A 61-year-old man is recovering in serious condition after being struck by a car near Sandy Beach Park in Hawaii Kai on Saturday evening. The collision happened around 6 p.m. on Kalanianaole Highway, sending the man to an emergency room with multiple injuries.
Honolulu Emergency Medical Services responded to the pedestrian collision near the popular Oahu park and treated the man at the scene before transporting him, according to KITV. Paramedics treated him for multiple injuries before he was taken to an emergency room in serious condition, the station reported.
The crash did not lead to any road closures, and no suspected factors such as speed or substance use have been reported in connection with the incident, per the same account. Details on exactly how the collision unfolded, including whether the man was in a crosswalk, have not been made public.
A Stretch of Highway With a History of Pedestrian Crashes
Saturday's crash adds to a string of pedestrian collisions that have occurred along Kalanianaole Highway in recent years. In December 2025, a 65-year-old man was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Kalanianaole Highway and Keolu Drive, with Honolulu Emergency Medical Services saying crews responded at about 8:15 a.m., according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
In an earlier case near Kanapuu Drive, a 73-year-old woman died after being struck by a car on the same highway, KITV reported in prior coverage. That victim was crossing from west to east and was not in a marked crosswalk when she was hit as a northbound driver entered the Kanapuu Drive intersection, the outlet noted at the time. KITV reported that speed, alcohol, and drugs did not appear to be contributing factors in that collision.
State Has Studied Pedestrian Safety Along the Corridor
The Hawaii Department of Transportation has previously looked at pedestrian conditions elsewhere along Kalanianaole Highway. In March 2016, the agency initiated a pedestrian study on the highway from Olomana Golf Course to the vicinity of Makai Pier to identify pedestrian usage and needs and to recommend safety treatments, according to the Hawaii Department of Transportation.
The department's project page for the Kalanianaole Highway Improvements effort also lists a pedestrian improvements concept and photo log, both last revised in April 2018, per the agency's materials. Those documents and an earlier community presentation reference crash-history data for the Kalanianaole Highway and Uluhala Street area, though the available excerpt does not detail the full record. It remains unclear what, if any, safety treatments have since been implemented near Sandy Beach Park specifically.
