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STATE OF CONNECTICUT Department of Public Safety 1111 Country Club Road Middletown, Connecticut 06457 |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2009 |
Connecticut State Troopers supplemented the normal patrol force with additional State Troopers over the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend.
Troopers patrolled all roads and highways across Connecticut and focused on drunk driving violations and targeted aggressive drivers.
Sobriety checkpoints and targeted DUI patrols were in place over the entire weekend. State Troopers will continue this preventive enforcement effort until the end of the Holiday season.
These State Police stats cover the time period starting at midnight on 11/25/09 to 11/29/09 midnight.
SPEEDING Arrests - 1528
SEATBELT Arrests - 769
OTHER HAZARDOUS MOVING VIOLATIONS Arrests - 3,092 (Including unsafe lane cahnge, following too closely, cell phone usage, failure to signal, etc.)
DUI ARRESTS--59
ACCIDENTS Investigated - 376 WITH INJURY ----46
FATAL ACCIDENTS - 5 with 6 deaths (RT 12 Lisbon, Rt 20 Hartland, RT 34 Oxford, & I-395 exit #88, I-395 Moosup Road overpass )
Stats for 2008
Speeding - 1387
Seatbelt - 725
Hazardous Moving - 1460
DUI - 76
Accidents - 456
Accidents with injury - 77
Fatal Accidents - 1
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