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18 Motorists Arrested for DUI Last Week. 3 Resulting from Traffic Accidents

by Thunda

During the week of June 20, through June 26, 2022, Hawai`i Island police arrested 18 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers was under the age of 21.  

So far this year, there have been 511 DUI arrests compared with 578 during the same period last year, a decrease of 11.6 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:

DUI Arrests by District
DistrictWeeklyTotalYear to Date
    
Hāmākua0 4
North Hilo1 3
South Hilo4 143
Puna5 104
Ka’ū1 5
Kona3 197
South Kohala3 41
North Kohala1 14
    
Island Total18 511

There have been 375 major accidents so far this year compared with 382 during the same period last year, a decrease of 1.8 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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