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14 Motorists Arrested Last Week for DUI. Six Resulting from Traffic Accidents

by Thunda

During the week of June 13, through June 19, 2022, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 14 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Six of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. None of the drivers was under the age of 21.  

So far this year, there have been 493 DUI arrests compared with 556 during the same period last year, a decrease of 11.3 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:

DUI Arrests by District
DistrictWeeklyTotalYear to Date
    
Hāmākua1 4
North Hilo0 2
South Hilo5 139
Puna4 99
Ka’ū0 4
Kona2 194
South Kohala2 38
North Kohala0 13
    
Island Total14 493

There have been 357 major accidents so far this year compared with 370 during the same period last year, a decrease of 3.5 percent.

To date, there were 18 fatal crashes (one fatal crash reclassified on 5/30/22 due to a medical condition) resulting in 20 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths, and one of which was reclassified due to a medical condition), compared with 12 fatal crashes, resulting in 12 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents is an increase of 50 percent for fatal crashes, and 66.7 percent for fatalities.

DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.

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