Hawai’i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner, Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305
Media Release
During the week of May 30, 2022, through June 5, 2022, Hawai`i Island police arrested 17 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. One of the drivers was involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers was under the age of 21.
So far this year, there have been 461 DUI arrests compared with 527 during the same period last year, a decrease of 12.5 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 | 4 | 126 | |
| Puna | 6 | 92 | |
| Ka’ū | 0 | 4 | |
| Kona | 5 | 187 | |
| South Kohala | 1 | 35 | |
| North Kohala | 1 | 12 | |
| Island Total | 17 | 461 |
There have been 332 major accidents so far this year compared with 342 during the same period last year, a decrease of 2.9 percent.
To date, there were 14 fatal crashes (one fatal crash reclassified on 5/30/22 due to a medical condition) resulting in 16 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths and one which was reclassified due to a medical condition), compared with 11 fatal crashes, resulting in 11 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents is an increase of 27.3 percent for fatal crashes, and 45.5 percent for fatalities.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.
