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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release in Harrisburg today from the Pennsylvania State Police, in line with the Shapiro Administration’s commitment to keeping Pennsylvanians safe, the PSP released traffic enforcement and crash statistics for the 2025 Christmas holiday travel period today. The PSP investigated 1,007 vehicle crashes between December 24th and 28th, 2025, and six of them resulted in fatalities. It was identified that impaired driving was a factor in 53 of those crashes. Troopers also arrested 207 individuals for driving under the influence during that five-day holiday weekend and issued 1,502 citations for speeding, 155 citations for failing to wear a seat belt and ten citations for not securing children in safety seats. According to that same release in Harrisburg today from the Pennsylvania State Police, the statistics from this enforcement can be found below:

Table 1: Christmas Weekend Crash Data

Year	Total Crashes	Fatal Crashes	People Killed	Injury-Related Crashes	DUI-Related Crashes	DUI-Related Fatal Crashes
2025 (5 days)	1,007	4	6	137	53	0
2024 (3 days)	598	0	1	92	27	0

 

Table 2: Christmas Weekend Enforcement Data

Year	DUI Arrests	Speeding Citations	Child Seat Citations	Seat Belt Citations	Other Citations
2025 (5 days)	207	1,502	10	155	4,202
2024 (3 days)	128	805	13	90	3,009

 

These statistics above cover only those incidents investigated by the PSP and they do not include incidents to which other law enforcement agencies responded.