October 30–November 5, 2026, brought 30 DWI entries to the New York State Police Troop L daily media log for Long Island’s state parkways, compared with a previous 4-week average of 24, according to the log. Of those, 26 were logged between 10 p.m. and 5:59 a.m., the State Police log shows.
Crash entries concentrated on the Southern State Parkway, which had 41, according to the Troop L log. The log recorded 189 entries in all for the week, across 7 days with entries stored.
Troop L log entries by category, this week vs previous 4-week average
| Log category | This week | Previous 4-week average |
|---|---|---|
| Vehicle: DWI | 30 | 24 |
| Accident: property damage | 96 | 113.3 |
| Accident: personal injury | 27 | 20 |
| Accident: hit & run | 9 | 18.8 |
| Vehicle: disabled | 11 | 20 |
| Vehicle: V&T complaint | 8 | 7.8 |
| Vehicle: reckless driving | 2 | 0.5 |
DWI entries reached 30, the highest of the five weeks shown
The Troop L log recorded 30 DWI entries for October 30–November 5, 2026, the highest weekly figure in the five weeks shown, according to the New York State Police Troop L daily media log. The State Police log shows 17 DWI entries the week of October 23–29, 2026.
Earlier weeks had 24 entries for October 16–22, 29 for October 9–15 and 26 for October 2–8, according to the Troop L log.
DWI entries by week
| Week (ET) | DWI entries |
|---|---|
| October 30–November 5, 2026 | 30 |
| October 23–29, 2026 | 17 |
| October 16–22, 2026 | 24 |
| October 9–15, 2026 | 29 |
| October 2–8, 2026 | 26 |
The log’s status field reads “Arrest adult” on 20 of the 30 DWI entries, according to the State Police log. A log entry is not a conviction. Readers can follow cases through Long Island Traffic’s DWI court watch.
26 of 30 DWI entries logged between 10 p.m. and 5:59 a.m.
The Troop L log placed 26 of the week’s 30 DWI entries between 10 p.m. and 5:59 a.m., according to the State Police log.
Locations are thin. The log stated no road for 25 of the DWI entries, the Troop L records show.
Sunday led the week with 12 DWI entries
The log reported 12 DWI entries on Sunday and 9 on Saturday, according to the Troop L daily media log. The State Police log shows 4 on Friday, 2 on Thursday, 2 on Tuesday, 1 on Monday and 0 on Wednesday.
DWI entries by day the log reports them
| Day | DWI entries |
|---|---|
| Sunday | 12 |
| Monday | 1 |
| Tuesday | 2 |
| Wednesday | 0 |
| Thursday | 2 |
| Friday | 4 |
| Saturday | 9 |
Southern State Parkway had 41 crash entries, the most of any road logged
The Southern State Parkway had 41 crash entries covering property damage, injury and hit-and-run, according to the Troop L log. The Northern State Parkway followed with 21, the State Police log shows.
The log stated no road for 16 crash entries, according to the Troop L records. The Meadowbrook State Parkway had 12 crash entries and the Sagtikos State Parkway had 9, the log shows.
On other roads, the Troop L log recorded 8 crash entries on State Route 27 (Sunrise Highway), 7 on the Wantagh State Parkway and 6 on the Sunken Meadow Parkway.
Crash entries (property damage, injury, hit-and-run) by road
| Road (as logged) | Crash entries |
|---|---|
| Southern State Parkway | 41 |
| Northern State Parkway | 21 |
| Road not stated | 16 |
| Meadowbrook State Parkway | 12 |
| Sagtikos State Parkway | 9 |
| State Route 27 (Sunrise Highway) | 8 |
| Wantagh State Parkway | 7 |
| Sunken Meadow Parkway | 6 |
Personal injury entries at 27 topped the 4-week average of 20
The Troop L log recorded 27 personal injury entries for the week, compared with a previous 4-week average of 20, according to the State Police log.
Property damage entries came in at 96, compared with a previous 4-week average of 113.3, the log shows. Hit-and-run entries numbered 9, compared with an average of 18.8, according to the Troop L log.
Other categories also moved. The State Police log shows 11 disabled vehicle entries, compared with an average of 20, and 2 reckless driving entries, compared with an average of 0.5. Vehicle and traffic complaints numbered 8, compared with an average of 7.8, according to the log.
How we measured this
- Records: every entry LIT stored from the State Police Troop L daily media log dated October 30 through November 5. Troop L patrols Long Island’s state parkways and some state routes.
- Categories, roads, statuses and times are the log’s own fields. “DWI entries” are entries in the log’s “Vehicle - DWI” category; “Arrest adult” is the log’s status field.
- Comparison weeks are the four 7-day periods immediately before this one.
- The log lists drivers’ names; Long Island Traffic does not publish them in this report.
Limitations
- An entry is what State Police released in the daily log, not a conviction. A DWI arrest is an accusation until a court decides the case.
- The log covers State Police incidents only. DWI arrests and crashes handled by Nassau or Suffolk County Police, town or village police are not included.
- LIT collects each day’s log once; entries the State Police added or corrected later may be missing.