09-28-20 DUI stats

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

 

Media Release

During the week of September 21, 2020, through September 27, 2020, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested eighteen (18) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.  Four of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident.  None of the drivers was under the age of 21.  

So far this year, there have been 701 DUI arrests compared with 828 during the same period last year a decrease of 15.3 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:

DUI Arrests by District
District Weekly Total   Year to Date
       
Hāmākua 0   4
North Hilo 0   2
South Hilo 4   189
Puna 4   154
Ka’u 0   8
Kona 5   269
South Kohala 3   60
North Kohala 2   15
       
Island Total 18   701

There have been 568 major accidents so far this year compared with 719 during the same period last year, a decrease of 21 percent. 

To date, there were 13 fatal crashes, resulting in 13 fatalities, compared with 14 fatal crashes, resulting in 14 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 7.1 percent for fatal crashes, and 7.1 percent for fatalities.

DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island-wide. 


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