Hawai’i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner, Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305
Media Release
During the week of September 12, 2022, through September 18, 2022, Hawai’i Island police arrested twenty-two (22) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five 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 719 DUI arrests compared with 766 during the same period last year. This is a decrease of 6.1 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:
| DUI Arrests by District | |||
| District | Weekly Total | Year to Date | |
| Hāmākua | 0 | 7 | |
| North Hilo | 0 | 3 | |
| South Hilo | 7 | 205 | |
| Puna | 3 | 155 | |
| Ka’ū | 0 | 7 | |
| Kona | 8 | 254 | |
| South Kohala | 3 | 59 | |
| North Kohala | 1 | 29 | |
| Island Total | 22 | 719 |
There have been 584 major accidents so far this year compared with 568 during the same period last year. This is an increase of 2.8 percent.
To date, there were 24 fatal crashes (one fatal crash reclassified on 05/30/22 due to a medical condition) resulting in 26 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths, and one reclassified due to a medical condition), compared with 16 fatal crashes, resulting in 16 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents an increase of 50 percent for fatal crashes, and 62.5 percent for fatalities.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.