The following information was submitted by the Connecticut State Police Department.
State Police Enforcement July 4, 2016 Holiday
Troopers were busy patrolling the highways and roads in Connecticut over the July 4 holiday weekend. During this enforcement operation troopers utilized both traditional and non-traditional patrol cars.
The enforcement project started July 1, 2016 between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. until July 4, 2016. Troopers focused on aggressive, reckless and distracted drivers, speeders, seat belt violations and intoxicated drivers.
Sobriety checkpoints and targeted DUI patrols were also in place over the entire weekend.
These stats cover the time period starting at 12:01a.m. on July 1, 2016 to 11:59 p.m. on July 4, 2016:
Summary:
Total accidents: 315
Accidents with injuries: 45
Fatal: 2 (I‑95 E. Haven on July 2 and I‑95 Westbrook on July 3)
DUI arrests: 39
Speeding citations: 1227
Other hazardous violations: 2913
NOTE: 2015 stats (July 3 to July 5, 2015): 170 accidents; 48 with injury; 2 fatal; 33 DUI Arrests; 859 speeding tickets; 2,461 other hazardous moving violation tickets.
