Hawai’i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Sergeant Kelly Ka’aumoana-Matsumoto
Phone: 961-2305
September 15, 2009
Media Release
During the week of September 8, 2009, through September 14, 2009, Big Island police arrested 17 motorists for drunk driving. Three of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes.
So far this year, there have been 955 DUI arrests compared with 980 during the same period last year, a decrease of 2.6 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:
| District | Weekly Total | Year to Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hāmākua | 0 | 3 | |
| North Hilo | 1 | 3 | |
| South Hilo | 9 | 307 | |
| Puna | 3 | 114 | |
| Ka’u | 0 | 35 | |
| Kona | 3 | 400 | |
| South Kohala | 1 | 74 | |
| North Kohala | 0 | 19 | |
| Island Total | 17 | 955 | |
There have been 1,109 major accidents so far this year compared with 1,261 during the same period last year, a decrease of 12.1 percent.
So far this year, there were 19 traffic fatalities on the Big Island compared with 19 during the same period last year.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.