Kansas Highway Patrol Reports Independence Day Holiday Activity

The Kansas Highway Patrol is releasing its Independence Day Holiday Activity Report. The reporting period for the holiday weekend ran from 6 p.m. on Friday, July 2 to 11:59 p.m. on Monday, July 5, 2021.

The Kansas Highway Patrol worked two fatal non-DUI related crashes involving two non-DUI related fatalities during the holiday reporting period.

Information in the table is compared to data from 2019 and 2020 for the same reporting period.

Enforcement Data  2019 2020 2021
DUI Arrests 28 20 19
Speed Citations 1,131 824 822
Speed Warnings 956 622 661
Safety Belt – Adult Citations 247 97 108
Safety Belt – Adult Warnings 10 5 5
Safety Belt – Teen Citations 10 4 8
Safety Belt – Teen Warnings 2 0 0
Child Restraint – Citations 38 5 23
Motorist Assists 1,151 920 935

 

Crash Data 2019 2020 2021
Fatal DUI Related Crashes 0 0 0
DUI Related Fatalities 0 0 0
Non-DUI Related Crashes 1 3 2
Non-DUI Related Fatalities 1 3 2
**Reporting period for 2019 was from 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 3 to 11:59 p.m. Sunday, July 7.
Reporting period for 2020 was from 6 p.m. Thursday, July 2 to 11:59 p.m. Sunday, July 5.
Reporting period for 2021 was from 6 p.m. Friday, July 2 to 11:59 p.m. Monday, July 5.

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