Four people died in traffic crashes during the 2016 July Fourth holiday counting period, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. There were no fatal boat crashes or drownings reported.
In 2015, 14 people were killed and 427 injured in Missouri over the holiday in 953 traffic crashes. [The Missouri State Highway Patrol worked 305 traffic crashes that year.] Over the 2015 July Fourth holiday, troopers arrested 127 people for driving while intoxicated. Troopers investigated six boating crashes including four injuries and zero fatalities during the 2015 July Fourth holiday weekend. No one drowned during last year’s holiday. Troopers arrested 17 people for boating while intoxicated over the 2015 July Fourth holiday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol investigated all four of the fatal traffic crashes occurring over the Fourth weekend.
There were no traffic fatalities during the counting period on Friday, July 1, 2016. There were no deaths reported in the nine-county Troop G area during the long weekend. The counting period began at 6 p.m., Friday, July 1, and ended at 11:59 p.m., Monday, July 4.
2016 JULY FOURTH HOLIDAY STATISTICS
TRAFFIC
• Crashes — 397
• Injuries — 149
• Fatalities — 4
• DWI — 121
• Drug Arrests — 107
BOATING
• Crashes — 11
• Injuries — 6
• Fatals — 0
• Drownings — 0
• BWI — 11
• Drug Arrests — 15