Hawai‘i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner, Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305
Media Release
During the week of September 27, 2021, through October 3, 2021, Hawai`i Island police arrested 17 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 808 DUI arrests compared with 724 during the same period last year, an increase of 11.6 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:
| DUI Arrests by District | |||
| District | Weekly Total | Year to Date | |
| Hāmākua | 1 | 11 | |
| North Hilo | 0 | 3 | |
| South Hilo | 2 | 219 | |
| Puna | 6 | 134 | |
| Ka’ū | 0 | 8 | |
| Kona | 7 | 317 | |
| South Kohala | 1 | 89 | |
| North Kohala | 0 | 27 | |
| Island Total | 17 | 808 |
There have been 601 major accidents so far this year compared with 585 during the same period last year, an increase of 2.7 percent.
To date, there were 18 fatal crashes, resulting in 18 fatalities, compared with 13 fatal crashes, resulting in 13 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents an increase of 38.5 percent for fatal crashes, and 38.5 percent for fatalities.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.
