Hawai’i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner, Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305
Media Release
During the week of April 18, 2022, through April 24, 2022, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 23 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Eight of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers was under the age of 21. So far this year, there have been 346 DUI arrests compared with 404 during the same period last year, a decrease of 14.4 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:
| DUI Arrests by District | |||
| District | Weekly Total | Year to Date | |
| Hāmākua | 0 | 2 | |
| North Hilo | 0 | 1 | |
| South Hilo | 8 | 94 | |
| Puna | 5 | 61 | |
| Ka’ū | 0 | 3 | |
| Kona | 10 | 147 | |
| South Kohala | 0 | 29 | |
| North Kohala | 0 | 9 | |
| Island Total | 23 | 346 |
There have been 234 major accidents so far this year compared with 251 during the same period last year, a decrease of 6.8 percent.
To date, there were 10 fatal crashes, resulting in 12 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths), compared with 8 fatal crashes, resulting in 8 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents is an increase of 25 percent for fatal crashes, and 50 percent for fatalities.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.
