Hawai`i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner, Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305
Media Release
During the week of December 4 through December 10, 2023, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 23 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic collision. One of the drivers was under the age of 21.
So far this year, there have been 888 DUI arrests compared with 923 during the same period last year, a decrease of 3.8 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:
| DUI ARRESTS BY DISTRICT | |||
| DISTRICT | WEEKLY TOTAL | YEAR TO DATE | |
| HILO | 7 | 212 | |
| NORTH HILO | 0 | 3 | |
| HĀMĀKUA | 0 | 8 | |
| SOUTH KOHALA | 0 | 76 | |
| NORTH KOHALA | 0 | 32 | |
| KONA | 8 | 335 | |
| KA‘Ū | 0 | 8 | |
| PUNA | 8 | 214 | |
| ISLAND TOTAL | 23 | 888 | |
Hawai‘i Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 797 major collisions so far this year compared with 790 during the same period last year, an increase of 0.9 percent.
To date, there have been 15 fatal crashes, resulting in 16 fatalities, (one of which had multiple deaths); compared with 30 fatal crashes, resulting in 32 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 50 percent for fatal crashes, and 50 percent for fatalities.
The non-traffic fatality count (not on a public roadway) so far this year is one compared to zero non-traffic fatalities for the same time last year.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.
