During the week of September 4, through September 10, 2023, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 16 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three of the drivers were involved in a traffic collision while one of the drivers arrested was under the age of 21.

So far in 2023, there have been 676 DUI arrests compared with 695 during the same period last year, a decrease of 2.7 percent.

The Hawai’i County Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 577 major collisions so far in 2023 compared with 568 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, and one was reclassified to a medical condition) for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 52.2 percent for fatal crashes, and 52 percent for fatalities.    
 
So far this year the non-traffic fatality count (not on a public roadway) is one, compared to zero non-traffic fatalities for the same time last year.