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Twenty-Seven Motorists Arrested for DUI last week. Twelve Resulting from Traffic Accidents

by Thunda

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 this year, there have been 924 DUI arrests compared with 834 during the same period last year, an increase of 10.8 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:

DUI Arrests by District
DistrictWeekly TotalYear to Date
    
Hāmākua0 11
North Hilo0 3
South Hilo6 253
Puna5 155
Ka’ū0 8
Kona14 360
South Kohala2 105
North Kohala0 29
    
Island Total27 924

There have been 681 major accidents so far this year compared with 659 during the same period last year, 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. 

DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.

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