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Kansas Highway Patrol Reports New Year’s Holiday Activity

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KANSAS – The Kansas Highway Patrol is releasing its New Year’s Holiday Activity Report. The reporting period for the holiday ran from 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, January 4, 2026.

The Kansas Highway Patrol worked two non-DUI related fatal crashes which resulted in two non-DUI related fatalities. The fatal crashes occurred in Jefferson and Ford counties. Crash log information can be found here: https://www.kansas.gov/khp-crashlogs/search.do

Information in the table is compared to data from 2024 and 2025.

Enforcement Data 2024 2025 2026
DUI Arrests 29 12 25
Speed Citations 717 286 572
Speed Warnings 476 274 566
Safety Belt – Adult Citations 39 24 91
Safety Belt – Adult Warnings 3 1 2
Safety Belt – Teen Citations 5 2 5
Safety Belt – Teen Warnings 1 0 0
Child Restraint – Citations 19 8 7
Motorist Assists 504 245 687
Crash Data 2024 2025 2026
Fatal DUI Related Crashes 0 0 0
DUI Related Fatalities 0 0 0
Non-DUI Related Fatal Crashes 1 1 2
Non-DUI Related Fatalities 1 1 2

Reporting period for 2024 was from 6:00 p.m. Friday, Dec. 29, 2023 to 11:59 p.m. Monday, Jan. 1, 2024.

Reporting period for 2025 was from 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024 to 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025.