Labor Day Statistics Highway Patrol

(Jefferson City, MO) Missouri Highway Patrol officials are reporting twelve people died from traffic crashes, no one died in a boating crash, and no one drowned during the 2023 Labor Day holiday weekend counting period. The Patrol investigated nine of the traffic fatalities. The additional 3 fatalities were investigated by local Police. The 2023 counting period for the Labor Day holiday was from 6 p.m., Friday, September 1st, through 11:59 p.m., Monday, September 4th. Troopers with the Patrol reported 306 crashes, 146 injuries, 119 DWI arrests, 19 drug arrests and 9 fatalities.  Boating statistics from the Missouri State Water Patrol show there were 11 crashes, 2 injuries, and 2 BWI arrests. During the 2022 counting period, the Patrol investigated 286 traffic crashes, which included 119 injuries and four of the seven fatalities. No traffic fatalities took place over the Labor Day Counting period in our Highway Patrol Troop C Area.