11-15-22 DUI Stats

Hawai’i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner, Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305

Media Release

During the week of November 7, 2022, through November 13, 2022, Hawai’i Island police arrested 15 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 861 DUI arrests compared with 943 during the same period last year, a decrease of 8.7 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:

DUI Arrests by District
DistrictWeekly TotalYear to Date
    
Hāmākua0 7
North Hilo0 4
South Hilo1 243
Puna5 182
Ka’ū0 9
Kona9 309
South Kohala0 75
North Kohala0 32
    
Island Total15 861

There have been 717 major accidents so far this year compared with 697 during the same period last year, an increase of 2.9 percent.

To date, there have been 31 fatal crashes (one fatal crash reclassified on 05/30/22 due to a medical condition) resulting in 33 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths, and one reclassified due to a medical condition), compared with 23 fatal crashes, resulting in 23 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents an increase of 34.8 percent for fatal crashes, and 43.5 percent for fatalities.

DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.


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