 fatal crashes	107	261 fatal crashes	41.0%	34.3%
A speeding-related driverof 261 fatal crashes	91	261 fatal crashes	34.9%	33.3%
No restraint usedof 163 occupant deaths with restraint use known	79	163 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.5%	49.8%
Pedestriansof 281 deaths	25	281 deaths	8.9%	18.8%
Bicyclistsof 281 deaths	1 or 2	281 deaths	0.7%	1.2%
Motorcyclistsof 281 deaths	61	281 deaths	21.7%	19.6%
On a rural roadof 258 fatal crashes with the condition reported	94	258 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.4%	14.4%
In the darkof 258 fatal crashes with the condition reported	121	258 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.9%	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.New London 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	10	3	15	8	36
Monday	6	5	11	14	36
Tuesday	3	6	13	12	34
Wednesday	8	5	7	13	33
Thursday	4	8	14	10	36
Friday	6	5	13	16	40
Saturday	8	8	8	20	44
All days	45	40	81	93	259

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.New London County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Connecticut
Interstate	55	21.4%	16.5%
Other freeways and expressways	9	3.5%	9.1%
Other principal arterial	39	15.2%	21.8%
Minor arterial	67	26.1%	30.5%
Major collector	57	22.2%	11.3%
Minor collector	4	1.6%	1.3%
Local	26	10.1%	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.New London County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	121
Dark, not lighted	70
Dark, lighted	51
Dawn	8
Dusk	8
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.New London County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	210
Cloudy	19
Rain	24
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	5

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in New London County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In New London	In all of Connecticut
Interstate 95	Interstate	34	155
Interstate 395	Interstate	19	34
State Route 2	State highway	16	36
State Route 32	State highway	13	32
US Route 1	US highway	15	90

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.New London 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
New London County: 10.5

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 New London County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Hartford County	Connecticut	88	721	8.1
Middlesex County	Connecticut	14	149	9.2
Tolland County	Connecticut	13	143	9.5
Windham County	Connecticut	8	159	13.6
Suffolk County	New York	120	1,389	9.2
Kent County	Rhode Island	4	98	5.8
Washington County	Rhode Island	10	105	8.2

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 New London 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.

Cite this page

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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 New London in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 287 deaths in New London County from 2005 to 2014. It records 281 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of New London in 2024?

The rate of New London County in 2024 was 13.2 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 New London had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 107 of 261 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 New London?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 97 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.