Fewer deaths, injuries, arrests on Missouri roads over Memorial Day weekend than last year

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported fewer deaths, crashes, injuries and arrests on Missouri roads over Memorial Day weekend this year compared to 2024.

MSHP wrote in a Tuesday release that from 6 p.m. Friday-11:59 p.m. Monday, there were three fatalities, 182 crashes, 83 people injured and 78 arrests for driving while intoxicated. There were also three boating crashes.

During the 2024 counting period, there were seven fatalities, 275 crashes, 161 people injured, 128 DWI arrests, six boating while intoxicated arrests, seven boating crashes and seven boating injuries. Statewide during the holiday weekend last year, 10 people died and 486 were injured in 1,046 traffic crashes, the release says.

MSHP wrote that statistics could change if other deaths are reported late. None of the fatalities were reported in Troop F’s jurisdiction, which includes much of Mid-Missouri.