A three-car collision involving a rollover left two people seriously injured in Honolulu on Saturday, with a 48-year-old man in serious condition and a woman in her 30s listed as critical. Honolulu Emergency Medical Services responded to the crash and provided advanced life support to both before rushing them to an emergency room for further treatment.
A third person involved in the wreck, a 48-year-old woman, was evaluated at the scene but declined transportation to a hospital, according to Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Few other details about the crash have been released, and it remains unclear exactly where on the island the collision happened or what led one of the vehicles to roll over.
A Rough Year on Oʻahu Roads
Saturday's crash lands amid a grim stretch for traffic safety across the islands. Hawaiʻi recorded 129 road fatalities in 2025, a jump of more than 20% over the prior year and the highest statewide total since 2007, per civilbeat.org. Oʻahu alone accounted for more than half of those deaths, climbing from 51 in 2024 to 82 last year, the outlet reported.
There was at least one silver lining in the data: serious road injuries statewide actually fell by about 10%, dropping from 579 to 529 cases, the same report notes. Still, Hawaiʻi was one of only six states nationwide where the rate of road deaths rose in 2025 compared to the year before, according to civilbeat.org's analysis.
Behavior Blamed for Most Fatal Crashes
State officials have pointed to driver behavior as the chief culprit behind the surge. The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation says more than 90% of 2025's fatal crashes can be traced back to behavior, including cellphone use and speeding, per the same civilbeat.org report. Separate preliminary figures from hidot.hawaii.gov indicate that speed contributed to nearly half of 16 fatal crashes reviewed, with impairment suspected in several cases and at least two lives that could possibly have been saved had seatbelts or helmets been used.
Rollovers involving multiple vehicles are not unheard of on Oʻahu. In a separate incident, three people were involved in an apparent rollover crash in Hawaii Kai on a Monday morning, according to Honolulu EMS and the Honolulu Fire Department, as reported by kitv.com. A woman believed to be in her 40s was taken to the hospital in serious condition in that crash, while two men believed to be in their 40s and 50s and a woman believed to be in her 60s all declined transportation. No occupants in that incident needed extrication, the outlet noted.
No further details about Saturday's three-car collision, including the condition of the man and woman taken to the hospital or whether any citations resulted, have been released.
