During the week of December 6, through December 12, 2021, Hawai`i Island police arrested 19 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. Two of the drivers were under the age of 21.
So far in 2021, there have been 1,011 DUI arrests compared with 951 during the same period in 2020, an increase of 6.3 percent.
There have been 763 major accidents so in 2021 compared with 734 during the same period last year, an increase of 4.0 percent.
To date, there were 25 fatal crashes, resulting in 25 fatalities, compared with 15 fatal crashes, resulting in 15 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents an increase of 66.7 percent for fatal crashes, and 66.7 percent for fatalities.
