During the week of July 14, to July 20, 2025 Hawai‘i Island police arrested 13 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Two of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash, while two of the drivers were under the age of 21.
So far in 2025, there have been 510 DUI arrests compared with 544 during the same period in 2024, a decrease of 6.25 percent.
The Hawai‘i County Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 582 major crashes thus far in 2025, compared with 549 major crashes during the same time last year, an increase of 6.01 percent.
To date, there have been 13 fatal crashes, resulting in 14 compared with 17 fatal crashes, resulting in 19 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 23.53 percent for fatal crashes and 26.32 percent for fatalities.
