Officers will keep a visible presence in neighborhoods as more children are out on foot. Nationally, 201 people died in alcohol-related Halloween crashes from 2019 to 2024.
Thirty-one drivers ages 15 to 18 died in crashes on Arizona roads in 2025, ADOT says, as it urges families to discuss seatbelts, speed and distraction Oct. 18-24.
A car crossed the center line and clipped a Polk County school bus carrying 37 Winter Haven High students, sending it into an oncoming Jeep and onto its roof. Sheriff Grady Judd called it the county’s worst bus tragedy in decades.