RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Virginia's roadways are about to be bustling with holiday travel. With nearly 800 crashes in the "rearview" during Labor Day weekend in 2024, Virginia State Police is prepared to be equally busy this year.

This year, Labor Day weekend will kick off on Friday, Aug. 29, marking 2025's final summer holiday.

In anticipation of the increased travel this holiday will bring, state police will again activate Operation Crash Awareness Reduction Effort (CARE) -- described as a state-sponsored, national program meant to reduce crashes, as well as traffic deaths and injuries, caused by impaired driving, speeding and failure to wear a seatbelt.

Between Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, and Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, state troopers worked a total of 797 crashes across the Commonwealth. Ten o

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