Cedar Rapids Police Officers Participating in Pre-Father's Day Week Traffic Enforcement Project, June 9-12
Cedar Rapids Police Officers Participating in Pre-Father's Day Week Traffic Enforcement Project, June 9-12
June 7, 2021
Father’s Day should be a time to celebrate, but it can also be one of the deadliest on the roads. The Cedar Rapids Police Department is joining Iowa’s statewide Traffic Fatality Reduction Task Force in an effort to reduce deaths on Iowa roadways. As part of that effort, the Cedar Rapids Police Department will be conducting a special enforcement initiative geared toward reduction of impaired drivers leading into Father’s Day week.
While Father’s Day will be celebrated on Sunday, June 20, law enforcement officials hope to reverse the dangerous fatality trend with early awareness and enforcement efforts. Sadly, data from the past 10 years indicates Father’s Day weekend shows a higher incidence of impaired drivers on Iowa roads. To help get everyone home safely, Cedar Rapids Police officers will join other law enforcement agencies from around Iowa to increase focus on impaired driving this weekend. Additional officers will participate in the traffic project from June 9-12, 2021.
Results from a three-year study conducted by autoinsurance.org found Father’s Day ranks fifth out of the 10 deadliest holidays. Between 2016 and 2018, an average of nearly 439 deadly crashes happened each Father’s Day holiday period on roadways across the United States.
The eventual goal for fatalities for Iowa is ZERO, but the incremental goal for 2021 is under 300, down from 338 in 2020. If achieved, this will be the first time Iowa traffic fatalities were under 300 lives since 1925.