Hawai‘i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner, Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305
Media Release
During the week of February 13, 2023, through February 19, 2023, Hawai`i Island police arrested 15 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Four of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. None of the drivers were under the age of 21.
So far this year, there have been 145 DUI arrests compared with 162 during the same period last year, an increase of 2.4 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:
| DUI Arrests by District | |||
| District | Weekly Total | | Year to Date |
| Hāmākua | 0 | 0 | |
| North Hilo | 0 | 0 | |
| South Hilo | 3 | 29 | |
| Puna | 2 | 38 | |
| Ka’ū | 0 | 0 | |
| Kona | 9 | 63 | |
| South Kohala | 0 | 11 | |
| North Kohala | 1 | 4 | |
| Island Total | 15 | 145 |
After a review of all updated crashes, Hawai‘i Police Department’s Traffic Services Section found 131 major collisions so far this year compared with 100 during the same period last year, an increase of 31 percent.
To date, there have been three fatal crashes, resulting in 4 fatalities, (Rvsd. 02/07/23: one fatal crash reclassified—manner of death was due to natural causes) and (one fatal crash had multiple deaths); compared with five fatal crashes, resulting in seven fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths) for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 40 percent for fatal crashes, and 42.9 percent for fatalities.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.
