Apr 23, 2019   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

Pennsylvania State Police Makes Nearly 400 DUI Arrests Over Spring Holiday Weekend

HARRISBURG, Pa., April 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania State Police arrested 396 people for driving under the influence over the spring holiday weekend, from April 19 through April 21, 2019. The total represents a 10 percent increase from the 359 DUI arrests during the same holiday weekend last year.

Troopers responded to 540 crashes throughout the three-day weekend, in which 121 people were injured. Alcohol was a factor in 38 collisions according to investigators. Two people were killed in a head-on crash in Troop A, Indiana County.

State Police also issued 5,847 speeding citations, 511 seat belt citations, and 76 child safety seat citations over the weekend.

Crash and enforcement data by troop is available here. The statistics cover only those incidents investigated by state police and do not include incidents to which other law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania responded.

                                                      
           
              CRASH DATA

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          Total          
            Fatal             
            People           
            People      
            Alcohol-       
            Alcohol-
                   Crashes                Crashes                      Killed                   Injured               Related              Related Fatal
                                                                                                                    Crashes                 Crashes

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     2018                   476                      5                             6                    143                      54                       3

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     2019                   540                      1                             2                    121                      38                       0

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             ENFORCEMENT DATA


               
         DUI Arrests     
            Speeding          
            Child Seat       
            Seat Belt      
            Other
                                       Citations                   Citations                 Citations             Citations




       
     2018                   359                  7,572                            68                    489                   9,347

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     2019                   396                  5,847                            76                    511                   9,043

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For more information about the Pennsylvania State Police, visit www.psp.pa.gov.

MEDIA CONTACTS: Trooper Brent Miller or Ryan Tarkowski, 717-783-5556

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