Hawai`i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner
Program Manager
Phone: 961-2305
Media Release
During the week of April 22, 2024, through April 28, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested seventeen (17) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. Two of the drivers were under the age of 21.
So far this year, there have been 308 DUI arrests compared with 329 during the same period last year. This is a decrease of 6.4 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:
| ARRESTS BY DISTRICT | |||
| DISTRICT | WEEKLY TOTAL | YEAR TO DATE | |
| HILO | 3 | 91 | |
| NORTH HILO | 0 | 2 | |
| HAMAKUA | 0 | 4 | |
| SOUTH KOHALA | 3 | 28 | |
| NORTH KOHALA | 1 | 7 | |
| KONA | 5 | 99 | |
| KAU | 1 | 6 | |
| PUNA | 4 | 71 | |
| ISLAND TOTAL | 17 | 308 | |
Hawai’i Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 321 major crashes so far this year, compared with 298 during the same time last year. This represents an increase of 7.7 percent.
To date, there were 14 fatal crashes, resulting in 16 fatalities (two of which had multiple deaths), compared with 7 fatal crashes, resulting in 8 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths, and one died at a later date) for the same time last year. This represents an increase of 100 percent for fatal crashes and 100 percent for fatalities.
To date, the non-traffic fatality count so far this year is 0 compared to 0 non-traffic fatalities (not on a public roadway) for the same time last year.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.
