Traffic Incident in Hawaii County
🚨 TRAFFIC INCIDENT – Big Island DUI Stats 📍 Location: Hawaiʻi County 📅 Date: May 29, 2026 During the week of May 18, through May 24, 2026, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 13 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers was under the age of 21. So far this year, there have been 320 DUI arrests compared with 298 during the same period last year, an increase of 7.38 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were: Arrests by District DISTRICTWEEKLY TOTALYEAR-TO-DATEHILO384NORTH HILO01HĀMĀKUA02SOUTH KOHALA326NORTH KOHALA05KONA0123KA‘Ū011PUNA055ISLAND TOTAL6307 Hawai‘i Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 386 major crashes so far this year, compared with 415 major crashes during the same time last year, a decrease of 6.99 percent. As of May 24, there have been 11 fatal crashes, resulting in 13 fatalities (one died at a later date; and two had multiple deaths) compared with 12 fatal crashes, resulting in 13 fatalities for the same time last year. This is a decrease of 8.33 percent for fatal crashes. 📰 Full release: https://www.hawaiipolice.gov/dui-stats-79/ 📞 Have info? Crime Stoppers: (808) 961-8300 🚔 HCPD Non-Emergency: (808) 935-3311 🆘 Emergency: 911 ℹ️ Source: Hawaiʻi Police Department press release https://www.hawaiipolice.gov/dui-stats-79/ 🔍 Search Reports: searchssh.com 📧 Submit Reports: reportssh.com