LOS ANGELES -- Drunk driving arrests by the California Highway
Patrol are up, both statewide and in Los Angeles County, this New Year's Eve
holiday weekend, according to CHP statistics.
Within Los Angeles County, 241 drivers were arrested by the CHP between the hours of 6 p.m. Dec. 31, 2009 and 6 a.m. today. That's up from 202 arrests in the similar period last year.
Statewide, 1,252 drunk driving arrests were made by the CHP, up from 986 during the 60-hour time period last year.
Three traffic deaths were listed in Los Angeles County, one more than last year.
Statewide numbers of people killed in traffic-related incidents were also up: 21 deaths last year, versus 30 people killed this New Year's weekend.
Statistics for Orange County drunken driving statistics have not yet been tallied.
The CHP arrest statistics only count arrests by the CHP itself, and do not include local police agencies' arrests. But the CHP death tally attempts to track all fatalities in all jurisdictions, and is a running tally as the CHP is notified by local police agencies of deaths.
Within Los Angeles County, 241 drivers were arrested by the CHP between the hours of 6 p.m. Dec. 31, 2009 and 6 a.m. today. That's up from 202 arrests in the similar period last year.
Statewide, 1,252 drunk driving arrests were made by the CHP, up from 986 during the 60-hour time period last year.
Three traffic deaths were listed in Los Angeles County, one more than last year.
Statewide numbers of people killed in traffic-related incidents were also up: 21 deaths last year, versus 30 people killed this New Year's weekend.
Statistics for Orange County drunken driving statistics have not yet been tallied.
The CHP arrest statistics only count arrests by the CHP itself, and do not include local police agencies' arrests. But the CHP death tally attempts to track all fatalities in all jurisdictions, and is a running tally as the CHP is notified by local police agencies of deaths.
