Troopers Have Busy Holiday Weekend

Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers assisted over 600 motorists during the Christmas holiday travel period.

The reporting period for the holiday ran from 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 24 through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 27.

According to the agency, personnel assisted 620 motorists over the holiday reporting period. Troopers worked one non-DUI related fatal crash and two non-DUI related fatalities.

Information in the table is compared to data from 2018 and 2019.

 Enforcement Data  2018 2019 2020
DUI Arrests 10 6 18
Speed Citations 1,000 232 590
Speed Warnings 956 346 613
Safety Belt – Adult Citations 104 20 48
Safety Belt – Adult Warnings 17 2 5
Safety Belt – Teen Citations 5 1 0
Safety Belt – Teen Warnings 1 0 0
Child Restraint – Citations 31 3 9
Motorist Assists 838 282 620

 

 Crash Data 2018 2019 2020
Fatal DUI Related Crashes 0 0 0
DUI Related Fatalities 0 0 0
Non-DUI Related Crashes 1 0 1
Non-DUI Related Fatalities 1 0 2
**The reporting period for 2018 was from 6 p.m. Friday, Dec.  21 to 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 25.
The reporting period for 2019 was from 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24 to 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 25.
The reporting period for 2020 was from 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 24 to 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 27.