Hawai’i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner
Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305
Media Release
During the week of December 21, 2020, through December 27, 2020, Hawai’i Island police arrested 19 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five 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 996 DUI arrests compared with 1,076 during the same period last year a decrease of 7.4 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:
| DUI Arrests by District | |||
| District | Weekly Total | Year to Date | |
| Hāmākua | 1 | 8 | |
| North Hilo | 0 | 2 | |
| South Hilo | 4 | 258 | |
| Puna | 6 | 210 | |
| Ka’u | 0 | 12 | |
| Kona | 7 | 399 | |
| South Kohala | 1 | 88 | |
| North Kohala | 0 | 19 | |
| Island Total | 19 | 996 | |
There have been 765 major accidents so far this year compared with 977 during the same period last year, a decrease of 21.7 percent.
To date, there were 15 fatal crashes, resulting in 15 fatalities, compared with 25 fatal crashes, resulting in 25 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 40 percent for fatal crashes, and 40 percent for fatalities.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.