MSHP Reports Five Traffic Fatalities, Zero Drownings, and Zero Boating Fatalities Over New Year’s Holiday

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Colonel Michael A. Turner, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, provides the following preliminary statistics related to the New Year’s holiday:

Five people died and 87 were injured in 187 traffic crashes during the 2026 New Year’s holiday counting period, which began at 6 p.m. Wednesday, December 31, 2025, and ended at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, January 4, 2026. There were 0 boating crashes and 0 drownings over the 2026 New Year’s holiday counting period.

2026 New Year’s Holiday Traffic Statistics

Troopers investigated the following:

Traffic Crashes — 187
Traffic Crash Injuries — 87
Traffic Crash Fatalities — 5
DWI — 112

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