Thousands Ticketed, Hundreds of Accidents Reported on Connecticut's Highways During Labor Day Weekend

Troopers patrolled the highways and roads in Connecticut over this 2015 Labor Day Weekend.

The enforcement project began at 12:01 a.m. on 09/4/15 and ran through 11:59 p.m. on 09/07/15.

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

These State Police stats cover the time period starting at midnight on 09/04/15 through 09/07/15 at 23:59 p.m.

The numbers reveal that more tickets were issued in 2015 vs. 2014 and there were more accidents with injuries on the roadways in 2015 as well.

2015 totals

SPEEDING: 1,930

SEATBELT: 98

TOTAL OTHER MOVING VIOLATIONS: 4,132

(To include, but not limited to Unsafe Lane Change, Following Too Closely, Cell Phone, Texting)

DUI ARRESTS: 45

ACCIDENTS

Investigated: 336

With injury: 58

Fatal: 3 (9/4 Montville motorcycle vs car)

(9/5 Montville car vs sign)

(9/7 Ledyard motorcycle vs car)

2014 totals

Speeding: 1,727

Seat belt: 200

Total other moving violations: 3,720

(To include, but not limited to Unsafe Lane Change, Following Too Closely, Cell Phone, Texting)

DUI Arrests: 35

Accidents

Investigated: 315

With injury: 33

Fatal: 1 (Chaplin NOTE: The death at Lime Rock Race Track is not considered to be road fatal but untimely death.)