9-05-24 DUI Stats

Hawai`i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305

Media Release

During the week of August 26, 2024, through September 1, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested 19 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.  Seven of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident.  None of the drivers were under the age of 21.

So far this year, there have been 655 DUI arrests compared with 652 during the same period last year. This is an increase of 0.5 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:

ARRESTS BY DISTRICT
DISTRICTWEEKLY TOTAL YEAR TO DATE
HILO8 197
NORTH HILO0 5
HAMAKUA0 4
SOUTH KOHALA0 49
NORTH KOHALA2 16
KONA5 226
KAU0 16
PUNA4 142
ISLAND TOTAL19 655

Hawai‘i Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 669 major crashes so far this year, compared with 564 during the same time last year.  This represents an increase of 18.6 percent.

To date, there were 20 fatal crashes, resulting in 22 fatalities (two of which had multiple deaths, one was reclassified as suicide, one reclassified as a medical condition, and two 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 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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