KHP personnel assisted 1,085 motorists over the holiday reporting period

The Kansas Highway Patrol is releasing its Independence Day Holiday Activity Report. The reporting period for the holiday ran from 6 p.m. on Friday, June 30 to 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, July 4, 2023.

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

Information in the table is compared to data from 2021 and 2022.

Enforcement Data 2021 2022 2023
DUI Arrests 19 18 31
Speed Citations 822 1082 1142
Speed Warnings 661 745 872
Safety Belt – Adult Citations 108 111 172
Safety Belt – Adult Warnings 5 10 17
Safety Belt – Teen Citations 8 6 8
Safety Belt – Teen Warnings 0 0 2
Child Restraint – Citations 23 24 23
Motorist Assists 935 888 1085
Crash Data 2021 2022 2023
Fatal DUI Related Crashes 0 1 0
DUI Related Fatalities 0 0 0
Non-DUI Related Fatal Crashes 2 1 2
Non-DUI Related Fatalities 2 1 2

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