I-95 truck accidents in Connecticut (2020-2024)

I-95 truck accident deaths in Connecticut by year

Annual truck accident deaths on I-95 in Connecticut fell from 8 in 2020 to 3 in 2021, then rose to 5 in 2022 and 12 in 2023. The count fell to 4 in 2024. For deaths in large-truck crashes, 2023 was the highest year and 2021 was the lowest. These annual figures count deaths rather than fatal truck crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All-route deaths followed a separate sequence: 22 in 2020, 13 in 2021, 23 in 2022, 23 in 2023 and 16 in 2024. The highest all-route death count was tied between 2022 and 2023, while 2021 had the lowest count. All-route deaths were unchanged between 2022 and 2023 as truck accident deaths rose from 5 to 12.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Crashes are placed on the route by the trafficway identifier recorded for each fatal crash. 2024 is the Annual Report File.

Counties along I-95 in Connecticut

Truck accident deaths assigned to I-95 in Connecticut occurred in 4 counties. Among the listed rows, County code 09001 had the highest count, with 17 deaths and 53.1% of the segment total. County code 09009 followed with 10 deaths and 31.2%. County code 09011 recorded 3 deaths and 9.4%, followed by County code 09007 with 2 deaths and 6.2%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These shares refer to deaths in large-truck crashes on the Connecticut route segment during 2020 to 2024. Each county label identifies the recorded crash location, not the residence of a person killed. County code 09007 had the lowest truck accident death count among the listed rows.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-95 happened

Rear-end crashes accounted for 17 truck accident deaths, or 53.1%. Head-on crashes recorded 5 deaths, or 15.6%; sideswipe crashes recorded 3, or 9.4%. Angle (side impact) and Not reported each recorded 1 death, or 3.1%. The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 5 deaths, or 15.6%. It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport at the first harmful event, including events such as rollovers or strikes involving parked vehicles. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

For Connecticut's I-95 truck accident deaths, daytime recorded 11 deaths and 34.4%; nighttime recorded 21 and 65.6%. Urban locations accounted for 32 deaths and 100.0%, while rural locations recorded 0 and 0.0%. Work-zone deaths numbered 2. These collision, time, land-use and work-zone figures count people killed, not vehicles or fatal crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

I-95 in other states

Across I-95, the supplied route-wide count was 430 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, with deaths recorded in 16 states. Connecticut's 32 truck accident deaths represented 7.4% of that route-wide figure. The route total is supplied separately; the other-state table contains only a subset of state segments.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed other-state rows, Florida had the highest death count at 103, followed by North Carolina at 57, Virginia at 46, South Carolina at 43 and Georgia at 36. Each listed segment recorded a higher count than Connecticut. These truck accident counts are not traffic-adjusted risk rankings and cannot establish relative risk per trip or mile.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

About these figures

Connecticut's I-95 truck accident statistics use NHTSA's FARS, a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Counts follow recorded crash locations. Route assignment requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID; these crash-level fields describe signing and location, not the highway's full geographic extent.^[8][6][7]

For I-95 in Connecticut, 2020 to 2023 use FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File remains revisable when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File. Large-truck involvement does not establish fault. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should read these figures as location-based fatal-crash statistics. A crash can involve multiple large trucks and can kill multiple people; deaths and crashes remain distinct measures.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Connecticut truck accident statistics (2020-2024)
• I-95 truck accidents in Florida (2020-2024)
• I-95 truck accidents in Georgia (2020-2024)
• I-95 truck accidents in Maryland (2020-2024)