JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri State Highway Patrol Superintendent Colonel Michael A. Turner, has revised the preliminary statistics related to the New Year’s holiday:
The traffic death toll is now five, rather than the zero reported earlier. In addition, 87 persons were injured in 187 traffic crashes during the extended 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 no boating crashes and no drownings over the extended 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
During the 2024-2025 New Year’s holiday counting period one person was killed and 118 injured in 264 traffic crashes in Missouri.
Further details related to the traffic crashes and arrests can be found on the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s website.
The fatality statistics in this news release could change if late deaths occur, or if other departments report fatal traffic crashes after this news release is sent to the media.