During the week of May 9 through May 15, 2022, Hawai`i Island police arrested 23 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Six of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident while three of the drivers were under the age of 21.

So far in 2022, there have been 398 DUI arrests compared with 473 during the same period last year, a decrease of 15.9 percent.

There have been 296 major accidents thus far in 2022 compared with 295 during the same period last year, a decrease of 0.34 percent.

To date, there were 14 fatal crashes, resulting in 16 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths), compared with 10 fatal crashes, resulting in 10 fatalities for the same time last year, an increase of 40 percent for fatal crashes, and 60 percent for fatalities.