DUI Stats

During the week of November 11, 2024, through November 17, 2024, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested twenty-eight (28) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Eight of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers was under the age of 21.

So far this year, there have been 860 DUI arrests compared with 835 during the same period last year. This is an increase of 3.0 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:

Arrests by District

DISTRICT	WEEKLY TOTAL	YEAR TO DATE
HILO	8	255
NORTH HILO	0	6
HAMAKUA	0	4
SOUTH KOHALA	2	64
NORTH KOHALA	0	22
KONA	11	311
KAU	0	22
PUNA	7	176
ISLAND TOTAL	28	860

Hawaiʻi Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 866 major crashes so far this year, compared with 749 during the same time last year. This represents an increase of 15.6 percent.

To date, there were 25 fatal crashes, resulting in 27 fatalities (three of which had multiple deaths, one was reclassified as suicide, one reclassified as a medical condition, two died at a later date, and one not counted – did not occur on a public roadway), compared with 14 fatal crashes, resulting in 15 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths, one died at a later date, and one crash reclassified as a medical condition) for the same time last year. This represents an increase of 78.6 percent for fatal crashes and 80 percent for fatalities.

To date, the non-traffic fatality count so far this year is 1 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.