Research 

This section contains information about travel, motor vehicle crashes, road  user attitudes and behaviours in New Zealand. The studies have been produced by the Ministry's Research and Monitoring teams.

Strategy

The Transport Research Strategy is a first for New Zealand. It informs those who fund or undertake transport related research of the transport sector's research needs  for the shorter-term future. The strategy includes a research work programme that sets out priorities for the transport sector over the next five years. 

Transport Monitoring Indicator Framework

The Transport Monitoring Indicator Framework (TMIF) provides a national, and where possible regional, framework for the monitoring of the New Zealand transport system. Led by the Ministry of Transport in collaboration with the wider transport sector, the framework is also a tool for informing and evaluating transport-related policies and other work.

Research

• Travel survey: Information about day-to-day travel in New  Zealand - how people travel, where they go, when and why, and how risky it is.
• New Zealand road safety research: table list of current road safety research in New Zealand.
• Road safety research funding: an explanation of how road safety research is funded and by whom. Includes links to more detailed information and to funding organisations.
• Road safety research conferences: links to sites hosting papers from road safety research conferences and notices about forthcoming conferences and seminars.
• Social cost of road crashes and injuries: Information about the average and total social cost of road crashes and injuries occurred in New Zealand.

Road Crash Statistics

• Road toll: See the New Zealand Transport Agency website for latest tables of road deaths, fatal crashes and deaths by region.
• CAS: the Crash Analysis System. CAS is an integrated computer system that provides tools to collect, map, query and report on road crash and related data. This page on the NZ Transport Agency website includes information for those interested in accessing CAS. 
• Crash blackspots: tables that list the worst crash blackspots at both national and regional level.
• Monthly overview of crash statistics: latest monthly overview of fatal and injury crash  statistics.
• Motor vehicle crashes in New Zealand: full text, tables and figures of the annual statistical statement on road crashes in New Zealand.
• Motor vehicle crash data: background information on crash statistics.
• Regional road safety issues: See the NZ Transport Agency Regional  Road Safety Issues reports for regional road safety statistics. Click on the left hand navigation on this page of the NZ Transport Agency website.
• Speed crash facts: key  facts and tables.
• Alcohol and drugs:  key facts and tables of key statistics.
• Young driver crash facts: key facts and tables of key statistics (drivers aged 15-19 and 20-24).
• Fatigue: information about driver fatigue and fatigue related crashes (key facts and tables of key statistics).
• Diverted attention: key facts and tables of key statistics.
• Motorcycle crash facts: information about motorcycle crashes (key facts and tables of key statistics).
• Truck crash facts: information about truck crashes (key facts and tables of key statistics). 
• Cyclist crash facts: information about cycle crashes (key facts and tables of key statistics).  
• Pedestrian crash facts: information about pedestrians injured in road crashes (key facts and tables of key statistics).

Road Safety Surveys

• Public attitudes to road safety: full text, tables and graphs of the annual surveys, focusing on drink driving, speed and safety belts.  Surveys are also available as PDF files. 
• Safety belt and child restraint use: text, tables and graphs of safety belt and child restraint wearing rates (front and rear safety belt use by adults, and child restraint use by children under 5).
• Cycle helmets: text, tables and graphs of cycle helmet wearing rates by age group, by regions and by Police District.
• Speed surveys: annual survey of unimpeded vehicle speeds on open and urban roads. Text, tables and graphs by region and Police District.