DUI Stats

During the week of December 2, 2024, through December 8, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested sixteen (16) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Six 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 905 DUI arrests compared with 880 during the same period last year. This is an increase of 2.8 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:

DISTRICT	WEEKLY TOTAL	YEAR-TO-DATE
HILO	3	264
NORTH HILO	0	6
HAMAKUA	0	4
SOUTH KOHALA	4	69
NORTH KOHALA	0	22
KONA	8	335
KAU	1	23
PUNA	0	182
ISLAND TOTAL	16	905

Hawaii Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 920 major crashes so far this year, compared with 792 during the same time last year. This represents an increase of 16.2 percent.

To date, there were 26 fatal crashes, resulting in 28 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 85.7 percent for fatal crashes and 86.7 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.