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

 

Media Release

During the week of June 24, 2019, through June 30, 2019, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested fourteen (14) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.  Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident.  

So far this year, there have been 565 DUI arrests compared with 579 during the same period last year, a decrease of 2.4 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	5		157
Puna	1		100
Ka’u	0		10
Kona	6		238
South Kohala	2		49
North Kohala	0		3
Island Total	14		565

There have been 454 major accidents so far this year compared with 649 during the same period last year, a decrease of 30 percent. 

To date, there were 14 fatal crashes, resulting in 14 fatalities, compared with 13 fatal crashes, resulting in 15 fatalities (two of which had multiple deaths) for the same time last year.  This represents an increase of 7.7 percent for fatal crashes, and a decrease of 6.7 percent for fatalities.

DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue islandwide.