{"id":211967,"date":"2024-12-05T21:34:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T02:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=211967"},"modified":"2024-12-05T21:34:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T02:34:13","slug":"17-people-were-killed-in-car-accidents-over-thanksgiving-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=211967","title":{"rendered":"17 People Were Killed in Car Accidents Over Thanksgiving in Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Seventeen people died on Georgia roads during the 102-hour Thanksgiving holiday period this year, marking an increase from 14 fatalities reported in 2023. The Georgia State Patrol and local agencies worked through a busy weekend of traffic enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Just The Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This year\u2019s Thanksgiving travel period lasted from 6 p.m. on Nov. 27 to 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 1.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2024 saw 17 traffic fatalities statewide, an increase from 14 in 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The state patrol investigated eight fatal crashes, with local agencies handling nine.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Statewide crashes totaled 540, leading to 265 injuries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over 425 individuals were arrested for driving under the influence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A total of 12,040 citations were issued.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In Context:<\/strong> Thanksgiving weekend typically results in high volumes of road travel across Georgia, requiring significant enforcement efforts from state and local agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Take Action:<\/strong> Follow posted traffic laws, ensure your vehicle is road-ready, and stay attentive while driving to contribute to safer travel conditions during holidays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventeen people died on Georgia roads during the 102-hour Thanksgiving holiday period this year, marking an increase from 14 fatalities reported in 2023. The Georgia State Patrol and local agencies worked through a busy weekend of traffic enforcement. Just The Facts: In Context: Thanksgiving weekend typically results in high volumes of road travel across Georgia, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":33794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[16682,16681,9076],"class_list":["post-211967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traffic","tag-car-accidents","tag-car-crash","tag-thanksgiving","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=211967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=211967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=211967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=211967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}