Hawai‘i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner, Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305
Media Release
During the week of April 17, through April 23, 2023, Hawai`i Island police arrested 13 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Nine of the drivers were involved in a traffic collision. (Revised 4/24/23: to include two additional traffic collisions that occurred on 4/11/23 in the Kona District). None of the drivers was under the age of 21.
So far this year, there have been 317 DUI arrests compared with 339 during the same period last year, a decrease of 6.5 percent. (Revised 4/24/23: total includes three additional arrests on 4/11 & 12, 2023, in the Kona District.) 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 | 4 | 80 | |
| Puna | 4 | 77 | |
| Ka’ū | 0 | 0 | |
| Kona | 4 | 115 | |
| South Kohala | 1 | 29 | |
| North Kohala | 0 | 14 | |
| Island Total | 13 | 317 |
Hawai‘i Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 284 major crashes so far this year compared with 233 during the same period last year, an increase of 21.9 percent.
To date, there have been seven fatal crashes, resulting in eight fatalities, (Rvsd. 2/07/23: one fatal crash reclassified—manner of death was due to natural causes and Rvsd. 4/18/23: one fatal crash on 3/07/23 added—cause of death was due to a traffic collision that occurred the day prior), and (one fatal crash had multiple deaths); compared with 10 fatal crashes, resulting in 12 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths) for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 30 percent for fatal crashes, and 33.3 percent for fatalities.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.
