An intersection in Waikiki has been identified as the most dangerous intersection on the island, for pedestrians. It's right at where Kaiulani Ave. forms a T with Waikiki's main drag, Kalakaua Ave. I wasn't too concerned about pedestrian safety at this particular intersection because the 100-yards as you approach the infamous intersection has always been a challenge for motorists.
Kalakaua Ave. is 4 lanes wide there and drivers from the ocean side of the street are always zooming across all 4 lanes of traffic within a hundred yards stretch to get to the opposite side of the street to turn left, instead of driving two blocks further to the next left turn street. Exercise due caution when you approach this intersection. You'll know you're within the combat zone as soon as you see the main Hyatt Hotel with the Moana Hotel on your right and a taxi driver's front door as your new hood ornament.
As far as pedestrian safety, the best protection would be to impose a $1000 mandatory fine in addition to other charges leveled at the driver that hits a pedestrian within a crosswalk on a red light. If you were to put a 55-gal. drum on a white line in the middle of a busy street, odds are that even the most inapt driver wouldn't hit the metal barrel because they might scratch their car's paint. In a nutshell that is the same motivation behind a $1000 fine. Drivers would tend to look upon pedestrians as potential $1000 fines which is something more concrete to relate to.
That said, I was driving on Beretania St. one night near Star Supermarket and this girl in her 20's happens to be walking across the crosswalk against a green light. Remember this is at night. I put on the brakes. She looks at me kinda bemused, no deer about it. Not at all. Finishes her stroll across the street in no big hurry at all. I would have honked but I suspected the damsel would have misinterpreted the honk for me supporting for her cause. Fortunately, I shrugged it off because you know how crosswalks come in pairs with another crosswalk at the opposite side of the intersecting street....well, on the second crosswalk in the pair, there's this elderly lady walking against the green light too. So, I stop for her too. She must have seen me, heard me, just brake for the other jaywalker.
I was hit while in a crosswalk in Waikiki and I know from experience that after a few days after the adrenalin wears off it hurts everywhere. I was in great shape and I recovered fast and within 1½ years I was back on the job swinging a hammer and climbing scaffolds not to mention grateful for how things were. However, the collision fucks up your internal framework just like how a car's metal frame gets knocked out of whack in a collision. It took me over 5 years to crouch normally. Especially being a carpenter, that inability wasn't fun at work. 
