HPD Arrests 21 Motorists for DUI Violations

The Hawai‘i Police Department reports that during the week of Aug. 6, through Aug. 12, 2018, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 21 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three 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 691 DUI arrests compared with 705 during the same period last year, a decrease of 2%.

There have been 762 major accidents so far this year compared with 825 during the same period last year, a decrease of 7.6%.

To date, there were 18 fatal crashes (two of which had multiple deaths), resulting in 20 fatalities, compared with 19 fatal crashes, (one of which had multiple deaths), resulting in 21 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 5.3% for fatal crashes, and 4.8% for fatalities.

DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue islandwide.

The numbers of arrests by district were: