Between Aug. 12 and Sunday, Hawaii Island police arrested 23 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Six of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers was under the age of 21.
So far this year, there have been 713 DUI arrests compared with 706 during the same period last year, an increase of 1.0 percent, according to the Hawaii Police Department.
There have been 596 major accidents so far this year compared with 791 during the same period last year, a decrease of 24.7 percent.
To date, there were 14 fatal crashes, resulting in 14 fatalities, compared with 18 fatal crashes, resulting in 20 fatalities (two of which had multiple deaths) for the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 22.2 percent for fatal crashes, and 30 percent for fatalities.