Traffic Incident in Hawaii County
🚨 TRAFFIC INCIDENT – Big Island DUI Stats 📍 Location: Hawaiʻi County 📅 Date: July 9, 2026 During the week of June 22, through June 28, 2026, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 14 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. Two of the drivers were under the age of 21. So far this year, there have been 378 DUI arrests compared with 460 during the same period last year, a decrease of 17.83 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were: Arrests by District DISTRICTWEEKLY TOTALYEAR-TO-DATEHILO6108NORTH HILO01HĀMĀKUA02SOUTH KOHALA133NORTH KOHALA07KONA4145KA‘Ū114PUNA268ISLAND TOTAL14378 Hawai‘i Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 485 major crashes so far this year, compared with 524 major crashes during the same time last year, a decrease of 7.44 percent. As of June 28, there have been 15 fatal crashes, resulting in 17 fatalitiescompared with 13 fatal crashes, resulting in 14 fatalities for the same time last year. This is an increase of 15.38 percent for fatal crashes and 21.43 percent for fatalities. 📰 Full release: https://www.hawaiipolice.gov/dui-stats-84/ 📞 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-84/ 🔍 Search Reports: searchssh.com 📧 Submit Reports: reportssh.com