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State police release Labor Day results

Pennsylvania State Police released statistics relating to traffic enforcement initiatives conducted across the commonwealth over the Labor Day holiday.

Police said that during the period of Sept. 4-7, 790 crashes were investigated on Pennsylvania roads in their jurisdiction, with 152 of them being injury-related crashes that resulted in three deaths. Impaired driving was a factor in 67 of those crashes, none of which involved fatalities.

The report indicates police arrested 450 motorists for driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance and issued 25,402 citations. The citations included 6,447 for speeding, 770 for failure to wear a seat belt and 84 for not having children secured in safety seats.

The Labor Day weekend crash statistics are as follows (with 2025 statistics in parentheses for comparison): total crashes — 790 (750); fatal crashes — 3 (7); people killed — 3 (7); injury-related crashes — 152 (129); DUI-related crashes — 67 (61); and DUI-related fatal crashes — 0 (2).

Enforcement statistics for the weekend included: DUI arrests — 450 (529); speeding citations — 6,447 (6,961); child seat citations — 84 (152); seat belt citations — 770 (826); and other citations — 18,101 (17,539).