Tolland County, Connecticut: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Tolland County in 2024.

FARS records 143 deaths in 136 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 9.5 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, Tolland County was number 8 of 8 counties of Connecticut.

Deaths in Tolland County fell by 5.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (152) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (143).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 39.6% of the fatal crashes in Tolland 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 Tolland 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.Tolland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	13	3
2023	16	15	5
2022	10	9	3
2021	16	16	4
2020	21	20	5
2019	10	10	1 or 2
2018	16	15	7
2017	12	11	6
2016	12	12	3
2015	17	15	8
2015 to 2024	143	136	46

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 37 (1980)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Tolland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	13
2023	16	15
2022	10	9
2021	16	16
2020	21	20
2019	10	10
2018	16	15
2017	12	11
2016	12	12
2015	17	15
2014	18	18
2013	17	16
2012	17	16
2011	11	11
2010	21	18
2009	7	7
2008	15	15
2007	16	16
2006	8	8
2005	22	19
2004	16	15
2003	15	15
2002	17	15
2001	18	18
2000	24	23
1999	14	13
1998	23	21
1997	20	18
1996	17	16
1995	16	15
1994	25	23
1993	17	17
1992	17	15
1991	14	13
1990	24	21
1989	19	17
1988	30	27
1987	27	27
1986	29	23
1985	24	24
1984	18	18
1983	27	26
1982	17	17
1981	27	26
1980	37	32
1979	31	29
1978	28	26
1977	33	28
1976	26	25
1975	27	26

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.Tolland County beside Connecticut and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Tolland County	Connecticut	United States
2024	8.6	8.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	9.5	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. Tolland County had 150,600 residents in 2020.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Tolland County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Connecticut
A driver recorded as drinkingof 136 fatal crashes	46	136 fatal crashes	33.8%	34.3%
A speeding-related driverof 136 fatal crashes	45	136 fatal crashes	33.1%	33.3%
No restraint usedof 81 occupant deaths with restraint use known	37	81 occupant deathswith restraint use known	45.7%	49.8%
Pedestriansof 143 deaths	10	143 deaths	7.0%	18.8%
Bicyclistsof 143 deaths	1 or 2	143 deaths	1.4%	1.2%
Motorcyclistsof 143 deaths	37	143 deaths	25.9%	19.6%
On a rural roadof 134 fatal crashes with the condition reported	53	134 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.6%	14.4%
In the darkof 136 fatal crashes with the condition reported	49	136 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.0%	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.Tolland 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	5	1 or 2	11	3	21
Monday	3	1 or 2	8	5	18
Tuesday	3	3	11	5	22
Wednesday	1 or 2	6	7	5	19
Thursday	5	1 or 2	10	4	21
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	4	15
Saturday	5	1 or 2	4	8	19
All days	23	19	59	34	135

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.Tolland County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Connecticut
Interstate	14	10.5%	16.5%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.5%	9.1%
Other principal arterial	35	26.3%	21.8%
Minor arterial	37	27.8%	30.5%
Major collector	30	22.6%	11.3%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.5%	1.3%
Local	13	9.8%	9.6%
Not reported	3	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.Tolland County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	82
Dark, not lighted	30
Dark, lighted	18
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Tolland County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	104
Cloudy	15
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Tolland County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Tolland	In all of Connecticut
Interstate 84	Interstate	13	118
State Route 32	State highway	15	32
State Route 66	State highway	5	21
US Route 6	US highway	16	86
US Route 44	US highway	5	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.Tolland 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
Tolland County: 9.5

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 Tolland County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Hartford County	Connecticut	88	721	8.1
New London County	Connecticut	35	281	10.5
Windham County	Connecticut	8	159	13.6
Hampden County	Massachusetts	35	418	9.0
Worcester County	Massachusetts	49	533	6.3

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 Tolland 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 Tolland in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 152 deaths in Tolland County from 2005 to 2014. It records 143 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Tolland in 2024?

The rate of Tolland County in 2024 was 8.6 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 Tolland had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 46 of 136 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 Tolland?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 54 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.