ROAD SAFETY ISSUES IN CENTRAL REGION
Crash Reporting
The New Zealand Transport Agency (and its pre-cursors) have produced reports annually related to road safety in particular: ROAD SAFETY ISSUES IN CENTRAL REGION Road Safety Data Reports A general analysis of crash related data Road Safety Issues for the Central and Lower North island of New Zealand Based on the reports of crashes by the Police in individual local body areas or administrative division.
James King – Senior Engineer Performance Monitoring Wellington
E-mail: [email protected]
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Urban and Rural Crash Severity Trends Types of crash movements
2000 Urban 1500 Movement Category Rural Urban Bend-Lost control/Head on 19% 14% 1000 Crossing/Turning 10% 30% 500 2000 Overtaking 5% 4% Number of Crashes Number of Rural 0 Pedestrian vs Vehicle 1% 17% 1500
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Rear end/obstruction 8% 24% Fatal crashes Serious crashes Minor crashes TOTAL 1000 Straight-Lost control/Head on 17% 8% 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 500 Number of Crashes of Number
0 Fatal & Serious Injury Crashes Minor Crashes 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Fatal crashes Serious crashes Minor crashes TOTAL
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Factors associated with crashes Other data sources
Factor Group Rural Urban 01 - Alcohol 19% 14% 02 - Too fast 35% 15% We use data from a number of sources including but not 03 - Failed Giveway/Stop 11% 34% 04 - Failed Keep Left 12% 4% limited to: 05 - Overtaking 3% 3% Hospital Discharge Data 06 - Incorrect Lane/posn 7% 9% 07 - Poor handling 35% 14% Population Statistics 08 - Poor Observation 31% 55% RAMM Data 09 - Poor judgement 13% 10% 10 - Fatigue 7% 2% Police Enforcement Statistics 11 - Disabled/old/ill 2% 4% 12 - Pedestrian factors 1% 18% 14 - Vehicle factors 7% 5% While we do not necessarily have direct access to the data we 15 - Road factors 20% 7% 16 - Weather 5% 3% can use it to give a fuller picture of the crash situation. 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
Fatal & Serious Injury Crashes Minor Crashes ROAD SAFETY ISSUES IN CENTRAL REGION ROAD SAFETY ISSUES IN CENTRAL REGION
Hospital to Crash Casualty Comparisons
2000 3000
18 0 0
2500 16 0 0 s s Alcohol and Speed
14 0 0 2000
12 0 0
10 0 0 150 0 Using Police Statistics on offences detected we can compare
800 crash data for trends and indicators that suggest where 1000 600 enforcement action might be targeted.
Number of CrashCasualtie 400 500 Casualtie Hospital of Number
200
0 0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Year of Event Gisborne RC Hawkes Bay RC Manawatu-Wanganui RC Taranaki RC Wellington RC Taranaki DHB Gisborne DHB Hawkes Bay DHB Manawatu-Wanganui DHB Wellington DHB
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Alcohol Offences/Crashes Speed Offences/Crashes
600 1000 Alcohol Offences Alcohol Related Crashes Speed Offences Speed Related Crashes %
900 11 500 6%
11% 800
10% 700 400 % 16 % 12% 600 15
300 14% 500 8% 9% % % % %
400 13 16 11 12 13% 9%
200 % 300 % % % 16 Number ofCrashes Number Number ofCrashes % 12 20 % % % 16% 18 22 22 Number ofOffences/10 Number % 14 17 9% Number of Offences/100 Number 10% % 10%
200 % 17 11% 15 % % % 7% 15 100 9% 8% 20 8% 19 13% 23 % 12% 100 % 11% 19 14 11% 10% 0 0 Hutt City Hutt Kapiti DC Napier CC Hutt City Hutt Wai roa DC Porirua CC Kapiti DC Kapiti Tararua DC Tararua Stratford DC Stratford Hastings DC Napier CC Gi sborne DC Ruapehu DC Carterton DC Wairoa DC Porirua CC Porirua Rangitikei DC Masterton DC Wanganui CC Wanganui Tararua DC Manawatu DC Wellington CC Wellington Upper Hutt CC Stratford DC Hastings DC Gisborne DC Ruapehu DC Ruapehu Carterton DC Rangitikei DC Rangitikei Masterton DC Horowhenua DC Wanganui CC Wanganui Manawatu DC Wellington CC Upper Hutt CC New Plymouth CC South Taranaki DC Horowhenua DC Horowhenua South WairarapaSouth DC Palmerston North CC New Plymouth CC South TaranakiDC South Wairarapa DC Central HawkesBay DC Palmerston North CC
Central Hawkes Bay DC Note: label is percentage of reported crashes Note: label is percentage of reported crashes
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Speed and Population Speed Offence Detection 900 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 4500 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 70 800 4000 700 60 3500 600 50 3000 500 40 2500 400 2000 30 300 1500per million vkt
20 Offences of Number 200 1000 per 1000 population Number of Offences 100 10 500 Speed OffencesSpeed by 1000 population 0 0 0 Hutt City Kapiti DC Kapiti Bay Napier CC Wai r oa DC Porirua CC Tararua DC Tararua Stratford DC Stratford Hastings DC Hawkes Gisborne DC Ruapehu DC Carterton DC Rangitikei DC Rangitikei Taranaki Mast ert on DC Taranaki Wanganui CC Wanganui Manawatu DC Gisborne Gisborne Wellington CC Wellington Upper Hutt CC Wellington Wanganui Wellington Wanganui Horowhenua DC Horowhenua Manawatu- Manawatu- New Plymouth CC Hawkes Bay Hawkes South Taranaki DC South Wairarapa DC Palmerston North CC Central Hawkes Bay DC ROAD SAFETY ISSUES IN CENTRAL REGION ROAD SAFETY ISSUES IN CENTRAL REGION
Seatbelt Usage Restraint and Unlicensed Driver Enforcement Front Seatbelt Wearing Back Seatbelt Wearing 100 100 160 Unlicenced Driver Restraints 80 80 140 120 60 60 100 40 40 Percentage Gisborne Hawkes Bay Percentage Gisborne Hawkes Bay 80 20 Taranaki Manawatu-Wanganui 20 Taranaki Manawatu-Wanganui Wellington Wellington 60 0 0 40 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 20 Child Restraint Use 100 0
80 of Offences inNumber Hundreds
60 Hutt City Hutt Kapiti DC Napier CC Wairoa DC Porirua CC Porirua
40 DC Tararua Hastings DC Ruapehu DC Stratford DC Gisborne DC Percentage Carterton DC Wanganui CC Rangitikei DC Rangitikei Manawatu DC Masterton DC Wellington CC Wellington
Gisborne Hawkes Bay Upper Hutt CC
20 Taranaki Manawatu-Wanganui Horowhenua DC New PlymouthCC
Wellington Taranaki DC South South Wairarapa DC Wairarapa South
0 CC North Palmerston Central Hawkes Bay DC 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
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Wellington City Wanganui District Crash Data Conclusions Wairoa District Driver Licences Upper Hutt City Tararua District o Crashes, and casualties, in Central Region, have increased Stratford District in the last 5 years principally in minor urban crashes. Type of licence held by South Wairarapa District South Taranaki District “at fault” drivers in Ruapehu District o Lost of control is more prominent in rural crashes. crashes can be Rangitikei District Porirua City examined to give an Palmerston North City indication for road New Plymouth District o Crossing/turning, Pedestrian vs. Vehicle and Rear Napier City end/obstructions are predominant in urban areas. safety activities related Masterton District Manawatu District to licensing. Kapiti Coast District Hutt City o For vulnerable road users, cyclist and motorcyclist crashes Horowhenua District are increasing, pedestrian incidents are steady. Hastings District Gisborne District Central Hawkes Bay District Carterton District o Evidence suggests that Police enforcement may be uneven across the Region. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Driver Licence Type in %
Never Licensed Disqualified Expired Forbidden Wrong Class Overseas Learner Restricted Full
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Crash Data Conclusions SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES o Alcohol crashes percentages have reduced in the last 10 years although no change in the number of crashes have The NZTA will continue to support road safety activities been observed. such as:
o Restraint use may have peaked and most probably can only o Crash Reduction Studies stay at the same level in future. o Road Safety Action Plans o Speed related crashes are increasing in Urban areas. o LTCCP’s
o Rural area crashes are a reducing percentage of crashes o Road Safety Works but the numbers are not. We would also encourage roading authorities to establish a See http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/performance/index.html for individual authority data reports ‘Deficiency Database and Prioritisation’ process as an element of their road safety planning processes.