(Glenwood) The nation is entering the deadliest holiday weekend on the road; Labor Day. AAA indicates the 100 deadliest days occur from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports during the 2020 Labor Day weekend, September 4 through September 8, there were 530 traffic fatalities nationwide. Forty-six percent of those deaths involved drivers under the influence of alcohol, and more than one-third (38 percent) of the fatalities involved drivers over the legal limit. The Iowa Department of Transportation reports seven deaths over the 2021 Labor Day holiday.
The Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau will be supporting law enforcement in Iowa with extra officers patrolling during the 2022 Driver Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign from now through September 5 to crush these results of rising impaired driving fatalities.
