During the week of April 25, 2022, through May 1, 2022, Hawai`i Island police arrested 12 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 358 DUI arrests compared with 427 during the same period last year, a decrease of 16.2 percent.

There have been 257 major accidents thus far in 2022 compared with 269 during the same period in 2021, a decrease of 4.5 percent.

To date, there were 10 fatal crashes, resulting in 12 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths), compared with 8 fatal crashes, resulting in 8 fatalities for the same time last year, an increase of 25 percent for fatal crashes, and 50 percent for fatalities.