Troop G of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, which includes Texas County, escaped the long holiday weekend without a fatality, it said. The patrol reports the following preliminary 2025 July Fourth holiday statistics for the counting period of 6 p.m. Thursday, July 3, through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, July 6:
TRAFFIC STATISTICS
Crashes — 246
Injuries — 115
Fatalities — 8
DWI — 114
BOATING STATISTICS
Crashes — 9
Injuries — 4
Fatalities – 0
Drowning — 0
BWI — 13
During the 2024 counting period, 14 people were killed and 560 were injured in Missouri over the holiday in 1,366 traffic crashes. Last year during the counting period, troopers arrested 149 people for driving while intoxicated. In 2024, there were 10 boating crashes, which included seven injuries and no fatalities. No one drowned during last year’s July Fourth holiday. Troopers made 12 boating while intoxicated arrests over last year’s July Fourth holiday weekend.