Hawai’i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner, Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305
Media Release
During the week of June 6, 2022, through June 12, 2022, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 18 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 479 DUI arrests compared with 542 during the same period last year, a decrease of 11.6 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 | 8 | 134 | |
Puna | 3 | 95 | |
Ka’ū | 0 | 4 | |
Kona | 5 | 192 | |
South Kohala | 1 | 36 | |
North Kohala | 1 | 13 | |
Island Total | 18 | 479 |
There have been 339 major accidents so far this year compared with 350 during the same period last year, a decrease of 3.1 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 of 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.