During the week of May 22 through May 28, 2023, Hawai`i Island police arrested 22 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three of the drivers were involved in a traffic collision, while three of drivers were under the age of 21.
So far in 2023, there have been 416 DUI arrests compared with 443 during the same period last year, a decrease of 6.1 percent.
The Hawai‘i County Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 362 major collisions so far this year compared with 317 during the same period last year, an increase of 14.2 percent.
To date, there have been eight fatal crashes, resulting in nine fatalities, (one of which had multiple deaths); compared with 14 fatal crashes, resulting in 16 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths) for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 42.9 percent for fatal crashes, and 43.8 percent for fatalities.
