Officers from San Mateo County’s 23 law enforcement agencies made 131 arrests on drunken driving charges over the 10-day period from Dec. 18 to Dec. 27, according to statistics from the California Avoid campaign, the multi-agency effort to catch drunken drivers.

The arrests, all the result of routine traffic stops, represent a 7 percent increase over the 122 arrests from routine stops in the county during the same period a year ago. However, last year there were 37 additional arrests at checkpoints and by DUI strike teams.

San Mateo County’s total represents 10 percent of the 1,291 DUI arrests by 125 agencies in the nine-county Bay Area. The campaign continues until Sunday, Jan. 3.

There were no DUI-related fatalities on San Mateo County roads, according to the Web site, CaliforniaAvoid.org.

The California Highway Patrol is reporting 14 fatalities statewide so far this year, including one in the Bay Area. In six of the deaths, the victims were not wearing seat belts, the CHP said.

On state highways, the CHP is reporting 970 arrests, up 18 percent from last year’s total at this time of 824.

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