photo by: John Henry/Journal-World File Photo

This file photo from 2008 shows a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper approaching a vehicle after a traffic stop on Kansas Highway 10.

The Kansas Highway Patrol issued 1,000 speeding tickets statewide over the Christmas holiday weekend, hundreds more than in recent years.

The Highway Patrol released its annual Christmas Weekend Holiday Activity Report on Wednesday, covering from 6 p.m. Friday through the end of Tuesday, Christmas Day.

According to the report:

• Troopers issued 1,000 speeding citations last weekend, compared with fewer than 650 in both 2017 and 2016. They also issued significantly more speed warnings: 956 this year, compared with fewer than 630 in each of the past two years.

• Troopers also issued far more seat-belt citations. They ticketed 104 adults for not wearing seat belts, compared with fewer than 50 in 2017 and 2016. They issued 31 child restraint citations, compared with a dozen or fewer each of the past two years.

• Troopers helped 838 motorists, compared with 690 motorist assists in 2017 and 771 motorist assists in 2016.

• DUI arrests were not drastically different from recent years. Troopers made 10 DUI arrests last weekend, compared with 11 in 2017 and 14 in 2016.

The Highway Patrol worked one fatality accident over the weekend, which was not DUI-related.

It occurred Saturday in Kingman County and involved a Lawrence man.

Smoke from a grass fire had greatly reduced visibility when the Lawrence man crossed the center line and hit another car head-on. A passenger in the other car, a 63-year-old Dodge City woman, was killed.