During the week of September 25 through October 1, 2023, Hawai`i Island police arrested 21 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic collision, while three of the drivers were under the age of 21. 

Thus far in 2023, there have been 725 DUI arrests compared with 746 during the same period last year, a decrease of 2.7 percent. 

The Hawai’i County Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 627 major collisions so far this year compared with 619 during the same period last year, an increase of 1.3 percent.  

To date, there have been 13 fatal crashes, resulting in 14 fatalities, (one of which had multiple deaths); compared with 25 fatal crashes, resulting in 27 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths, and one was reclassified to a medical condition) for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 48 percent for fatal crashes, and 48.1 percent for fatalities.