During the week of August 5, through August 11, 2024, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 16 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Seven 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 594 DUI arrests compared with 589 during the same period last year, an increase of 0.85 percent.

The Hawai‘i County Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 605 major crashes so far this year, compared with 523 during the same time in 2023, an increase of 15.7 percent.

To date, there were 19 fatal crashes, resulting in 21 fatalities compared with 9 fatal crashes, resulting in 10 fatalities for the same time last year, an increase of 111.1 percent for fatal crashes and 110 percent for fatalities.

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