2024 NYSP Halloween Traffic Enforcement Stats

State Police set up a DWI Checkpoint on Routes 5&20 along the Geneva Lakefront. Photo by Greg Cotterill, Finger Lakes Daily News.

State Police issued 9,984 tickets during this year’s annual Halloween Enforcement campaign.

The campaign, which ran from Halloween through Sunday, also saw 176 people arrested for Driving While Intoxicated.

964 accidents were investigated, including three fatalities.

During 2023’s enforcement period, which lasted one day longer than 2024’s, 13,115 total tickets were issued and 207 people were arrested for DWI.

Below is a regional breakdown of 2024’s statistics.

Troop Region DWI Arrests

(# of persons)

Speed Distracted Driving Child Restraint & Seat Belt Move Over Total

Tickets

(includes other violations)

A Western NY 10 360 19 47 3 1053
B North Country 7 178 0 6 13 605
C Southern Tier 11 273 7 11 6 678
D Central NY 12 272 14 21 6 917
E Finger Lakes 11 271 17 71 2 1063
F Western Hudson Valley 43 404 26 53 16 1101
G Capital Region 26 434 29 37 17 1066
K Eastern Hudson Valley 29 498 37 26 13 1022
L Long Island 10 163 65 13 7 538
NYC New York City 0 47 5 26 0 327
T NYS Thruway 17 690 51 59 46 1614

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