Hawaii Island police arrested 19 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant between Sept. 28 and Sunday. Four of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Three were younger than 21.
Kona police arrested seven drivers, while South Hilo cited 10 drivers and South Kohala arrested two motorists for DUI.
So far this year, there have been 803 DUI arrests compared with 884 during the same period last year, a decrease of 9.2 percent.
There have been 1,146 major accidents so far this year compared with 1,195 during the same period last year, a decrease of 4.1 percent.
So far this year, there were 16 traffic fatalities on Hawaii Island compared with nine during the same period last year, an increase of 77.8 percent.
To date, five fatalities related to drugs and four fatalities were attributed to a combination of alcohol and drugs.