Hawai‘i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner, Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305
Media Release
During the week of September 13, 2021, through September 19, 2021, Hawai`i Island police arrested 13 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 770 DUI arrests compared with 680 during the same period last year, an increase of 13.2 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:
| DUI Arrests by District | |||
| District | Weekly Total | Year to Date | |
| Hāmākua | 1 | 10 | |
| North Hilo | 0 | 3 | |
| South Hilo | 2 | 203 | |
| Puna | 4 | 126 | |
| Ka’ū | 0 | 8 | |
| Kona | 3 | 307 | |
| South Kohala | 3 | 87 | |
| North Kohala | 0 | 26 | |
| Island Total | 13 | 770 |
There have been 565 major accidents so far this year compared with 548 during the same period last year, an increase of 3.1 percent.
To date, there were 16 fatal crashes, resulting in 16 fatalities, compared with 13 fatal crashes, resulting in 13 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents an increase of 23.1 percent for fatal crashes, and 23.1 percent for fatalities.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.