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🚨 MEDIA RELEASE – Big Island DUI Stats 📍 Location: Hawaiʻi County 📅 Date: September 3, 2026 During the week of August 24, through August 30, 2026, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 17 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Two of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. None of the drivers was under the age of 21. So far this year, there have been 521 DUI arrests compared with 597 during the same period last year, a decrease of 12.73 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were: Arrests by District DISTRICTWEEKLY TOTALYEAR-TO-DATEHILO7152NORTH HILO03HĀMĀKUA04SOUTH KOHALA141NORTH KOHALA09KONA4207KA‘Ū116PUNA489ISLAND TOTAL17521 Hawai‘i Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 659 major crashes so far this year, compared with 691 major crashes during the same time last year, a decrease of 4.63 percent. As of August 30, there have been 20 fatal crashes, resulting in 22 fatalities compared with 14 fatal crashes, resulting in 15 fatalities for the same time last year. This is an increase of 42.86 percent for fatal crashes and 46.67 percent for fatalities. 📰 Full release: https://www.hawaiipolice.gov/dui-stats-93/ 📞 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-93/ 🔍 Search Reports: sshsearch.com 📧 Submit Reports: sshreport.com