South Carolina: Sober & Slammer patrol locked up average of 40 per day for DUI during holiday effort

South Carolina Highway Patrol

South Carolina Highway Patrol

South Carolina Highway Patrol

SCHP arrested an average of 40 people a day for DUI during Sober or Slammer & 55 people during New Year’s wknd.

SCDPS REPORTS THREE KILLED DURING THE NEW YEAR’S HOLIDAY REPORTING PERIOD
DECEMBER 31 – JANUARY 3 ON SOUTH CAROLINA ROADWAYS
COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of three persons killed on South Carolina roadways during the New Year’s Holiday Reporting Period, which started Thursday, December 31, at 6 p.m. and concluded Sunday, January 3, at midnight (a total of 78 hours). Preliminary details on these crashes are below. 11 persons were killed during the 2014-2015 New Year’s Holiday Reporting Period, which started Wednesday, December 31, 2014, and ended Sunday, January 4, 2015 (a total of 102 hours).

 

Interstates 0
US routes, SC roads and secondary roads 3
County roads 0
Seat belt used 0
Seat belt not used 2
Seat belt unknown 0
Seat belt not applicable 1 pedestrian

 

During the regular weekend period beginning Friday, January 1, at 6 p.m. and ending Sunday, January 3, at midnight, three persons were killed in crashes on South Carolina roadways.
As of January 3, 2016, three people have died on South Carolina highways, compared to eight highway deaths during the same time period in 2015.
Of the two motor vehicle occupants who have died in 2016, neither was a wearing seat belt.
Through midnight January 3, one pedestrian died compared to one in 2015; zero motorcyclists died compared to two in 2015; and zero bicyclists died compared to zero in 2015 on state roads and highways.
Editor’s note: These numbers are preliminary and are based on fatal collisions compiled by the South Carolina Department of Public Safety as of midnight January 3, 2016.
For specific details on fatalities, including locations, please visit https://www.schponline.com/Media/Fatalities.asp.  The site is designated for media use and only reflects information on fatal collisions investigated by the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. Please do not publicize this site–the information is preliminary and is meant to be used as a guide only. For confirmation on fatality information, please contact the appropriate county coroner’s office.

SOUTH CAROLINA TRAFFIC FATALITIES
JANUARY 1 THROUGH JANUARY 3
2016 * 2015* 2014 2013
COUNTY NAME FATALITIES   COUNTY NAME FATALITIES   COUNTY NAME FATALITIES   COUNTY NAME FATALITIES
Abbeville 0 Abbeville 0 Abbeville 0 Abbeville 0
Aiken 1 Aiken 0 Aiken 0 Aiken 0
Allendale 0 Allendale 0 Allendale 0 Allendale 0
Anderson 0 Anderson 0 Anderson 0 Anderson 0
Bamberg 0 Bamberg 0 Bamberg 0 Bamberg 0
Barnwell 0 Barnwell 0 Barnwell 0 Barnwell 0
Beaufort 0 Beaufort 0 Beaufort 0 Beaufort 1
Berkeley 1 Berkeley 0 Berkeley 0 Berkeley 0
Calhoun 0 Calhoun 0 Calhoun 0 Calhoun 0
Charleston 0 Charleston 1 Charleston 0 Charleston 0
Cherokee 0 Cherokee 0 Cherokee 0 Cherokee 0
Chester 0 Chester 0 Chester 0 Chester 0
Chesterfield 0 Chesterfield 0 Chesterfield 0 Chesterfield 0
Clarendon 0 Clarendon 0 Clarendon 0 Clarendon 0
Colleton 0 Colleton 0 Colleton 0 Colleton 0
Darlington 0 Darlington 0 Darlington 0 Darlington 0
Dillon 0 Dillon 0 Dillon 0 Dillon 0
Dorchester 0 Dorchester 1 Dorchester 0 Dorchester 1
Edgefield 0 Edgefield 0 Edgefield 0 Edgefield 0
Fairfield 0 Fairfield 0 Fairfield 0 Fairfield 0
Florence 0 Florence 0 Florence 0 Florence 1
Georgetown 0 Georgetown 0 Georgetown 0 Georgetown 0
Greenville 0 Greenville 1 Greenville 3 Greenville 0
Greenwood 0 Greenwood 0 Greenwood 0 Greenwood 0
Hampton 0 Hampton 0 Hampton 0 Hampton 0
Horry 0 Horry 1 Horry 0 Horry 0
Jasper 0 Jasper 0 Jasper 0 Jasper 0
Kershaw 1 Kershaw 0 Kershaw 0 Kershaw 0
Lancaster 0 Lancaster 0 Lancaster 0 Lancaster 0
Laurens 0 Laurens 0 Laurens 0 Laurens 0
Lee 0 Lee 0 Lee 0 Lee 0
Lexington 0 Lexington 1 Lexington 1 Lexington 0
Marion 0 Marion 0 Marion 0 Marion 0
Marlboro 0 Marlboro 0 Marlboro 0 Marlboro 0
McCormick 0 McCormick 0 McCormick 0 McCormick 0
Newberry 0 Newberry 0 Newberry 0 Newberry 0
Oconee 0 Oconee 0 Oconee 2 Oconee 0
Orangeburg 0 Orangeburg 0 Orangeburg 0 Orangeburg 0
Pickens 0 Pickens 0 Pickens 0 Pickens 1
Richland 0 Richland 1 Richland 0 Richland 0
Saluda 0 Saluda 0 Saluda 1 Saluda 0
Spartanburg 0 Spartanburg 0 Spartanburg 1 Spartanburg 0
Sumter 0 Sumter 1 Sumter 0 Sumter 0
Union 0 Union 0 Union 0 Union 0
Williamsburg 0 Williamsburg 0 Williamsburg 0 Williamsburg 0
York 0 York 1 York 0 York 0
Total 3 Total 8 Total 8 Total 4
NOTE:  The South Carolina Highway Patrol investigated all three of the traffic fatalities in 2016.
*2015 AND 2016 Figures are preliminary