During the week of November 13 through November 19, 2023, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 16 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic collision while one of the drivers was under the age of twenty-one.
So far in 2023, there have been 841 DUI arrests compared with 874 during the same period last year, a decrease of 3.8 percent.
The Hawai’i County Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 750 major collisions thus far in 2023 compared with 736 during the same period last year, an increase of 1.9 percent.
To date, there have been 15 fatal crashes, resulting in 16 fatalities, (one of which had multiple deaths); compared with 30 fatal crashes, resulting in 32 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths, and one was reclassified to a medical condition) for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 50 percent for fatal crashes, and 50 percent for fatalities.
North Kona Water Restriction Downgraded to Voluntary Conservation
The required 25% North Kona Water Restriction, which has been in effect since August 7, 2023,…
