MEDIA RELEASE

During the week of August 31, 2015, through September 6, 2015, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 28 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Six of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash.

So far this year, there have been 721 DUI arrests compared with 804 during the same period last year, a decrease of 10.3 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:

District	Weekly Total	Year to Date
Hāmākua 	0		10	
North Hilo	0		2	
South Hilo	11		220	
Puna    	3		137	
Ka‘ū    	1		14	
Kona    	12		266	
South Kohala	1		69	
North Kohala	0		3	
Island Total	28		721

There have been 1,027 major accidents so far this year compared with 1,095 during the same period last year, a decrease of 6.2 percent.

So far this year, there were fifteen traffic fatalities on Hawaiʻi Island compared with nine fatalities during the same period last year, an increase of 66.7 percent. (One fatality that occurred on July 18, 2015, reclassified to a medical condition)

To date, nine fatalities related to drugs only (6), alcohol only (0), or a combination of both (3).

DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.