Motor Vehicle Crashes in New Zealand is an annual statistical statement on road crashes in New Zealand. Crash data are derived from Traffic Crash Reports completed by Police officers who attend fatal and injury crashes. The detailed information about crash circumstances and causes is extracted from these reports by Land Transport New Zealand staff and stored in the Ministry’s Crash Analysis System (CAS). The NZ crash data presented in this annual publication is extracted from the information stored in CAS.
As well as the road crash statistics from CAS, Motor Vehicle Crashes in New Zealand includes national hospital, breath and blood alcohol, road user behaviour and comparative international statistics which relate to road crashes.
Crash data from Police reported crashes
Road users hospitalised as a result of motor vehicle crashes
Download National Health Statistics for Road Users document (PDF, 106kb)
Breath and blood alcohol offence data
Download Breath and Blood Alcohol Statistics document (PDF, 167kb)
Postmortem blood alcohol test results for drivers killed in motor vehicle crashes
Download Blood Alcohol Levels for Fatally Injured Drivers document (PDF, 202kb)
International comparisons of road deaths for countries that contribute to the OECD’s International Road Traffic and Accident Database
Download International Comparisons for Road Deaths document (PDF, 224kb)
Results of surveys of seat belt use, cycle helmet use and drivers choice of travel speeds
Download Road User Behaviour Surveys document (PDF, 115kb)
Driver licence holders by age and sex and vehicle fleet size
Download Driver Licence and Vehicle Fleet Statistics document (PDF, 54kb)
Legislation affecting road safety
Download Legislation document (PDF, 61kb)