4th Of July Holiday Crime And Accident Stats Released By Connecticut State Police

During the 4th of July holiday period, Connecticut State Police have issued nearly 2,500 citations on the roadways and responded to more than 350 accidents.

In 2016 there were two accidents that resulted in three fatalities and this year while there have been 367 accidents yielding 47 injuries, there have been no fatalities thus far. The number of DUI-related offenses has already increased from 2016.

Connecticut State Troopers are patrolling highways and roads in Connecticut over this 2017 Independence Day weekend. During this enforcement period Troopers are utilizing both traditional and non-traditional patrol cars. The enforcement period started at 12:01 a.m. 06/30/17 and will run through 11:59 p.m. on 07/04/17. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

Troopers are focusing on drunken driving violations, aggressive drivers, distracted drivers and speeding. Sobriety checkpoints and targeted DUI patrols are also in place over the entire weekend.

These State Police stats cover the time period starting on June 30, 2017 at 12:01 a.m. to July 4, 2017 at 7:30 a.m.:

SPEEDING 1171

TOTAL MOVING VIOLATIONS 2486 (to include unsafe lane change, Following Too Closely, Cell Phone, Texting, etc.)

DUI ARRESTS 53

ACCIDENTS
Investigated 367
With injury 47
Fatal 0

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By way of comparison here are the 2016 Independence Day Weekend Enforcement Stats:
Speeding: 1227

Total moving Violations: 2913 (These include unsafe lane change, following too closely, cellphone/texting, etc.)

DUI Arrests: 39

Crashes:
Investigated: 315
With injury: 45
Fatal: 2 accidents resulting in 3 fatalities

Here are the rest of the DUI checkpoints and extra roving patrols for today’s holiday:

WESTERN
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07/04/17

Roving Patrols - Route 8 Corridor between exit 37 in Watertown to exit 42 in Harwinton, Routes 6 & 64 in Woodbury, Routes 202 & 254 in Litchfield, Routes 7 & 341 in Kent, Routes 63 & 109 in Morris, Routes 45 & 47 in Washington, Routes 132 & 61 in Bethlehem, Route 4 in Burlington and Route 72 Harwinton

A

07/04/17

Roving Patrols - Interstate 84 in greater Waterbury area and greater Danbury area

Central

H

07/04/17

Roving Patrols – Interstates 84, 91 and 384 and Routes 2 and 9 within greater Troop H patrol area

Eastern

D

07/04/17

Roving Patrols - Interstate 395 Routes 6, 12, 14, 44, 97, 169, 197, 198 in towns of Killingly, Brooklyn, Thompson, Woodstock, Chaplin, Hampton, Eastford, Sterling, Putnam and Pomfret

E

07/04/17

Roving Patrols – Interstates 95 and 395 and Routes 1, 2, 2A, 12, 32, 82, 85, 97, 117, 138, 164, 165 and 207 in Sprague, Baltic, Voluntown, Griswold, Preston, Norwich, New London, Groton, Groton Town, Gronton City, East Lyme, Waterford, Stonington, North Stonington, and Montville