Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers were busy during the Independence Day holiday weekend.
Among other things troopers worked one fatal crash, made a three-year-high of 28 DUI arrests, and assisted over 1,100 motorists.
The reporting period for the holiday ran from 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3 through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 7, 2019.
Information in the table is compared to data from both 2017 and 2018. The reporting period for 2018 was shorter than that of 2017 and 2019.
| Enforcement Data | 2017** | 2018** | 2019** |
| DUI Arrests | 22 | 3 | 28 |
| Speed Citations | 1,272 | 505 | 1,131 |
| Speed Warnings | 1,031 | 286 | 956 |
| Safety Belt – Adult Citations | 227 | 144 | 247 |
| Safety Belt – Adult Warnings | 18 | 7 | 10 |
| Safety Belt – Teen Citations | 16 | 4 | 10 |
| Safety Belt – Teen Warnings | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Child Restraint – Citations | 25 | 19 | 38 |
| Motorist Assists | 1.333 | 433 | 1,151 |
| Crash Data | 2017** | 2018** | 2019** |
| Fatal DUI Related Crashes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DUI Related Fatalities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Non-DUI Related Crashes | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Non-DUI Related Fatalities | 0 | 0 | 1 |
