During the week of June 20, through June 26, 2022, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 18 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. while one of the drivers was under the age of 21.
So far in 2022, there have been 511 DUI arrests compared with 578 during the same period last year, a decrease of 11.6 percent.
There have been 375 major accidents thus far in 2022 compared with 382 during the same period last year, a decrease of 1.8 percent.
To date, there were 18 fatal crashes (one fatal crash reclassified on 5/30/22 due to a medical condition) resulting in 20 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths, and one of which was reclassified due to a medical condition), compared with 12 fatal crashes, resulting in 12 fatalities for the same time last year, an increase of 50 percent for fatal crashes, and 66.7 percent for fatalities.
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