Full Notification

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

Media Release 

During the week of March 3 through March 9, 2025, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 15 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Eight of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash. Six of the drivers was under the age of 21.

So far this year, there have been 186 DUI arrests compared with 181 during the same period last year, an increase of 2.8 percent.

Hawai‘i Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 178 major crashes so far this year, compared with 185 major crashes during the same time last year, a decrease of 3.8 percent.
 
To date, there have been seven fatal crashes, resulting in eight fatalities compared with seven fatal crashes, resulting in seven fatalities for the same time last year, an increase of 14.3 percent fatalities.
 
So far in 2025, the non-traffic fatality count (not on a public roadway) is zero, compared to zero non-traffic fatalities for the same time last year. 
 
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.