OSHP Columbus District 6

• Delaware - 740-363-1392
• Lancaster - 740-654-1523
• Granville - 740-927-0065
• West Jefferson - 614-879-7626
• Mt. Gilead - 419-768-3955
• Circleville - 740-983-2538
• Communications Center - 614-466-2660

Points of Interest

• The district led the state in safety belt enforcement in 2005 with 15,209 citations. Several local surveys and observations indicated an increase in safety belt use, however 63 percent of fatal crash victims were not buckled up. Troopers utilized aggressive enforcement, combined with effective education and media attention to further position the Patrol as a leader in this vital area.
• Troopers achieved success in impaired driving enforcement. Twenty-nine percent of fatal crashes in 2004 were alcohol related, but that number fell to 23 percent in 2005. To combat impaired driving, troopers made 2,924 OVI arrests, utilized two OVI tactical squads and several holiday enforcement blitzes, and joined the Franklin County DUI Task Force for four sobriety checkpoints.
• Posts did an admirable job of identifying problem sites and behaviors, and employing methods to reduce crashes. Speed and failure to yield were the top fatality crash causative factors in 2005. Trooper initiated three tactical squads to address speed complaints in the city of Columbus and one squad to focus on an OVI problem in northern Franklin County.
• Each post in the district designated a school and motorcycle safety liaison officer, and each commander contacted local motorcycle vendors and organizations to provide free safety materials.
• Commercial vehicle enforcement units regularly patrolled high commercial crash areas on Interstate 71 and Interstate 270 to help achieve a reduction in fatal crashes with commercial vehicles at fault. In addition, stationary and portable scale teams combined to achieve a 50 percent increase in activity with a 63 percent increase in scale violations.