CHP Reports on Labor Day Statistics
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Driving fatalities up, DUI arrests down during Labor Day weekend compared to last year. Video by kmir6.com
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The California Highway Patrol today reported one
traffic-related death on Los Angeles County highways during the first 72 hours
of this year's three-day Labor Day weekend.
The reporting period began at 6:01 p.m. Friday and concluded today,
Monday, at 6 a.m. During that same reporting period last year, there were three
traffic-related fatalities in Los Angeles County, according to the CHP.
Statewide, there were 11 fatalities in the first 72 hours of the Labor
Day weekend, compared with 10 during the same period in 2011.
In Los Angeles County, CHP officers arrested 259 motorists on suspicion
of drunken driving, up from last year's total of 227. Statewide, the CHP
reported 960 DUI arrests, in comparison with last year's 1,008.
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