Don’t Press Your Luck This St. Patrick’s Day — Drive Sober

Throughout the St. Patrick’s Day holiday season, the Lancaster Township Police will be enforcing Pennsylvania’s impaired‑driving laws. 

St. Patrick’s Day celebrations should be enjoyable, but impaired driving continues to make this holiday one of the most dangerous of the year:

• Between 2018–2022, 290 people were killed in alcohol‑impaired‑driving crashes during the St. Patrick’s Day holiday period (6 p.m. March 16 – 5:59 a.m. March 18).

• In 2022, 74 lives were lost in alcohol‑related crashes.

• Male drivers were involved in fatal impaired‑driving crashes at more than double the rate of female drivers (29% vs. 14%).

• Drivers ages 21–34 accounted for the highest percentage of alcohol‑impaired drivers in fatal crashes (34%).

Nighttime driving is especially dangerous:

• 38% of drivers involved in fatal crashes between 6 p.m. and 5:59 a.m. were drunk.

• Nearly half (47%) of drivers involved in fatal crashes between midnight and 2:59 a.m. were impaired.

• Among those killed in 2022 St. Patrick’s Day crashes, 34% of passenger‑car drivers and 41% of motorcyclists were drunk.

If you plan to celebrate, plan a sober ride. Your decisions behind the wheel matter.

Drive Sober. Arrive Alive.