Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 13 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant during the week of November 29, 2021, through December 5, 2021,   Four of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident.  Two of the drivers were under the age of 21.

Thus far in 2021, there have been 992 DUI arrests compared with 927 during the same period in 2020, an increase of 7.0 percent.

There have been 748 major accidents so far in 2021 compared with 726 during the same period last year, an increase of 3.0 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.