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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from the Pennsylvania State Police, as part of its ongoing mission to protect Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) today released the results of its 2025 Labor Day weekend enforcement initiative. The PSP investigated 747 crashes that resulted in 129 injuries and six deaths from August 29th, 2025 to September 1st, 2025. In those crashes, impaired driving was a factor in 64 of them and two of those crashes were fatal. According to that same release from the Pennsylvania State Police, here are some other statistics from the the results of its 2025 Labor Day weekend enforcement initiative:
- Troopers arrested 535 motorists for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and issued 24,182 citations, including, 6,860 for speeding, 776 for failing to wear a seatbelt and 147 for not securing children in safety seats.
Table 1: Labor Day Weekend Crash Statistics
| Year | Total Crashes | Fatal Crashes | People Killed | Injury-Related Crashes | DUI-Related Crashes | DUI-Related Fatal Crashes |
| 2025 (4 days) | 747 | 6 | 6 | 129 | 64 | 2 |
| 2024 (4 days) | 678 | 7 | 7 | 142 | 60 | 3 |
Table 2: Labor Day Weekend Enforcement Statistics
| Year | DUI Arrests | Speeding Citations | Child Seat Citations | Seat Belt Citations | Other Citations |
| 2025 (4 days) | 535 | 6,860 | 147 | 776 | 16,399 |
| 2024 (4 days) | 500 | 7,356 | 129 | 855 | 16,322 |
These statistics do not include incidents to which other law enforcement agencies responded and cover only those incidents investigated by the Pennsylvania State Police. You can visit psp.pa.gov for more information on the Pennsylvania State Police.