Hawai‘i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner, Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305
Media Release
During the week of December 19, 2022, through December 25, 2022, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 17 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. Four of the drivers was under the age of 21.
So far this year, there have been 965 DUI arrests compared with 1,057 during the same period last year, a decrease of 8.7 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 | 3 | 267 | |
| Puna | 4 | 205 | |
| Ka’ū | 0 | 10 | |
| Kona | 7 | 357 | |
| South Kohala | 2 | 81 | |
| North Kohala | 1 | 34 | |
| Island Total | 17 | 965 |
There have been 829 major accidents so far this year compared with 801 during the same period last year, an increase of 3.5 percent.
To date, there have been 32 fatal crashes (one fatal crash reclassified on 05/30/22 due to a medical condition) resulting in 34 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths, and one reclassified due to a medical condition), compared with 26 fatal crashes, resulting in 26 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents an increase of 23.1 percent for fatal crashes, and 30.8 percent for fatalities.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.
