Connecticut's 2017 Memorial Day Weekend Crime and Traffic Stats Released

As of Monday morning it appears motorists are behaving much better this Memorial Day weekend on the roadways when compared to the same timeframe in 2016 as the number of arrests and citations are way down. However, the enforcement period still has until midnight so the numbers will still be going up.

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 at midnight on May 26, 2017 to May 29, 2017 at 7:30 a.m.:

SPEEDING: 631

SEATBELT: 634

TOTAL VIOLATIONS: 2342 (to include unsafe lane change, Following Too Closely, Cell Phone, Texting, Speeding, Seatbelt, etc.)

DUI ARREST: 26

ACCIDENTS: Investigated: 253 With injury: 40

Fatal: 2 (5/26 – double fatality 1-91 SB Exit 24 and 5/27 Rte. 5/15 SB Exit 57)

See related: Victim ID Released In Fatal Route 15 Accident

• IDs Released Of 2 People Killed In Motor Vehicle Accident On I-91

In 2016 during Memorial Day weekend, State Police handed out 1,263 speeding tickets, 903 seatbelt violation, 4,111 other moving violations, made 51 DUI arrests, and 447 accidents were reported with 74 having an injury and there were two fatals reported.

2017 Memorial Day DUI Roving Patrols & Sobriety Checkpoints for CT

The patrol and checkpoint information is organized by area of the state, district or troop, date and location.

WESTERN

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05/29/17 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

05/30/17 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

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05/29/17 Roving Patrols – Route 15 from New York State Line to Sikorsky Bridge

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05/29/17 Roving Patrols – Routes 44, 202, 219 in Towns of Torrington, New Hartford and Barkhamsted

CENTRAL
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05/29/17 Roving Patrols – Within Greater Troop I patrol area

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05/29/17 Roving Patrols - Route 9 and Route 66 in Middlefield

EASTERN
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05/29/17 Roving Patrols – Interstate 84 and Routes 30, 32, 44, 74, 83, 190, 195 in towns of Ashford, Ellington, Mansfield, Somers, Stafford, Tolland, Union and Willington

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05/29/17 Roving Patrols - Routes 6, 12, 14, 44, 97, 169, 197, 198 and Interstate 395 in towns of Killingly, Brooklyn, Thompson, Woodstock, Chaplin, Hampton, Eastford, Sterling, Putnam and Pomfret

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05/29/17 Roving Patrols – Routes 1, 2, 2A, 12, 32, 82, 85, 97, 117, 138, 164, 165 and 207 Interstates 95 and 395 in Sprague, Baltic, Voluntown, Griswold, Preston, Norwich, New London, Groton, Groton Town, Gronton City, East Lyme, Waterford, Stonington, North Stonington, and Montville.