During the week of August 28 through September 3, 2023, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 25 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Seven of the drivers were involved in a traffic collision while three of the drivers arrested were under the age of 21.

Thus far in 2023, there have been 660 DUI arrests compared with 681 during the same period last year, a decrease of 3.1 percent.

The Hawai‘i County Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 567 major collisions so far in 2023 compared with 558 during the same period last year, an increase of 1.6 percent. 

To date, there have been 11 fatal crashes, resulting in 12 fatalities, (one of which had multiple deaths); compared with 23 fatal crashes, resulting in 25 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths) for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 52.2 percent for fatal crashes, and 52 percent for fatalities.