During the week of September 26, through October 2, 2022, Hawai’i Island police arrested nine motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident while none of the drivers were under the age of 21.

Thus far in 2022, there have been 746 DUI arrests compared with 805 during the same period last year, a decrease of 7.3 percent.

There have been 619 major accidents so far in 2022 compared with 600 during the same period last year, an increase of 3.2 percent.

To date, there were 26 fatal crashes (one fatal crash reclassified on 05/30/22 due to a medical condition) resulting in 28 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths, and one reclassified due to a medical condition), compared with 18 fatal crashes, resulting in 18 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents an increase of 44.4 percent for fatal crashes, and 55.6 percent for fatalities.