Hawai‘i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner, Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305
Media Release
During the week of March 20, 2023, through March 26, 2023, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 18 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three 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 248 DUI arrests compared with 266 during the same period last year, a decrease of 6.8 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:
| DUI Arrests by District | |||
| District | Weekly Total | | Year to Date |
| Hāmākua | 0 | 2 | |
| North Hilo | 0 | 0 | |
| South Hilo | 7 | 64 | |
| Puna | 4 | 59 | |
| Ka’ū | 0 | 0 | |
| Kona | 5 | 95 | |
| South Kohala | 2 | 21 | |
| North Kohala | 0 | 7 | |
| Island Total | 18 | 248 |
Hawai‘i Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 220 major crashes so far this year compared with 172 during the same period last year, an increase of 27.9 percent.
To date, there have been four fatal crashes, resulting in five 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 nine fatal crashes, resulting in 11 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths) for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 55.6 percent for fatal crashes, and 54.5 percent for fatalities.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.
