During the week of June 12 through June 18, 2023, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 17 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three of the drivers were involved in a traffic collision while none were under age 21.  

Thus far in 2023, there have been 468 DUI arrests compared with 490 during the same period last year, a decrease of 4.49 percent.

The Hawai’i County Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 400 major collisions so far this year compared with 359 during the same period last year, an increase of 11.42 percent.  

To date, there have been eight fatal crashes, resulting in nine fatalities, (one of which had multiple deaths); compared with 14 fatal crashes, resulting in 16 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths) for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 42.9 percent for fatal crashes, and 43.8 percent for fatalities.