Crime & Safety
Here Are The 10 Most Dangerous Roads In Avon
A new report names the worst local roads in town. Did they miss any?

AVON, CT - Avon's most dangerous roadway over the past four years is Route 44 with more than 500 crashes. The UConn Connecticut Crash Data Repository has crunched data from The Department of Public Safety and the state Department of Transportation.
These are the most dangerous roads and routes during the last four years:
1. Route 44: 552
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2. Route 10: 213
3. Route 167: 208
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4. Old Farms Road: 103
5. Route 177: 96
6. Unknown: 62
7. Country Club Road: 52
8. Huckleberry Hill Road: 30
9. Route 202: 26
10. Hollister Drive: 24
There were 0 fatal Avon crashes, 13 with suspected serious injuries and 87 with suspected minor injuries. Overall there were 1,616 crashes between 2015 and halfway through December 2018.
There were more than 431,000 crashes crashes on Connecticut roads and highways between 2015 and Dec. 17, 2018, according to the repository. Of that 1,074 involved fatal injuries.
The top 10 routes for crashes in Connecticut from 2015 to 2018 are:
- I-95 (21,547)
- I-84 (17,652)
- CT-15 (16,620)
- Rt. 1 (16,577)
- I-91 (12,724)
- Rt. 10 (7,063
- Rt. 8 (5,932)
- Rt. 6 (5,750)
- Rt. 44 (5,137)
About three-quarters of all crashes happened during dry conditions.
Do you feel there are other dangerous local roads that should be included on this list? Please let us know in the comments section.
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