Full Notification

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

Media Release

During the week of July 22, 2024, through July 28, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested twenty (20) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.  Nine of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident.  Four of the drivers were under the age of 21.

So far this year, there have been 564 DUI arrests compared with 555 during the same period last year. This is an increase of 1.6 percent.

Hawaii Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 565 major crashes so far this year, compared with 486 during the same time last year.  This represents an increase of 16.3 percent.

To date, there were 18 fatal crashes, resulting in 20 fatalities (two of which had multiple deaths, one was reclassified as suicide, and one reclassified as a medical condition), compared with 9 fatal crashes, resulting in 10 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.