Law enforcement and public safety officials from across the state say they're cracking down on drunk driving.
The goal is to catch more impaired drivers.
Starting August 20 and continuing through the Labor Day weekend, Kansas law enforcement agencies will team up with law enforcement and highway safety agencies across the nation in the annual DUI enforcement mobilization, "Drunk Driving: Over the Limit. Under Arrest."
The Kansas Department of Transportation says alcohol-related crashes are usually more serious than those not involving impaired drivers. In Kansas, impaired driving accounted for only 5 percent of all crashes in 2008, but 34.5 percent of all fatal crashes.
Statewide in 2008, the most recent year for which data is available, there were 3,366 alcohol-related crashes that resulted in 131 deaths and 1,999 injuries.
There were 120 alcohol-related crashes that caused 131 deaths; of those 120 crashes, half (59) involved drivers between the ages of 20 and 34. Of the 120 impaired drivers, 105 were male and 15 were female.
