Hawai‘i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner, Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305
Media Release
During the week of December 5, 2022, through December 11, 2022, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 21 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Two of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. Two of the drivers were under the age of 21.
So far this year, there have been 929 DUI arrests compared with 1,007 during the same period last year, a decrease of 7.8 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:
| DUI Arrests by District | |||
| District | Weekly Total | | Year to Date |
| Hāmākua | 0 | 7 | |
| North Hilo | 0 | 4 | |
| South Hilo | 4 | 260 | |
| Puna | 5 | 196 | |
| Ka’ū | 1 | 10 | |
| Kona | 11 | 341 | |
| South Kohala | 0 | 78 | |
| North Kohala | 0 | 33 | |
| Island Total | 21 | 929 |
There have been 795 major accidents so far this year compared with 766 during the same period last year, an increase of 3.8 percent.
To date, there were 31 fatal crashes (one fatal crash reclassified on 05/30/22 due to a medical condition) resulting in 33 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths, and one reclassified due to a medical condition), compared with 25 fatal crashes, resulting in 25 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents an increase of 24 percent for fatal crashes and 32 percent for fatalities.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.
