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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · CONNECTICUT, CT · 2016
Purpose: Machine-readable JSON endpoint for AI agents, LLMs, researchers, and programmatic consumers. Returns all underlying crash data and AI-generated commentary without HTML.
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GET: https://thatcarhitme.com/api/crash-data/reports/data/connecticut/statewide/2016-annual-report
Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis
3,900 CRASHES IN
CONNECTICUT, CT
2016
In 2016, Middlesex County recorded 3,900 total crashes, a 1.7% increase from the 3,836 crashes reported in 2015. While the total number of fatalities remained unchanged at 19 for both periods, the number of crashes resulting in serious injuries increased by 27.3% year-over-year, from 33 in 2015 to 42 in 2016.
3,900
▲ 1.7%was 3,836
Total Crash Events
19
Persons Killed
1,164
▲ 9.0%was 1,068
Persons Injured
287
▼ -5.9%was 305
Hit-and-Run Crashes
Note: "Persons Killed" (19) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (19) counts crash events where at least one fatality occurred. A single crash can result in multiple fatalities.
Source: Connecticut Crash Data · Csv Open Data · 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Overall traffic safety metrics in Middlesex County showed a slight negative trend from 2015 to 2016. Total crashes rose by 1.7% from 3,836 to 3,900, and the number of people injured increased by 9.0% from 1,068 to 1,164. The number of fatalities, however, remained constant at 19 for both years.
287
Hit-and-Run Crashes — 2016
▼ -5.9% vs prior (305)
Hit-and-run incidents in Middlesex County trended downward between 2015 and 2016. The total number of hit-and-run crashes decreased from 305 to 287. This resulted in a lower hit-and-run rate, which fell from 8.0% of all crashes in 2015 to 7.4% in 2016.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
3
Pedestrians Killed
1
Cyclists Killed
15
Motorists Killed
0
Other Killed
25
Pedestrians Injured
14
Cyclists Injured
1,124
Motorists Injured
1
Other Injured
Source: Connecticut Crash Data · Csv Open Data · 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)
When Crashes Happen
The temporal patterns of crashes remained largely consistent year-over-year, with Friday being the peak day for crashes in both 2016 (666 crashes) and 2015 (623 crashes). The peak hour for collisions shifted slightly later, moving from the 3 p.m. hour in 2015 (340 crashes) to the 4 p.m. hour in 2016 (351 crashes).
Source: Connecticut Crash Data · Csv Open Data · 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Connecticut Crash Data · Csv Open Data · 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
The severity of crashes worsened slightly in 2016. Although the proportion of fatal crashes was stable at 0.5% of all incidents, the share of crashes resulting in serious injury increased from 0.9% (33 crashes) in 2015 to 1.1% (42 crashes) in 2016. Consequently, the proportion of crashes with no reported injuries declined from 79.0% to 77.7% year-over-year.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Connecticut Crash Data · Csv Open Data · 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Connecticut Crash Data · Csv Open Data · 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Road & Environmental Conditions
In 2016, a greater proportion of crashes occurred under favorable conditions compared to the prior year. Crashes on dry roads increased from 75.2% to 81.2% of the total, while incidents in clear weather rose from 77.1% to 81.8%. Correspondingly, crashes attributed to adverse road surface conditions like snow, ice, or slush decreased from 11.0% of all crashes in 2015 to just 6.3% in 2016. Lighting conditions at the time of crashes remained stable between the two periods.
Weather
Source: Connecticut Crash Data · Csv Open Data · 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: Connecticut Crash Data · Csv Open Data · 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 · Lighting condition field
Road Surface
Source: Connecticut Crash Data · Csv Open Data · 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 · Road surface condition field
Vehicles & Demographics
The most common vehicle makes involved in crashes, including Ford, Toyota, and Honda, remained consistent between 2015 and 2016. An analysis of persons involved in crashes reveals a demographic shift, with a smaller proportion of individuals aged 20 and under (15.7% in 2016 vs. 18.3% in 2015). Conversely, the share of people aged 26-34 involved in crashes increased from 14.9% to 15.8%.
Top Vehicle Makes (7,089 vehicles)
Source: Connecticut Crash Data · Csv Open Data · 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 · Vehicle unit records
574 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (8,681 persons with recorded sex)
Source: Connecticut Crash Data · Csv Open Data · 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 · Person-level records linked to crash events
Speed Limit Zones
Crashes increased across most speed zones in 2016 compared to 2015, including in 35 mph zones (645 vs. 567) and 65 mph zones (671 vs. 644). The fatal crash rate within specific zones shifted notably; for instance, the rate in 25 mph zones increased from 0.15% to 0.47%, while the fatality rate for crashes in 65 mph zones decreased from 0.93% to 0.60%.
Fatal crashes by zone: 1 mph: 1 of 207 (0.483%) · 25 mph: 3 of 637 (0.471%) · 30 mph: 1 of 321 (0.312%) · 35 mph: 3 of 645 (0.465%) · 40 mph: 3 of 334 (0.898%) · 45 mph: 4 of 329 (1.216%) · 65 mph: 4 of 671 (0.596%)
Source: Connecticut Crash Data · Csv Open Data · 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 · Posted speed limit at crash location
Data Sources & Methodology
Primary Data Source
All crash data in this report is sourced from Connecticut Crash Data, accessed programmatically via the Csv Open Data API (SODA). This dataset contains official police-reported motor vehicle traffic crash records maintained by the reporting jurisdiction's law enforcement agency. Records are published to the open data portal by the municipality and are subject to the portal's terms of use.
Data Retrieval
- Access method: Csv Open Data API (SoQL queries)
- Data format: Structured JSON via REST API
- Record types queried: Crash events, person records, and vehicle unit records
- Date filter applied: 2016-01-01 through 2016-12-31
- Report generated: August 20, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2016-01-01 through 2016-12-31 (366 days)
- Geographic scope: connecticut, CT
- Total crash records analyzed: 3,900
- Total persons involved: 9,151
- Total vehicles involved: 7,089
Analytical Methodology
- Severity classification: Uses the KABCO injury scale (K=Fatal, A=Incapacitating injury, B=Non-incapacitating injury, C=Possible injury, O=No injury/property damage only), the standard classification in U.S. Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC). Severity is assigned per crash event based on the most severe injury in that crash. A single fatal crash (K) may involve multiple fatalities; therefore the "Persons Killed" count in the headline KPIs may differ from the "Fatal" crash count in the severity breakdown.
- Contributing factors: Reflect the officer-determined primary contributory cause recorded at the time of the crash report. These are preliminary determinations and may not reflect final investigation findings.
- Hit-and-run classification: Based on the hit-and-run indicator field in the official crash report, as determined by the responding officer at the scene.
- Temporal analysis: Day-of-week and hour-of-day distributions are computed from the crash date/time timestamp in each record.
- Demographics: Age and sex distributions are drawn from person-level records linked to each crash event. A single crash may involve multiple persons.
- Vehicle data: Make information is drawn from vehicle unit records linked to each crash event.
- AI commentary: Narrative sections are generated by Google Gemini (large language model) based on the structured data. Commentary is descriptive, not predictive, and should not be interpreted as expert opinion.
Limitations & Disclaimers
- Only crashes reported to and documented by law enforcement are included. Minor incidents, unreported crashes, and near-misses are not captured in this dataset.
- Data reflects conditions at the time of the initial police report and may be subject to subsequent corrections, reclassifications, or supplements by the reporting agency.
- Open data portal records may experience a publication lag - recently occurring crashes may not yet appear in the dataset at the time of report generation.
- AI-generated commentary is produced by a large language model and is intended to highlight patterns in the data. It does not constitute legal, medical, or professional analysis.
- Percentages are calculated from reported data and are subject to rounding.
Non-Affiliation Disclosure
This report is produced independently by ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced in partnership with any law enforcement agency, municipal government, state department of transportation, or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Data is sourced from publicly available government open data portals.
Data License
The underlying crash data is provided under the municipality's Open Data Terms of Use and is made available to the public for unrestricted use. This analysis and report is © 2026 Injuria.ai and may be cited with attribution using the suggested citation below.
Corrections & Feedback
If you believe any data in this report is inaccurate or have questions about our methodology, please contact: data@injuria.ai. We are committed to accuracy and will issue corrections promptly.
Suggested Citation
ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). "connecticut, CT Crash Intelligence Report: 2016." Published August 20, 2026. Reporting period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31. Data source: Connecticut Crash Data, Csv Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/connecticut/statewide/2016-annual-report
About the Publisher
ThatCarHitMe.com is a crash data intelligence platform developed by Injuria.ai, a legal technology company specializing in traffic safety analytics. We aggregate and analyze publicly available government crash data to produce structured intelligence reports for communities, researchers, journalists, and legal professionals. Our reports combine programmatic data retrieval from official open data portals with AI-assisted narrative analysis.
Questions about this report's data or methodology: data@injuria.ai
ThatCarHitMe.com · An Injuria.ai Company
ThatCarHitMe.com
An Injuria.ai Company
Crash Data Intelligence
Data: Connecticut Crash Data · Csv
Period: 2016-01-01 – 2016-12-31
Generated: August 20, 2026 · All rights reserved
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