Hawai`i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305
Media Release
During the week of December 25, 2023, through December 31, 2023, Hawai`i Island police arrested eighteen (18) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Eight of the drivers were involved in a traffic collision. Two of the drivers were under the age of twenty-one.
So far this year, there have been 954 DUI arrests compared with 979 during the same period last year. This is a decrease of 2.6 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:
| DUI ARRESTS BY DISTRICT | |||
| DISTRICT | WEEKLY TOTAL | YEAR TO DATE | |
| HILO | 9 | 229 | |
| NORTH HILO | 0 | 3 | |
| HAMAKUA | 0 | 8 | |
| SOUTH KOHALA | 1 | 84 | |
| NORTH KOHALA | 1 | 34 | |
| KONA | 4 | 357 | |
| KAU | 0 | 8 | |
| PUNA | 3 | 231 | |
| ISLAND TOTAL | 18 | 954 | |
*South Kohala year to date total is revised to include one added DUI arrest on 12/28/23.
Hawai’i Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 843 major collisions so far this year compared with 846 during the same period last year, a decrease of 0.35 percent.
To date, there have been 14 fatal crashes, resulting in 15 fatalities, (one of which had multiple deaths, and one was reclassified to a medical condition); compared with 30 fatal crashes, resulting in 33 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths, and one was reclassified to a medical condition) for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 54.8 percent for fatal crashes, and 54.5 percent for fatalities.
To date, the non-traffic fatality count so far this year is 1 compared to 0 non-traffic fatalities (not on a public roadway) for the same time last year.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.
