Hawai’i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Sergeant Kelly Ka’aumoana-Matsumoto
Phone: 961-2305
April 7, 2009
Media Release
During the week of March 31, 2009, through April 6, 2009, Big Island police arrested 31 motorists for drunk driving. Twelve of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash. Six were under the age of 21.
So far this year, there have been 343 DUI arrests compared with 369 during the same period last year, a decrease of 7 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:
District | Weekly Total | Year to Date | |
---|---|---|---|
Hāmākua | 0 | 2 | |
North Hilo | 0 | 0 | |
South Hilo | 12 | 95 | |
Puna | 4 | 42 | |
Ka’u | 0 | 15 | |
Kona | 13 | 148 | |
South Kohala | 1 | 31 | |
North Kohala | 1 | 10 | |
Island Total | 31 | 343 | |
There have been 432 major accidents so far this year compared with 513 during the same period last year, a decrease of 15.8 percent.
So far this year, there were five traffic fatalities on the Big Island compared with 11 during the same period last year, a decrease of 54.5 percent.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.