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Forty-one people died on New Zealand roads in November. This is 20 more than the number of deaths for November 2006 and is 12 more than the average November toll for the last five years.

November road deaths year on year bar chart.

To the end of November this year 376 people have died on New Zealand roads. This is 29 more than at the same time last year.
In the 12 months to the end of November 2007, 422 people were killed on our roads. This is 34 more than the 12 month toll at the end of November 2006.
During November, 17 of the deaths were car or van drivers, 12 were car or van passengers, four were pedestrians, four were motorcyclists, two were truck drivers, one was a cyclist and one was a forklift driver.
Thirty-two of the 41 killed were in open road crashes. Twenty-one were in single vehicle crashes in which a driver lost control of the vehicle or ran off the road and eight were in head on crashes.
Of the 32 vehicle occupants killed, at least 6 were not restrained at the time of the crash.

Deaths and Police reported injuries by age, sex and type of road user

Deaths are for the 12 months to the end of November 2007. Reported injuries are for the 12 months to the end of May 2007.

Note: Preliminary fatal crash reports are submitted within 24 hours of a crash related death. Full injury crash reports are submitted only after the crash investigation is completed, so there is a lag in the reporting of injury crashes.

Road user type by sex

		Male	Female	Total	% Male
Drivers	Killed	138	67	205	67%
	Injured	4989	3645	8634	58%
Passe-ngers	Killed	59	63	122	48%
	Injured	1736	1976	3712	47%
Moto-cyclists	Killed	36	2	38	95%
	Injured	1003	197	1200	84%
Pedes-trians	Killed	30	14	44	68%
	Injured	496	447	943	53%
Cyclists	Killed	9	2	11	82%
	Injured	650	220	870	75%
Other	Killed	2	0	2	100%
	Injured	23	9	32	72%
Total	Killed	274	148	422	65%
	Injured	8897	6494	15391	58%

Road user type by age group

Deaths

Age group	Drivers	Passe-ngers	Motor-cyclists	Pedes-trians	Cyclists	Other	Total
Under-15	2	17	0	6	2	0	27
15-24	52	57	6	15	2	0	132
25-34	43	10	8	3	1	0	65
35-44	34	9	13	4	0	0	60
45-54	33	8	7	1	1	0	50
55-64	13	6	3	3	3	0	28
65-74	13	7	1	4	2	0	27
75+	15	8	0	8	0	2	33
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	205	122	38	44	11	2	422

Injured

Age group	Drivers	Passe-ngers	Motor-cyclists	Pedes-trians	Cyclists	Other	Total
Under-15	18	611	17	250	181	3	1080
15-24	2905	1441	382	185	158	5	5076
25-34	1626	388	236	109	136	2	2497
35-44	1419	274	232	84	146	2	2157
45-54	1100	223	207	60	123	3	1716
55-64	724	155	72	62	55	0	1068
65-74	389	146	26	51	22	3	637
75+	349	97	8	70	5	13	542
Unknown	104	377	20	72	44	1	618
Total	8634	3712	1200	943	870	32	15391

Deaths and reported injuries by age group bar chart.

Types of road users killed and injured horizontal bar chart.

Trends

Road crash casualties and vehicle fleet compared to 1990 line graph.

Since 1990 the number of vehicles on the road has increased by 50% while Police reported injuries have dropped by 8%, road deaths have dropped by 44% and the number of days spent in hospital as a result of road crashes has dropped by 45%.

Crash outcomes and road user behaviour

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Road Crash Data
Deaths
Number of road deaths	455	405	461	435	405	393	422
Deaths per 10,000 vehicles	1.7	1.5	1.6	1.5	1.3	1.3	1.3
Deaths per 100,000 people	11.8	10.3	11.5	10.7	9.9	9.5	10.0
Injuries
Reported injuries	12368	13918	14372	13890	14456	15174	15391
Number hospitalised (all discharges)	6700	6530	6540	6580	7210	7670	7695
Number hospitalised for over 1 day #	2880	2750	2720	2710	2860	3020	3074
Number hospitalised for over 3 days #	1794	1740	1700	1700	1840	1900	1985

Behavioural Measures
Speed
Rural speed, % over 100 km/h	47%	43%	39%	39%	36%	32%	29%
Rural speed, mean (km/h)	100.2	99.1	98.0	97.8	97.1	96.4	96.3
Rural speed, 85th percentile (km/h)	109	107	105	105	104	103	103
Alcohol
Number of drivers killed with excess alcohol	55	60	70	69	58	54
Percent of drivers killed with excess alcohol	21%	24%	27%	27%	25%	24%
Occupant Restraints
Seat belts worn by adults, front	92%	92%	92%	94%	95%	95%	95%
Seat belts worn by adults, rear	70%	78%	81%	86%	86%	89%
Children restrained, 0-14 years	89%	94%	96%	97%	94%	96%	94%
Child restraints used, 0-4 years	82%	86%	86%	87%	89%	91%
Cycle helmets
Cycle helmets worn, weekday	94%	89%	89%	92%	91%	94%	92%

# Includes only the first stay in hospital

Note: Road deaths for 2007 are for the 12 months to the end of November 2007. Reported injuries for 2007 are for the 12 months to the end of May 2007.

Factors contributing to crashes – ranked by social cost*

Factors contributing to crashes horizontal bar chart.

Notes:

Crash data for the 12 months to end of May 2007.

Since there can be several contributing factors for a single crash the figures represented in this graph add to more than 100%.

* Social cost calculations include loss of life or life quality, loss of output due to injuries, medical and rehabilitation costs, legal and court costs and property damage.