From the Missouri State Highway Patrol:
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports three people died in traffic crashes during this year’s Thanksgiving holiday counting period–from 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 26, 2025, through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, November 30, 2025. There were no boating crashes or drownings.
During the Thanksgiving holiday counting period, troopers report the following traffic statistics for 2025 (preliminary):
Crashes ─ 304
Injuries ─ 82
Fatalities ─ 3
DWI Arrests ─ 87
During the 2024 Thanksgiving holiday counting period, troopers investigated 462 traffic crashes, which included six fatalities and 158 injuries. Statewide, 11 people died and 571 people were injured in 1,664 traffic crashes over last year’s Thanksgiving holiday. Troopers arrested 106 people for driving while intoxicated during the 2024 Thanksgiving holiday counting period.
There were no traffic fatalities on November 26, 2025.
Two traffic fatalities occurred on November 27, 2025. A 40-year-old female from Branson, MO, was killed when the vehicle she was driving north traveled off the right side of the road, struck an embankment, became airborne, and overturned. The female driver was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle. The driver was pronounced deceased at University Hospital in Columbia, MO. The crash occurred on Missouri 135, at Lang Road, in Cooper County.
Also on November 27, a 44-year-old female from Union, MO, was killed when the vehicle she was driving north on Interstate 29 began to skid and traveled off the left side of the roadway. The vehicle began to overturn in the median and came to rest in the southbound lanes. The female was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle. She was pronounced deceased by the Atchison County Coroner. The crash occurred on Interstate 29, one mile north of Watson, in Atchison County. The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Atchison County Sheriff’s Office, Rock Port Fire Department, and the Atchison-Holt Ambulance District.
On November 28, 2025, an 11-year-old female from O’Fallon, MO, was killed when the when the vehicle she was a passenger in was traveling north on Missouri 79 and failed to yield to a southbound vehicle while making a left turn. The front of the southbound vehicle struck the right side of northbound vehicle, causing it to travel off the roadway and strike a guardrail. The juvenile female was wearing a seat belt. She was pronounced deceased at SSM Health St. Joseph West in Lake St. Louis, MO. The 57-year-old driver of the southbound vehicle sustained minor injuries in the crash. He was not wearing a seat belt. The 40-year-old driver of the northbound vehicle sustained serious injuries in the crash. He was wearing a seat belt. The crash occurred on Missouri 79, at Missouri Route M, in St. Charles County. The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the O’Fallon and St. Charles County Police Department’s.
There were no traffic fatalities on November 29, 2025.
There were no traffic fatalities on November 30, 2025.
There were zero boating crashes, zero boating fatalities, zero drowning, and zero boating while intoxicated arrests during the 2025 Thanksgiving holiday counting period.
NOTE: The statistics in this news release are preliminary and subject to change if late deaths occur, or if other agencies report traffic crashes after this news release is published.
