During the week of April 4, through April 10, 2022, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 22 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Six of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident and none were under the age of 21.
Thus far in 2022, there have been 308 DUI arrests compared with 349 during the same period in 2021, a decrease of 11.8 percent.
There have been 197 major accidents so far in 2022 compared with 223 during the same period in 2021, a decrease of 11.7 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.
