Law enforcement officers to focus on reckless driving, more in Dayton and Trotwood

A traffic service initiative will focus on crash-causing behaviors in Trotwood and Dayton, including reckless driving, impaired speeding, failing to yield and failing to wear a seatbelt.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and Trotwood and Dayton police departments will participate in the traffic enforcement initiative on the following:

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Friday, from 6 to 10 p.m.:

State Route 48
Salem Avenue
Philadelphia Drive
Gettysburg Avenue
James H. McGee Boulevard

Saturday, from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.:

Interstate 75
State Route 4
Keowee Avenue
Troy Street
Stanley Avenue

Monday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.:

State Route 49

In the past five years, Dayton and it’s neighboring communities have accounted for 169 of the 258 fatal crashes in Montgomery County, according to OSHP.

Of those 169 crashes:

103 crashes had a person who wasn’t wearing their seatbelt
80 crashes involved an impaired driver
44 crashes involved a pedestrian
38 crashes had speed as a contributing factor
34 crashes had failure to yield as a contributing factor

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