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🚨 MEDIA RELEASE – Big Island DUI Stats 📍 Location: Hawaiʻi County 📅 Date: October 22, 2026 During the week of Oct. 5, through Oct. 11, 2026, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 22 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Eight of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. Three of the drivers was under the age of 21. So far this year, there have been 616 DUI arrests compared with 704 during the same period last year, a decrease of 12.50 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were: Arrests by District DISTRICTWEEKLY TOTALYEAR-TO-DATEHILO4173NORTH HILO04HĀMĀKUA16SOUTH KOHALA147NORTH KOHALA214KONA8242KA‘Ū018PUNA6112ISLAND TOTAL22616 Hawai‘i Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 754 major crashes so far this year, compared with 793 major crashes during the same time last year, a decrease of 4.92 percent. As of Oct, 11, there have been 25 fatal crashes, resulting in 27 fatalities compared with 16 fatal crashes, resulting in 17 fatalities for the same time last year. This is an increase of 56.25 percent for fatal crashes and 58.82 percent for fatalities. 📰 Full release: https://www.hawaiipolice.gov/dui-stats-99/ 📞 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-99/ 🔍 Search Reports: sshsearch.com 📧 Submit Reports: sshreport.com