6-06-24 DUI Stats

Hawai`i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner
Program Manager
Phone: 961-2305
June 3, 2024

Media Release

During the week of May 27, 2024, through June 2, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested nineteen (19) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.  Three 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 405 DUI arrests compared with 431 during the same period last year. This is a decrease of 6 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:

ARRESTS BY DISTRICT
DISTRICTWEEKLY TOTAL YEAR TO DATE
HILO6 115
NORTH HILO0 4
HAMAKUA0 4
SOUTH KOHALA2 33
NORTH KOHALA0 9
KONA4 135
KAU5 13
PUNA2 92
ISLAND TOTAL19 405

Hawai`i Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 415 major crashes so far this year, compared with 371 during the same time last year.  This represents an increase of 11.9 percent.

To date, there were 16 fatal crashes, resulting in 18 fatalities (two of which had multiple deaths), compared with 8 fatal crashes, resulting in 9 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.


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