A 75-year-old woman was left in critical condition after being struck by a car in a shopping mall parking lot in the Kahala area Tuesday afternoon, according to Honolulu police. The driver, a 74-year-old man who was heading northbound at the time, stayed at the scene and was not reported injured.
The crash happened at about 5:03 p.m. in the parking lot of a shopping mall in Kahala, according to the Honolulu Police Department. The woman was transported to an area hospital in critical condition, as reported by Hawaii News Now.
Driver Stayed Put, Investigation Underway
Police say the 74-year-old man was not injured in the collision and remained on scene afterward, per the station's report. Investigators have not said whether any citations or further action will follow, and the Honolulu Police Department's probe into the crash remains ongoing.
According to the same account, available evidence so far indicates that alcohol, drugs and speed do not appear to have contributed to the crash. No further details about the vehicle or the exact identity of either the driver or the woman have been released.
Part of a Rough Stretch for Oʻahu Pedestrians
The Kahala crash comes amid a difficult period for road safety on Oʻahu. Hawaiʻi logged 129 road deaths in 2025, a jump of more than 20% over the previous year and the state's highest death toll since 2007, according to Honolulu Civil Beat. Oʻahu alone accounted for more than half of those fatalities, with deaths rising from 51 in 2024 to 82 in 2025, the outlet reported, as the state's fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled climbed from 0.93 to 1.27 over roughly the same period.
There was at least one bright spot in that data: serious road injuries statewide fell by about 10%, from 579 to 529, Civil Beat reported. And a national study cited by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser found urban Honolulu ranked 68th out of the nation's 101 largest metro areas for pedestrian fatalities, with pedestrian deaths dropping to 81 between 2020 and 2024, down from 96 in the prior five-year span.
A 62-year-old moped rider was also involved in a crash with a car on North Kuakini Street in Liliha on Monday afternoon.
