Monthly Overview of Crash Statistics January 2009

Last updated on 9/06/2009 11:27 a.m. 

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January Road Deaths (2009)

The data presented here are provisional. Crash data as at 10 February 2009.

  • Thirty-four people died on New Zealand roads in January. This is one fewer than the number of deaths for January 2008 and is three fewer than the average January toll for the last five years.

 

  • In the 12 months to the end of January 2009, 365 people were killed on our roads. This is 52 fewer than the 12 month toll at the end of January 2008.
  • During January, 14 of the deaths were car or van drivers, nine were car or van passengers, six were motorcyclists, two were pedestrians and three were truck occupants.
  • Twenty-seven of the 34 killed were in open road crashes. Seventeen were in single vehicle crashes in which a driver lost control of the vehicle or ran off the road and nine were in head on crashes.
  • Of the 26 vehicle occupants killed, eight 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 January 2009. Reported injuries are for the 12 months to the end of July 2008.

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 investigations are completed, so there is a lag in the reporting of injury crashes.

Road user type by sex

     Male    Female  Total  % male 
 Drivers  Killed   117  51  168      70
   Injured    4929  3857  8786  56
 Passengers  Killed   61  42  103  59
   Injured  1624  1947  3571  45
 Motorcyclists  Killed   48  4  52  92
   Injured  1117  250  1367  82
 Pedestrians  Killed   20  9  29  69
   Injured  502  427  929  54
 Cyclists           Killed   5  3  8  63
   Injured  667  248  915  73
 Other      Killed  2  3  5  40
   Injured  26  14  40  65
 Total  Killed  253  112  365  69
   Injured  8865  6743  15608  57




Road user type by age group

 Killed                     
 Age group  Drivers  Passengers   Motorcyclists   Pedestrians  Cyclists   Other   Total 
 Under 15  1  16  1  5  0  0  23
 15-24  51  45  12  5  2  0  115
 25-34  33  16  11  4  1  0  65
 35-44  21  3  10  4  0  0  38
 45-54  23  2  10  0  1  0  36
 55-64  14  13  3  4  3  0  37
 65-74  9  3  4  3  1  0  20
 75+  13  5  1  3  0  5  27
 Unknown  3  0  0  1  0  0  4
 Total  168  103  52  29  8  5  365

 

 Injured                 
 Age   group  Drivers   Passengers  Motorcyclists   Pedestrians   Cyclists  Other  Total 
 Under 15  19  592  26  225  154  7  1023
 15-24  2814  1476  406  207  160  7  5070
 25-34  1648  393  243  92  133  2  2511
 35-44  1488  259  259  83  178  1  2268
 45-54  1196  195  266  74  143  0  1874
 55-64  725  140  111  49  70  1  1096
 65-74  399  101  19  56  25  6  606
 75+  391  108  7  58  10  13  587
 Unknown  106  307  30  85  42  3  573
 Total  8786  3571  1367  929  915  40  15608






Trends



Crash outcomes and road user behaviour

   2000   2001   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006   2007   2008   2009 
Road crash data                   
Deaths                    
No of road deaths   462  455  405  461  435  405  393  421  366  365
Deaths per 10,000 vehicles  1.8  1.7  1.5  1.6  1.5  1.3  1.3  1.3  1.1  1.1
Deaths per 100,000 people  12.1  11.8  10.3  11.5  10.7  9.9  9.5  10.0  8.6  8.6
Injuries                    
Reported injuries  10962  12368  13918  14372  13890  14456  15174  16013  15608  
Number hospitalised (all discharges)  5990  6700  6530  6540  6580  7210  7680  7440  7267  
Number hospitalised for over 1 day  2846  2880  2750  2720  2710  2860  3020  3060  3012  
Number hospitalised for over 3 days  1815  1794  1740  1700  1700  1840  1900  1990  1935  
Behavioural measures
Speed
Rural speed, % over 100km/h  52%  47%  43%  39%  39%  36%  32%  29%  30%
Rural speed, mean (km/h)  101.1  100.2  99.1  98  97.8  9701  96.4  96.3 96.6
Rural speed, 85th percentile (km/h)  111  109  107  105  105  104  103  103 103
Alcohol    
No of drivers killed with excess alcohol  58  55  60  70  69  58   54  65  
Percent of drivers killed with excess alcohol  21%  21%  24%  27%  27%  25%  24%  27%
Occupant restraints      
Seat belts worn by adults, front  90%  92%  92%  92%  94%  95%  95%  95%  95%
Seat belts worn by adults, rear  76%  70%  78%  81%  86%  86%  89%  87%
Children restrained, 0-14 years  87%  89%  94%  96%  97%  94%  96%  94%  97%
Child restraints used, 0-4 years  79%  82%  86%  86%  87%  89%  91%  91%
Cycle helmets            
Cycle helmets worn, weekday 93%  94%  89%  89%  92%  91%  94%  92%  92%

 

 

 

 

 




Notes:  Crash data for the 12 months to end of July 2008

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.