The Kansas Highway Patrol releases its New Year's Weekend Activity Report.
The reporting period for the holiday ran from 6:00pm on Friday through 11:59pm on New Year's Day. KHP personnel assisted 504 motorists over the reporting period. This includes working one non-DUI-related fatality crash.
The KHP had 29 DUI arrests, up seven from 2023 and 18 from 2022. Despite the higher number of DUI arrests, there were no DUI-related crashes for the third straight year.