Hawai`i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305
Media Release
During the week of August 12, 2024, through August 18, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested twenty (20) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Eight of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers was under the age of 21.
So far this year, there have been 614 DUI arrests compared with 617 during the same period last year. This is a decrease of 0.49 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:
| ARRESTS BY DISTRICT | |||
| DISTRICT | WEEKLY TOTAL | YEAR TO DATE | |
| HILO | 6 | 181 | |
| NORTH HILO | 0 | 5 | |
| HAMAKUA | 0 | 4 | |
| SOUTH KOHALA | 0 | 48 | |
| NORTH KOHALA | 0 | 13 | |
| KONA | 8 | 211 | |
| KAU | 0 | 16 | |
| PUNA | 6 | 136 | |
| ISLAND TOTAL | 20 | 614 | |
Hawai‘i Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 621 major crashes so far this year, compared with 536 during the same time last year. This represents an increase of 15.9 percent.
To date, there were 19 fatal crashes, resulting in 21 fatalities (two of which had multiple deaths, one was reclassified as suicide, one reclassified as a medical condition, and one died at a later date), compared with 10 fatal crashes, resulting in 11 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 90 percent for fatal crashes and 90.9 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.
