PSP report shows increase in New Year’s holiday crashes

PENNSYLVANIA WERE BUSY THIS NEW YEAR’S HOLIDAY. NEW DATA SHOWS TROOPERS RESPONDED TO MORE THAN TWICE AS MANY CRASHES THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. BUT KEEP IN MIND, LAST YEAR THAT WAS OVER A THREE DAY SPAN COMPARED TO FIVE THIS YEAR. SO FROM DECEMBER 30TH 1ST TO JANUARY 4TH OF THIS YEAR, TROOPERS INVESTIGATE NEARLY 2000 CRASHES, THREE OF THEM WHICH WERE DEADLY. IMPAIRED DRIVING, WAS IDENTIFIED AS A FACTOR IN 69 OF THEM, AND STATE POLICE ALSO ISSUED NEARLY 4500 SPEEDING CITATIONS. AN

State police across Pennsylvania responded to more than twice as many crashes this New Year’s holiday compared to last year, with the data covering a five-day span this year instead of three.From Dec. 31 to Jan. 4, troopers investigated nearly 2,000 crashes, three of which were deadly.Impaired driving was identified as a factor in 69 of them.State police also issued nearly 4,500 speeding citations, a jump from just over 2,800 last year.

State police across Pennsylvania responded to more than twice as many crashes this New Year’s holiday compared to last year, with the data covering a five-day span this year instead of three.

From Dec. 31 to Jan. 4, troopers investigated nearly 2,000 crashes, three of which were deadly.

Impaired driving was identified as a factor in 69 of them.

State police also issued nearly 4,500 speeding citations, a jump from just over 2,800 last year.