Minnesota recorded its lowest number of traffic-related fatalities over a Labor Day weekend in the past five years with one death recorded between 6 p.m. Aug. 29 and 6 a.m. Sept. 2, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.

Angela J. Pangelinan, 48, of Moorhead, was injured in a motorcycle crash on Aug. 30 on Interstate 94 near County Road 9 in Clay County and died a six days later, the State Patrol said.

Labor Day weekend is among the most dangerous times to be on the road, and over the past five years an average of five people have died during the 78-hour period around the holiday. Those numbers were four in 2008, two in 2009, five in 2010, six in 2011, five in 2012 and four in 2013.

This would have been the first time since Minnesota started keeping crash data in 1970 that nobody died in a traffic-related crash on Labor Day weekend.

The number of drunk driving arrests also was down. Preliminary reports from 413 agencies show that 1,340 motorists were cited during a DWI enforcement campaign from Aug. 16 through Labor Day. That compared with 1,556 in 2013 and 1,872 in 2012.

"Fewer motorists getting arrested for impaired driving is a sign that more people are making safer choices behind the wheel," said Minnesota State Patrol Lt. Eric Roeske. "Planning for a sober ride can be a life-saver because it doesn't't take a high alcohol level to have serious consequences on the road."

In Minnesota, drivers with a blood-alcohol content of .08 percent or higher can be arrested for DWI. During the two-week sweep, five motorists who were arrested had a BAC of .3 percent or higher, the DPS said.

Men made up most of those tagged for drunk driving, but it's becoming more common for women to be arrested. Last year, 25 percent of incidents, up from just 5 percent 10 years ago.