During the week of July 25 through July 31, 2022, Hawai`i Island police arrested 13 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Two of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident, while none were under the age of 21.

So far in 2022, there have been 597 DUI arrests compared with 671 during the same period last year, a decrease of 11 percent.

There have been 465 major accidents thus far in 2022 compared with 460 during the same period last year, an increase of 1.1 percent.

To date, there were 22 fatal crashes (one fatal crash reclassified on 5/30/22 due to a medical condition) resulting in 24 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths, and one of which was reclassified due to a medical condition), compared with 13 fatal crashes, resulting in 13 fatalities during the same time last year. This represents an increase of 69.2 percent for fatal crashes, and 84.6 percent for fatalities.