Troopers Have Busy Holiday Weekend

Kansas State Troopers assisted 532 motorists over the Memorial Day holiday reporting period.

Among other things, troopers made 21 DUI arrests, and issued 840 speeding tickets.

The Kansas Highway PatrolĀ  also worked one fatal non-DUI related crash with three non-DUI related fatalities during the holiday reporting period.

The reporting period for the holiday weekend ran from 6 p.m. on Friday, May 24th through 11:59 p.m. on Monday, May 27th.

Information in the table is compared to data from 2022 and 2023.

Enforcement Data 2022 2023 2024
DUI Arrests 17 20 21
Speed Citations 833 756 840
Speed Warnings 639 562 565
Safety Belt Citations 101 72 92
Safety Belt Warnings 9 26 12
Safety Belt Teen Citations 5 6 7
Safety Belt Teen Warnings 0 0 0
Child Restraint Citations 29 16 21
Motorist Assist 811 705 532
Crash Data 2022 2023 2024
Fatal DUI Related Crashes 1 0 0
DUI Related Fatalities 1 0 0
Non-DUI Fatal Crashes 1 4 1
Non-DUI Related Fatalities 1 7 3

Reporting period for 2022 ran from 6 p.m. Friday, May 27 to 11:59 p.m. Monday, May 30, 2022.

Reporting period for 2023 ran from 6 p.m. Friday, May 26 to 11:59 p.m. Monday, May 29, 2023