9-10-24 DUI Stats

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

Media Release

During the week of September 2, 2024, through September 8, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested twenty-one (21) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.  Three 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 676 DUI arrests compared with 667 during the same period last year. This is an increase of 1.35 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:

ARRESTS BY DISTRICT
DISTRICTWEEKLY TOTAL YEAR TO DATE
HILO2 199
NORTH HILO0 5
HAMAKUA0 4
SOUTH KOHALA2 51
NORTH KOHALA0 16
KONA15 241
KAU0 16
PUNA2 144
ISLAND TOTAL21 676

Hawaii Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 684 major crashes so far this year, compared with 573 during the same time last year.  This represents an increase of 19.4 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 11 fatal crashes, resulting in 12 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 81.8 percent for fatal crashes and 83.3 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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