During the week of July 24 through July 30, 2023, Hawai`i Island police arrested 18 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Ten of the drivers were involved in a traffic collision. while one of the drivers arrested was under the age of 21.

Thus far in 2023, there have been 566 DUI arrests compared with 594 during the same period last year, a decrease of 4.7 percent. 

The Hawai’i County Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 493 major collisions so far in 2023 compared with 464 during the same period last year, an increase of 6.3 percent.  

To date, there have been nine fatal crashes, resulting in 10 fatalities, (one of which had multiple deaths); compared with 22 fatal crashes, resulting in 24 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths) for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 59.1 percent for fatal crashes, and 58.3 percent for fatalities.