Zero Traffic Fatalities Over New Year’s Weekend

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that no one was killed in a traffic crash during the 78-hour counting period last weekend. The New Year’s counting period began at 6 p.m. Thursday, December 30, 2021, and ended at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, January 2, 2022. There were also no boating crashes or drownings over the 2022 New Year’s holiday counting period.

During the 2022 New Year’s holiday troopers investigated 406 traffic crashes which resulted in 91 injuries. Troopers also made 94 DWI arrests last weekend.

 Last year during the 78-hour New Year’s counting period, there were 1,247 traffic crashes statewide. In those crashes, six people were killed and another 389 people were injured. During the 2021 New Year’s holiday, troopers worked 173 crashes including three fatalities and 48 injuries. Troopers arrested 94 people for driving while impaired last year.

KPGZ News - Brian Watts contributed to this story