The Missouri State Highway Patrol , a Division of the Department of Public Safety, reports eight traffic fatalities, zero Drownings, and zero Boating fatalities over Memorial Day holiday Colonel Michael A. Turner, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, provides the following preliminary statistics related to the Memorial Day holiday: Eight people died and 99 were injured in 234 traffic crashes during the 2026 Memorial Day holiday counting period, which began at 6 p.m.

Friday, May 22, 2026, and ended at 11:59 p.m.

Monday, May 25, 2026.

2026 Memorial Day Holiday Traffic Statistics

Traffic Crashes — 234 Traffic Crash Injuries — 99

Traffic Crash Fatalities — 8 DWI — 107

Boating Statistics Crashes — 4 Injuries — 6 Fatalities — 0 Drowning — 0 BWI — 7 During the 2025 Memorial Day holiday counting period the Patrol investigated 203 traffic crashes involving three fatalities and 92 injuries.

Statewide, four people died and 356 were injured in 868 vehicle crashes in 2025. Three boating crashes were investigated throughout Missouri in 2025.