During the week of July 19, 2021, through July 25, 2021, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 20 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Nine 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 659 DUI arrests compared with 504 during the same period last year, an increase of 30.8 percent.

There have been 435 major accidents so far this year compared with 441 during the same period in 2020, a decrease of 1.4 percent.

To date, there were 13 fatal crashes, resulting in 13 fatalities, compared with 11 fatal crashes, resulting in 11 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents an increase of 18.2 percent for fatal crashes, and 18.2 percent for fatalities.

DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.