During the week of November 18 through November 24, 2024, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested thirteen motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.  One of the drivers was involved in a traffic accident while one of the drivers was under the age of 21.

So far in 2024, there have been 873 DUI arrests compared with 848 during the same period last year, an increase of 2.95 percent.

The Hawaiʻi County Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 891 major crashes so far this year, compared with 762 during the same time last year, an increase of 17 percent.

To date, there were 26 fatal crashes, resulting in 28 fatalities (three of which had multiple deaths, one was reclassified as suicide, one reclassified as a medical condition, two died at a later date, and one not counted – did not occur on a public roadway), compared with 14 fatal crashes, resulting in 15 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths, one died at a later date, and one crash reclassified as a medical condition) for the same time last year. This represents an increase of 85.7 percent for fatal crashes and 86.7 percent for fatalities.