Hawaiʻi Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner
Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305

 

Media Release

During the week of June 17, 2019, through June 23, 2019, Hawaiʻi Island Police arrested twenty-three (23) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Six of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers was under the age of 21.  

So far this year, there have been 551 DUI arrests compared with 557 during the same period last year, a decrease of 1.1 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:

DUI Arrests by District
District	Weekly Total		Year to Date
Hāmākua	0		5
North Hilo	0		3
South Hilo	7		152
Puna	3		100
Ka’u	0		10
Kona	11		231
South Kohala	2		47
North Kohala	0		3
Island Total	13		551

There have been 433 major accidents so far this year compared with 623 during the same period last year, a decrease of 30.5 percent. 

To date, there were 13 fatal crashes, resulting in 13 fatalities, compared with 13 fatal crashes, resulting in 15 fatalities (two of which had multiple deaths) for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 13.3 percent for fatalities.

DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue islandwide.