Hawai`i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Program Manager Torey D. Keltner
Phone: (808) 961-2305
Media Release
During the week of August 28, 2023, through September 3, 2023, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 25 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Seven of the drivers were involved in a traffic collision. Three of the drivers arrested were under the age of 21.
So far this year, there have been 660 DUI arrests compared with 681 during the same period last year, a decrease of 3.1 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:
| DUI ARRESTS BY DISTRICT | |||
| DISTRICT | WEEKLY TOTAL | YEAR TO DATE | |
| HILO | 5 | 157 | |
| NORTH HILO | 0 | 2 | |
| HĀMĀKUA | 0 | 6 | |
| SOUTH KOHALA | 4 | 60 | |
| NORTH KOHALA | 3 | 25 | |
| KONA | 10 | 243 | |
| KA‘Ū | 0 | 5 | |
| PUNA | 3 | 162 | |
| ISLAND TOTAL | 25 | 660 | |
Hawai‘i Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 567 major collisions so far this year compared with 558 during the same period last year, an increase of 1.6 percent.
To date, there have been 11 fatal crashes, resulting in 12 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 52.2 percent for fatal crashes, and 52 percent for fatalities.
To date, the non-traffic fatality count (not on a public roadway) so far this year is one compared to zero non-traffic fatalities for the same time last year.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.
