RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina State Highway Patrol reported hundreds of impaired driving charges and thousands of traffic violations during a weeklong Halloween enforcement campaign that also saw 11 people killed in crashes across the state.
The Halloween “Booze It & Lose It” campaign, part of the Governor’s Highway Safety Program, ran from Oct. 26 through Nov. 1, 2026.
During that period, troopers reported 16,861 total charges, including 347 for driving while impaired…