Hawai’i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner, Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305
Media Release
During the week of August 15, 2022, through August 21, 2022, Hawai`i Island police arrested 19 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five 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 651 DUI arrests compared with 713 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 | 6 | |
| North Hilo | 0 | 3 | |
| South Hilo | 7 | 187 | |
| Puna | 2 | 139 | |
| Ka’ū | 0 | 7 | |
| Kona | 5 | 232 | |
| South Kohala | 3 | 53 | |
| North Kohala | 2 | 24 | |
| Island Total | 19 | 651 |
There have been 517 major accidents so far this year compared with 512 during the same period last year. This is an increase of 1.0 percent.
To date, there were 23 fatal crashes (one fatal crash reclassified on 5/30/22 due to a medical condition) resulting in 25 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths, and one of which was reclassified due to a medical condition), compared with 14 fatal crashes, resulting in 14 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents is an increase of 64.3 percent for fatal crashes, and 78.6 percent for fatalities.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.
