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4-11-24 DUI Stats

April 11, 2024 |
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Hawai`i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305

Media Release

During the week of April 1, 2024, through April 7, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested eighteen (18) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.  Three of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident.  One driver was under the age of 21.  

So far this year, there have been 251 DUI arrests compared with 272 during the same period last year. This is a decrease of 7.7 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:

ARRESTS BY DISTRICT
DISTRICTWEEKLY TOTAL YEAR TO DATE
HILO9 77
NORTH HILO1 2
HAMAKUA0 2
SOUTH KOHALA0 22
NORTH KOHALA0 5
KONA4 77
KAU0 5
PUNA4 61
ISLAND TOTAL18 251

Hawaii Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 272 major crashes so far this year, compared with 258 during the same time last year.  This represents an increase of 5.4 percent.

To date, there were 12 fatal crashes, resulting in 14 fatalities (two of which had multiple deaths), compared with 6 fatal crashes, resulting in 7 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.

Unsolved Homicides

Hawaiʻi Police Department believes every victim deserves justice, and that the deceased victim’s family, friends, and community deserve closure.

Please take a moment to review the Unsolved Homicides summaries and if you have any information pertaining to any of these cases, please submit a tip, email us or call our Unsolved Homicides Division at (808) 961-2380 or Crime Stoppers at (808) 961-8300. Thank you for your help!

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