Hawai`i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner Program Manager
Phone: 961-2305
Media Release
During the week of August 7, 2023, through August 13, 2023, Hawai`i Island police arrested 20 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Seven of the drivers were involved in a traffic collision. None of the drivers arrested were under the age of twenty-one.
So far this year, there have been 600 DUI arrests compared with 628 during the same period last year. This is a decrease of 4.5 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:
| DUI ARRESTS BY DISTRICT | |||
| DISTRICT | WEEKLY TOTAL | YEAR TO DATE | |
| HILO | 5 | 144 | |
| NORTH HILO | 0 | 2 | |
| HAMAKUA | 1 | 6 | |
| SOUTH KOHALA | 0 | 52 | |
| NORTH KOHALA | 1 | 22 | |
| KONA | 7 | 219 | |
| KA‘Ū | 0 | 4 | |
| PUNA | 6 | 151 | |
| ISLAND TOTAL | 20 | 600 | |
Hawai’i Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 525 major collisions so far this year compared with 500 during the same period last year, an increase of 5 percent.
To date, there have been nine fatal crashes, resulting in 10 fatalities, (one of which had multiple deaths); compared with 23 fatal crashes, resulting in 25 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths) for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 60.9 percent for fatal crashes, and 60 percent for fatalities.
To date, the non-traffic fatality count (not on a public roadway) so far this year is 1 compared to 0 non-traffic fatalities for the same time last year.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.
