2 near the 84-mile marker of Highway 11 near Honomalino in South Kona killed two individuals, 54-year-old Roxane Cho, and 56-year-old Richard Chamberlain, both of Kailua-Kona. There were no traffic fatalities in January 2018, but the first fatal crash of the year, at about 8 p.m. There were 30 fatal collisions in 2018, with dual fatalities in two of them. The worst year this decade for official traffic deaths on the Big Island is 2012, when 38 fatalities were tallied. There were 19 official traffic deaths in 2015 and 11 in 2014.
While the island’s fatality count has been relatively stable the past three years, the total for each of the past three years represents more official traffic fatalities than for the years of 20 combined. There were no traffic fatalities in Hilo town in 2018. There were five fatalities in Ka‘u, three in Puna, two each in North Hilo and South Kohala, and one each in South Hilo and North Kohala. Kona, by far, had the highest fatality total, with 18. There were also two additional in 2016 that occurred on private property, bringing that year’s unofficial total to 34. Four fatalities the previous year were not counted toward the official toll since two occurred on private property and two within the boundaries of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The year-end death toll on Big Island roadways is the same as the official tallies in 20, although there were actually 36 people killed in vehicular collisions in 2017. And three deaths had miscellaneous “illness” or “other distractions” listed as factors in the collision. Speeding alone is cited as a factor in two deaths, as is reckless driving.
Inattention alone is a factor in eight additional deaths. “That’s a fatal combination, alcohol and drugs,” Torey Keltner, program manager for Hawaii Police Department’s Traffic Services Division, said Wednesday.Īccording to Keltner, in eight deaths, both speed and inattention to driving are listed as factors.
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