Halloween night is celebrated by millions of Americans each year, with eager young children looking forward to an evening of trick-or-treating, and adults working on costumes and their Monster Mash skills. This year’s holiday falls on a Saturday, which means there will likely be more parties than usual and more drunk drivers on the streets.

Between 2014 and 2018, there were 145 drunk-driving fatalities on Halloween night (6 p.m. October 31 – 5:59 a.m. November 1). According to NHTSA, 41% of all people killed in motor vehicle crashes on Halloween night from 2014 to 2018 were in crashes involving a drunk driver. Adults between the ages of 21 and 34 had the highest percentage (39%) of fatalities in drunk-driving crashes on Halloween night in 2018.

Nationally, it is illegal to drive with a BAC of .08 or higher, no exceptions. And the costs can be financial as well. If you’re caught drinking and driving, you could face jail time, lose your driver’s license and your vehicle, and pay up to $10,000 in attorney’s fees, fines, car towing, higher insurance rates, and lost wages.

The Fairfield Glade Police Department is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to spread the dangers of impaired driving. Officer will be increasing traffic enforcement efforts to reduce violations and help reduce traffic collision caused by impaired drivers.