Troopers are busy patrolling the highways and roads in Connecticut over this 2016 July 4th holiday weekend. During this enforcement operation troopers are utilizing both traditional and non-traditional patrol cars.
The enforcement project started at 12:01 a.m. on 7/01/16 and will run through 11:59 p.m. on 7/4/16. Troopers are focusing on aggressive/reckless drivers, distracted drivers, speeders, seatbelt violations and intoxicated drivers to. Sobriety checkpoints and targeted DUI patrols are also in place over the entire weekend.
These stats cover the time period starting at 12:01a.m. on July 1, 2016 to 11:00 a.m. on July 4, 2016:
Summary
- Total accidents: 275
- with injury: 36
- fatal: 2 (I-95 E. Haven on 7/2 and I-95 Westbrook on 7/3)
- DUI arrests: 36
- Speeding citations: 1013
- Other hazardous moving violation tickets: 2473
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