The Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Police and 170 police and sheriff’s departments kicked off an all-out effort to keep drunk drivers off Illinois roads this holiday season.

The end-of-year campaign comes as new National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics indicate that while Illinois drunk driving fatalities are not increasing, they are not declining, either.

Nationally, drunk driving fatalities decreased just one percent, from 10,076 in 2013 to 9,967 in 2014.

This month, Governor Bruce Rauner has issued a proclamation declaring December as Impaired Driving Prevention Month in Illinois, asking motorists to do their part to make our roads safer by not driving under the influence.

This year’s holiday enforcement campaign features the familiar “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” and “Click It or Ticket” messages and will include stepped-up DUI and seat belt law enforcement efforts.

Law enforcement will be increasing enforcement efforts, conducting roadside safety checks and safety belt enforcement zones.

Data compiled by IDOT shows seven people died in six fatal crashes last year during the extended Christmas weekend, which was from 6 PM on Christmas Eve to 11:59 PM on December 28th.

Two of those seven individuals lost their lives in crashes involving a driver who had been drinking. 594 people were injured in crashes during the same time frame in 2014.