Hawaiʻi Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner
Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305
Media Release
During the week of August 12, 2019, through August 18, 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 713 DUI arrests compared with 706 during the same period last year, an increase of 1.0 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 | 4 | 197 | |
| Puna | 2 | 122 | |
| Ka’u | 0 | 13 | |
| Kona | 15 | 308 | |
| South Kohala | 2 | 61 | |
| North Kohala | 0 | 4 | |
| Island Total | 23 | 713 | |
There have been 596 major accidents so far this year compared with 791 during the same period last year, a decrease of 24.7 percent.
To date, there were 14 fatal crashes, resulting in 14 fatalities (one fatal crash that occurred on 05/05/2019, in the District of Kona which resulted in one fatality was reclassified to a medical condition on 07/02/2019), compared with 18 fatal crashes, resulting in 20 fatalities (two of which had multiple deaths) for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 22.2 percent for fatal crashes, and 30 percent for fatalities.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue islandwide.
