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Hawaii – DUI Statistics August 25, 2009, through August 31, 2009

By admin • Sep 1st, 2009 • Category: DUI Checkpoints

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During the week of August 25, 2009, through August 31, 2009, Big Island police arrested 32 motorists for drunk driving. Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash. One was under the age of 21.

So far this year, there have been 915 DUI arrests compared with 925 during the same period last year, a decrease of 1.1 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:

DUI Arrests by District

District

Weekly Total

 

Year to Date

 

 

 

 

Hāmākua

0

 

3

North Hilo

0

 

2

South Hilo

7

 

290

Puna

2

 

109

Ka’u

2

 

35

Kona

20

 

385

South Kohala

0

 

72

North Kohala

1

 

19

 

 

 

 

Island Total

32

 

915

 

 

 

 

There have been 1,043 major accidents so far this year compared with 1,201 during the same period last year, a decrease of 13.2 percent.

So far this year, there were 14 traffic fatalities on the Big Island compared with 16 during the same period last year, a decrease of 12.5 percent.

DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.

Hawai’i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Sergeant Kelly Ka’aumoana-Matsumoto
Phone: 961-2305
August 31, 2009

 

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