During the week of September 20, 2021, through September 26, 2021, Hawai`i Island police arrested 21 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. Three of the drivers were under the age of 21.

Thus far in 2021, there have been 791 DUI arrests compared with 699 during the same period in 2020, an increase of 13.2 percent.

There have been 586 major accidents so far in 2021 compared with 566 during the same period in 2020, an increase of 3.5 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.