A return to a extra conventional Thanksgiving celebration for a lot of in 2022 led to a busy weekend for Connecticut State Police, however the company additionally reported a decline within the variety of calls and tickets that had been issued in comparison with only a 12 months in the past.
Connecticut State Police mentioned Monday that troopers arrested 41 individuals for suspicion of DUI and associated fees, responded to 444 accidents and issued tickets to 1,418 drivers for rushing, seat belt violations and different motorized vehicle infractions. In a press launch over the weekend, police indicated that two individuals had suffered severe accidents because of crashes in New Britain and Glastonbury, whereas three individuals had been killed in separate crashes in Wallingford, West Haven and Milford.
The intense nature of the crashes led to extra accidents and deaths than in 2021, however the variety of complete requires service, complete crashes and DUI-related arrests and complete crashes all declined this 12 months.
Regardless of only one deadly accident throughout Thanksgiving weekend in 2021, the variety of requires service remained 13% decrease than a 12 months in the past, the variety of accidents reported declined by 18% and the variety of accidents with accidents that aren’t life-threatening declined by 35%.
The variety of tickets issued noticed a slight improve this 12 months in comparison with a 12 months in the past, nevertheless. State troopers issued 1,418 tickets this 12 months in comparison with simply 1,178 infractions in 2021. There have been greater than twice as many seat belt violations in 2022 and a 40% improve in different hazardous violations, however rushing citations had declined by 50% over the identical interval a 12 months in the past.
In Rhode Island, state police reported 12 arrests for suspicion of DUI, responded to 82 crashes and issued 598 citations for varied site visitors violations.
The annual Thanksgiving enforcement interval started on Wednesday morning at 12:01 a.m. and continued till Sunday at 11:59 p.m.