Pittsburgh-area DUI crackdown begins now through Halloween

A Halloween DUI crackdown in the Pittsburgh region begins this weekend.

“Operation Ghoul Busters,” is a series of roving patrols starting Friday through Halloween designed to catch drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

According to PennDOT data, October has been a top-three month for impaired driving crashes the past four years.

Laina Ackwaline, with PennDOT District 12 tells KDKA Radio, “We will be conducting roving DUI patrols as part of this and there will be sustained enforcement activities across the commonwealth throughout the entire campaign.”

In 2016 and 2020, more alcohol related crashes happened in October than any other month.

Last year across Pennsylvania, there were 854 such incidents in October.

More than 90 police departments in Allegheny, Westmoreland, Armstrong, Butler, Beaver and Washington counties will participate through regional DUI task forces.

Allegheny County drivers accounted for 71 of the crashes and Westmoreland County 30.