During the week of November 1, 2021, through November 7, 2021, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 27 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Twelve of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. None of the drivers were under the age of 21.

So far in 2021, there have been 924 DUI arrests compared with 834 during the same period in 2020, an increase of 10.8 percent.

There have been 681 major accidents thus far in 2021 compared with 659 during the same period in 2020, an increase of 3.3 percent.

To date, there were 22 fatal crashes, resulting in 22 fatalities, compared with 13 fatal crashes, resulting in 13 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents an increase of 69.2 percent for fatal crashes, and 69.2 percent for fatalities.