During the week of May 27 through June 2, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested 19 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.  Three of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident, while two of the drivers were under the age of 21.

So far in 2024, there have been 405 DUI arrests compared with 431 during the same period in 2023, a decrease of 6 percent.

The Hawaiʻi County Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 415 major crashes thus far in 2024, compared with 371 during the same time last year, an increase of 11.9 percent.

To date, there were 16 fatal crashes, resulting in 18 fatalities (two of which had multiple deaths), compared with 8 fatal crashes, resulting in 9 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths, and one died at a later date) for the same time last year. This represents an increase of 100 percent for fatal crashes and 100 percent for fatalities.