Monthly overview of crash stats June 2008

Monthly Road Crash Stats Update
June Road Deaths (2008)

The data presented here are provisional. Crash data as at - 10th July 2008.

Twenty-eight people died on New Zealand roads in June. This is ten fewer than the number of deaths for June 2007 and is seven fewer than the average June toll for the last five years.

To the end of June this year 198 people have died on New Zealand roads. This is three fewer than at the same time last year.
In the 12 months to the end of June 2008, 419 people were killed on our roads. This is 17 more than the 12 month toll at the end of June 2007.
During June, 15 of the deaths were car or van drivers, six were car or van passengers, three were pedestrians, two were motorcyclists and two were cyclists.
Twenty-one of the 28 killed were in open road crashes. Fifteen were in single vehicle crashes in which a driver lost control of the vehicle or ran off the road and five were in head on crashes.
Of the 21 vehicle occupants killed, four 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 June 2008. Reported injuries are for the 12 months to the end of December 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

Road User type by sex
		Male	Female	Total	%Male
Drivers	Killed	135	54	189	71%
	Injured	5157	3974	9131	56%
Passengers	Killed	64	65	129	50%
	Injured	1756	2002	3758	47%
Motorcyclists	Killed	35	5	40	88%
	Injured	1100	236	1336	82%
Pedestrians	Killed	29	16	45	64%
	Injured	462	406	868	53%
Cyclists	Killed	8	1	9	89%
	Injured	645	235	880	73%
Other	Killed	5	2	7	71%
	Injured	29	11	40	73%
Total	Killed	276	143	419	66%
	Injured	9149	6864	16013	57%

Road user type by age group
Deaths
Age group	Drivers	Passengers	Motorcyclists	Pedestrians	Cyclists	Other	Total
Under-15	0	23	1	9	1	1	35
15-24	54	51	10	9	1	1	126
25-34	36	12	9	2	0	0	59
35-44	32	9	13	5	0	0	59
45-54	31	9	4	1	1	1	47
55-64	10	13	1	4	3	0	31
65-74	8	5	2	6	3	0	24
75+	16	7	0	7	0	4	34
Unknown	2	0	0	2	0	0	4
Total	189	129	40	45	9	7	419

Road user type by age group
Injured
Age group	Drivers	Passengers	Motorcyclists	Pedestrians	Cyclists	Other	Total
Under-15	18	586	27	201	167	6	1005
15-24	2992	1509	425	193	167	7	5293
25-34	1739	387	239	95	144	3	2607
35-44	1502	282	242	73	151	2	2252
45-54	1216	221	254	60	125	2	1878
55-64	765	165	96	56	58	0	1140
65-74	406	134	25	50	20	3	638
75+	372	107	7	67	10	16	579
Unknown	121	367	21	73	38	1	621
Total	9131	3758	1336	868	880	40	16013

Trends
graph of road crash casualties and vehicle fleet compared to 199

graph of road crash casualties and vehivle fleet compared to 1990

Since 1990 the number of vehicles on the road has increased by 50% while Police reported injuries have dropped by 4%, road deaths have dropped by 45% and the number of days spent in hospital as a result of road crashes has dropped by 46%.

Crash outcomes and road user behaviour

Crash outcomes and road user behaviour
1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Road Crash Data
Deaths
Number of road deaths	508	462	455	405	461	435	405	393	422	419
Deaths per 10,000 vehicles	2.0	1.8	1.7	1.5	1.6	1.5	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3
Deaths per 100,000 people	13.3	12.1	10.3	10.3	11.25	10.7	9.9	9.5	10.0	9.9
Injuries
Reported injuries	11999	10962	13918	13918	14372	13890	14456	15174	16013
Number hospitalised(all discharges)	5955	5990	6530	6530	6540	6580	7210	7680	7420
Number hospitalised for over 1 day#	3158	2846	2750	2750	2720	2710	2860	3020	3053
Number hospitalised for over 3 days	1966	1815	1740	1740	1700	1700	1840	1900	1981

Behavioural Measures
Speed
Rural speed, % over 100 km/h	56%	52%	47%	43%	39%	39%	36%	32%	29%
Rural speed, mean (km/h)	101.8	101.1	100.2	99.1	98	97.8	97.1	96.4	96.3
Rural speed, 85th percentile (km/h)	112	111	109	107	105	105	104	103	103
Alcohol
Number of drivers killed with excess alcohol	61	58	55	60	70	69	58	54	65
Percent of drivers killed with excess alcohol	21%	21%	21%	24%	27%	27%	25%	24%	27%
Occupant Restraints
Seat belts worn by adults, front	89%	90%	92%	92%	92%	94%	95%	95%	95%
Seat belts worn by adults, rear	67%	76%	70%	78%	81%	86%	86%	89%	87%
Children restrained, 0-14years	89%	87%	89%	94%	96%	97%	94%	95%	94%
Child restraints used, 0-4years	75%	79%	82%	86%	86%	87%	89%	91%	91%
Cycle Helmets
Cycle helmets worn, weekday	95%	93%	94%	89%	89%	91%	91%	94%	92%

Note: Road deaths for 2008 are for the 12 months to the end of June 2008. Reported injuries for 2007 are for the 12 months to the end of December 2007.

Factors contributing to crashes – ranked by social cost*

Notes: Crash data for the 12 months to end of December 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.