During the week of Dec. 14-20, Hawaii Island police arrested 19 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes.
During the week of Dec. 14-20, Hawaii Island police arrested 19 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes.
The numbers of arrests by district were: Kona, nine; Puna, four; South Hilo, three; Hamakua, North Kohala and South Kohala, one each.
So far this year, there have been 1,047 DUI arrests compared to 1,122 during the same period last year, a decrease of 6.7 percent.
There have been 1,483 major accidents so far this year compared to 1,511 during the same period last year, a decrease of 1.9 percent.
So far this year, there have been 14 fatal crashes on Hawaii Island (two of which had multiple deaths), resulting in 17 official traffic fatalities compared with 11 fatalities for all of last year. That represents an increase of 27.3 percent for fatal crashes and 54.5 percent for fatalities.
To date, impaired driving was a factor in 11 fatalities. Of those, six involved drugs and five involved both drugs and alcohol.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue islandwide, police said