Big Island police arrested 17 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant during the week of September 27, 2021, through October 3, 2021,  Six of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers was under the age of 21.

So far in 2021, there have been 808 DUI arrests compared with 724 during the same period last year, an increase of 11.6 percent.

There have been 601 major accidents thus far in 2021 compared with 585 during the same period in 2020, an increase of 2.7 percent.

To date, there were 18 fatal crashes, resulting in 18 fatalities, compared with 13 fatal crashes, resulting in 13 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents an increase of 38.5 percent for fatal crashes, and 38.5 percent for fatalities.