Transport Safety and Security : Road user behaviour

SS020 Cycle helmet use

Series Data

Cycle helmet use
20072008200920102011
All age groups92%92%92%93%93%
Primary / Intermediate94%93%92%96%96%
Secondary89%90%90%91%92%
Adult93%93%92%93%90%
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Cycle helmet use by region
20072008200920102011
Northland77%84%85%Sample too small81%
Auckland89%85%88%89%88%
Waikato89%82%85%89%89%
Bay of Plenty93%92%90%91%88%
Gisborne79%96%96%93%95%
Hawke's Bay90%94%92%95%95%
Taranaki98%90%84%90%95%
Manawatu/Wanganui93%94%94%94%94%
Wellington88%95%86%94%93%
Nelson/Marlborough/Tasman93%93%93%93%94%
West Coast94%94%96%94%97%
Canterbury96%97%96%98%98%
Otago93%93%95%98%92%
Southland95%91%91%93%94%
All NZ92%92%92%93%93%
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Graphical Data

Cycle helmet use

Cycle helmet use for all age groups, primary/intermedate, secondary and adult

Cycle helmet use Download: Graph icon Cycle helmet use Image (PNG, 13 KB)

Metadata

Key reference number SS020
Definition of indicator Cycle helmet use
Date exported 2/11/2011
Core indicator information
Nature of data Quantitative from observational surveys
Data source Ministry of Transport annual survey of cycle helmet use. For further information see www.transport.govt.nz/research/RoadSafetySurveys/ (links to the surveys are in the LHS menu)
Definition Cycle helmet use on weekdays by primary/intermediate, secondary school and adult cyclists.
Frequency Annual from 1996
Disaggregation National by age groups, regional (no age breakdown at regional level)
Timeliness Cycle helmet survey results available in May.
Quality of the data The regional surveys are designed to track changes over time in cycle helmet use within regions, they are not designed to provide valid comparisons between regions.