Hawai‘i Island Police Arrested 19 Motorists for DUI Last Week. Two Arrest Resulted from Traffic Accidents.

Thunda

4 years ago

During the week of February 22, 2021, through March 1, 2021, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 19 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Two 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 201 DUI arrests compared with 191 during the same period last year. This is an increase of 5.2 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were:

DUI Arrests by District
District	Weekly Total	Year to Date

Hāmākua	0	4
North Hilo	0	1
South Hilo	6	60
Puna	4	33
Kaʻu	0	2
Kona	7	85
South Kohala	2	15
North Kohala	0	1

Island Total	19	201

There have been 123 major accidents so far this year compared with 167 during the same period last year, a decrease of 26.3 percent.

To date, there were 5 fatal crashes, resulting in 5 fatalities, compared with 6 fatal crashes, resulting in 6 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 16.7 percent for fatal crashes, and 16.7 percent for fatalities.

DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.