During the week of July 10 through July 16, 2023, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 27 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Eight of the drivers were involved in a traffic collision while three of the arrested drivers were under the age of 21.

Thus far in 2023, there have been 536 DUI arrests compared with 561 during the same period last year, a decrease of 4.5 percent.

The Hawaiʻi County Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 458 major collisions so far this year compared with 424 during the same period last year, an increase of 8 percent.

To date, there have been nine fatal crashes, resulting in 10 fatalities, (one of which had multiple deaths); compared with 20 fatal crashes, resulting in 22 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths) for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 55 percent for fatal crashes, and 54.5 percent for fatalities.