NY: Speed Week campaign results

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the New York State Police issued 21,148 tickets during this year's "Speed Week" campaign. The special traffic enforcement period to prevent unsafe driving behaviors was conducted over a seven-day period from Wednesday, August 2 through Tuesday, August 8. Troopers issued 9,205 tickets for speeding, 348 for distracted driving and arrested 234 people for driving while impaired. State Police also responded to 268 personal injury accidents, which resulted in five fatalities and 393 people injured.