During the week of May 15, through May 21, 2023, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 16 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Two of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident while one of the drivers was under the age of 21.

Thus far in 2023, there have been 394 DUI arrests compared with 415 during the same period last year, a decrease of 5.1 percent.

Hawai‘i Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 346 major accidents so far in 2023 compared with 309 during the same period last year, an increase of 12 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.