During the week of May 16, 2022, through May 22, 2022, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 22 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident and of the drivers was under the age of 21.

So far in 2022, there have been 420 DUI arrests compared with 498 during the same period in 2021, a decrease of 15.7 percent.

This year there have been 308 major accidents compared with 309 during the same period last year, a decrease of 0.32 percent.

To date, there were 14 fatal crashes, resulting in 16 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths), compared with 11 fatal crashes, resulting in 11 fatalities for the same time last year, an increase of 27.3 percent for fatal crashes, and 45.5 percent for fatalities.