2023 Missouri Christmas Traffic Statistics

(Jefferson City, MO) Missouri State Highway Patrol Officials are reporting two traffic fatalities over the Christmas Holiday Weekend. The 78 hour counting period ran from 6 p.m. Friday, December 22nd, to 11:59 p.m. Monday, December 25th. Troopers investigated 124 Traffic Crashes with 71 injuries, including the two fatalities. There were also 81 Driving While Intoxicated arrests. Last year, during the Christmas counting period, there were 1,017 traffic crashes statewide. In those crashes, four people were killed and another 318 were injured. There were no boating crashes, or drownings, during this year's holiday counting period. 
Of the two fatality traffic crashes investigated by troopers, one occurred in the Troop D, Springfield area, and one occurred in the Troop G area at Willow Springs.