14 motorists arrested for DUI during week of Oct. 12-18 on Big Island roads
There has been a total of 630 DUI arrests so far this year, a decrease of 12.86% compared with 723 total arrests during the same period in 2025.
Big Island police during the week of Oct. 12-18 arrested 14 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant, continuing their DUI crackdown on island roadways.
Five of the arrested drivers were involved in traffic crashes. None were younger than 21 years old.
There has been a total of 630 DUI arrests so far this year, a decrease of 12.86% compared with 723 total arrests during the same period in 2025.
Hawai‘i Police Department Traffic Services Section also again did a weekly review of all updated traffic crash reports, discovering a total of 773 major crashes so far in 2026 on Big Island roadways, a decrease of 4.69% from a total of 811 within the same time frame last year.
There have been 25 fatal crashes as of Oct. 18 on the island resulting in 27 fatalities, representing 56.25% and 58.82% increases in fatal crashes and fatalities, respectively, reported by the same date in 2025.
Police notify the public that DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue islandwide.
