Dover  – The following DUI checkpoints are scheduled to take place tonight as part of the Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign:

Friday August 23rd – Wilmington –  DSP and NCCo. DUI Task Force

The Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign is a crackdown on impaired driving.  Delaware will be conducting DUI checkpoints every weekend from now until New Years.  This campaign is aimed at removing impaired drivers from our roadways and deterring those who might otherwise choose to drive after drinking alcohol or using drugs.

The Office of Highway Safety reminds motorists that traffic deaths kill and injure Delawareans nearly twice as often as violent crimes.

For more information on Checkpoint Strikeforce visit www.ohs.delaware.gov and follow regular campaign updates on Twitter at www.twitter.com/DEHighwaySafe and Facebook www.facebook.com/ArriveAliveDE.

Dover –  A total of forty (40) people have been arrested for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of alcohol and/or drugs since the 2013 Checkpoint Strikeforce DUI prevention campaign began July 5th. Statewide, there have been 2,542 DUI arrests made in Delaware this year.

In addition to the 40 DUI arrests, officers have also apprehended 8 wanted individuals, made 7 drug arrests, issued 12 seat belt citations, and issued 120 citations for various other traffic violations.

DUI checkpoints and enforcement will continue as the National Impaired Driving Crackdown begins Friday August 16^th.   Two checkpoints are scheduled to take place this weekend.   They are scheduled for:

Friday August 16th –  Wilmington – (NCCo DUI Task Force)- checkpoint

Saturday August 17th –  Dover- (DSP)- checkpoint

Checkpoint Strikeforce is a regional sobriety checkpoint campaign aimed at arresting DUI offenders, by using high visibility enforcement to deter those who would otherwise choose to drink and drive.  The campaign, a six month long effort running through New Year’s Eve, involves setting up weekly DUI checkpoints statewide.

For more information on Checkpoint Strikeforce visit www.ohs.delaware.gov, www.DUIRealTime.com and follow regular campaign updates on Twitter at www.twitter.com/DEHighwaySafe  and Facebook www.facebook.com/ArriveAliveDE.

Dover  – The following DUI checkpoints are scheduled to take place this weekend as part of the Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign:

Friday August 9th – Newark –  NCCo. DUI Task Force

Saturday August 10th – Milford – Milford PD

The Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign is a crackdown on impaired driving.  Delaware will be conducting DUI checkpoints every weekend from now until New Years.  This campaign is aimed at removing impaired drivers from our roadways and deterring those who might otherwise choose to drive after drinking alcohol or using drugs.

The Office of Highway Safety reminds motorists that traffic deaths kill and injure Delawareans nearly twice as often as violent crimes.

For more information on Checkpoint Strikeforce visit www.ohs.delaware.gov and follow regular campaign updates on Twitter at www.twitter.com/DEHighwaySafe and Facebook www.facebook.com/ArriveAliveDE.

Dover  – The following DUI checkpoint is scheduled to take place Saturday as part of the Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign:

Saturday July 13th – DSP Troop 4 near Fenwick Island

The Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign is a crackdown on impaired driving.  Delaware will be conducting DUI checkpoints every weekend from now until New Years.  This campaign is aimed at removing impaired drivers from our roadways and deterring those who might otherwise choose to drive after drinking alcohol or using drugs.

The Office of Highway Safety reminds motorists that traffic deaths kill and injure Delawareans nearly twice as often as violent crimes.

For more information on Checkpoint Strikeforce visit www.ohs.delaware.gov and follow regular campaign updates on Twitter at www.twitter.com/DEHighwaySafe and Facebook www.facebook.com/ArriveAliveDE.

2 killed & 28 injured in impaired driving related crashes

Dover – This holiday season should be filled with joy and happiness but unfortunately, nearly 30 families have already experienced the heart ache of learning that their loved ones have been injured or killed in an impaired driving related crash.  According to police reports, since the Thanksgiving holiday, there have been 33 impaired driving related crashes that resulted in twenty (28) persons injured and two (2) persons killed.  Subsequently, 28 green light bulbs and 2 red light bulbs will be added to the DUI Victims Trees located in Beebe Hospital, Kent General Hospital, A.I. Dupont Hospital, Dover Downs employee cafeteria, and online at www.DUIRealTime.com/SafeHolidays . These will be the first colored bulbs placed on the trees since the start of the Safe Family Holiday Campaign which began on November 21st.

The DUI Victims Tree project memorializes impaired driving related deaths and injuries that occur during the campaign period by placing colored light bulbs on the tree to represent each victim.  Each red bulb on the tree symbolizes someone killed in an impaired driving related crash in Delaware between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve.  Each green light bulb symbolizes someone injured in an impaired driving crash.  Last year, two people were killed and 27 injured in these crashes in Delaware during the holiday season.

DUI saturation patrols will continue throughout the entire holiday season and will supplement already scheduled Checkpoint Strikeforce DUI Checkpoints.  Last weekend 8 people were arrested for DUI as part of Checkpoint Strikeforce.  This brings the total campaign DUI arrests to 305, however there have been 4,511 DUI arrest made in Delaware since January 1^st.

There is one checkpoint scheduled to occur this weekend as follows:

Friday December 7^th Newport (New Castle County DUI Task Force)- checkpoint

Currently, 42 (or 40%) of the 106 people killed in Delaware traffic deaths since January 1^st have been alcohol-related. You can prevent alcohol-related crashes by being a HERO – Be a Designated Driver, or make sure you appoint one before you go out for the evening if you plan to drink alcohol.

For more information on these or any of our other campaign efforts follow us on Twitter @DEHighwaySafe, visit our website for updates at www.ohs.delaware.gov, www.DUIRealTime.com/SafeHolidays or Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ArriveAliveDE.