Monthly overview of crash statistics June 2011

The data presented here are provisional. Crash data as at 8 July 2011.

• Nineteen people died on New Zealand roads in June. This is the same as the number of deaths for June 2010 and 9 fewer than the average June road toll for the last five years.
• To the end of June this year 138 people have died on New Zealand roads. This is 61 fewer than at the same time last year and the lowest first six months on record. Monthly records begin in 1965.
• In the 12 months to the end of June 2011, 314 people were killed on our roads. This is 58 fewer deaths than in the 12 months to the end of June 2010.
• During June, 9 of the deaths were car or van drivers, 6 were pedestrians, 2 were car or van passengers, 1 was a cyclist and 1 was a truck driver.
• Eleven of the 19 killed were in open road crashes. Six were in single vehicle crashes in which a driver lost control of the vehicle or ran off the road and 6 were in collisions with pedestrians.
• Of the 12 vehicle occupants killed, 5 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 2011. Reported injuries are for the 12 months to the end of January 2011.

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
Driver	Killed	116	35	151	77%
	Injured	4150	3618	7768	53%
Passenger	Killed	45	33	78	58%
	Injured	1363	1616	2979	46%
Motorcyclists	Killed	37	1	38	97%
	Injured	1026	244	1270	81%
Pedestrians	Killed	18	16	34	53%
	Injured	515	450	965	53%
Cyclists	Killed	9	3	12	75%
	Injured	614	222	836	73%
Other	Killed	1	0	1	100%
	Injured	32	18	50	64%
Total	Killed	226	88	314	72%
	Injured	7700	6168	13868	56%

Road user type by age group - killed

Killed
Age group	Drivers	Passengers	Motorcyclists	Pedestrians	Cyclists	Other	Total
Under 15	1	10	0	0	1	0	12
15-24	43	40	6	5	1	0	95
25-34	20	7	4	4	2	0	37
35-44	14	7	16	3	1	0	41
45-54	22	4	7	4	2	0	39
55-64	19	1	4	4	2	0	30
65-74	17	6	1	6	1	0	31
75+	15	3	0	7	2	1	28
Unknown	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Total	151	78	38	34	12	1	314

Road user type by age group - injured

Injured
Age group	Drivers	Passengers	Motorcyclists	Pedestrians	Cyclists	Other	Total
Under 15	17	510	16	257	145	10	955
15-24	2354	1157	335	225	150	8	4229
25-34	1361	328	201	95	122	0	2107
35-44	1274	207	248	67	146	0	1942
45-54	1102	184	290	74	126	8	1784
55-64	764	146	125	65	74	6	1180
65-74	434	100	33	45	21	3	636
75+	372	90	9	58	6	14	549
Unknown	90	257	13	79	46	1	486
Total	7768	2979	1270	965	836	50	13868

Trends

Since 1990 the number of vehicles on the road has increased by 50 percent while Police reported injuries have dropped by 17 percent, road deaths have dropped by 59 percent and the number of days spent in hospital as a result of road crashes has dropped by 58 percent.

Crash outcomes and road user behaviour

Deaths

Road crash data	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Number of road deaths	405	461	435	405	393	421	366	385	375	314
Deaths per 10,000 vehicles	1.5	1.6	1.5	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.0
Deaths per 100,000 people	10.3	11.5	10.7	9.9	9.5	10.0	8.6	8.9	8.6	7.2

Note: Road deaths for 2011 are for the 12 months to the end of June 2011.

Injuries

Road crash data	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Reported injuries	13918	14372	13890	14456	15174	16013	15317	14625	14028	13868
Number hospitalised (all discharges)	6530	6540	6580	7210	7680	7440	7570	7590	7320	7278
Number hospitalised for over one day*	2750	2720	2710	2860	3020	3060	2880	2690	2570	2558
Number hospitalised for over three days*	1740	1700	1700	1840	1900	1990	1880	1740	1580	1574

*Includes only the first stay in hospital

Note: Reported injuries for 2010 are for the 12 months to the end of January 2011.

Speed

Behavioural measures	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Rural speed, % over 100 km/h	43%	39%	39%	36%	32%	29%	30%	29%	29%	-
Rural speed, mean (km/h)	99.1	98	97.8	97.1	96.4	96.3	96.6	96.3	96.2	-
Rural speed, 85th percentile (km/h)	107	105	105	104	103	103	103	103	103	-

Alcohol

Behavioural measures	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Number of drivers killed with excess alcohol	60	70	69	58	54	65	59	66	68	-
Percent of drivers killed with excess alcohol	24%	27%	27%	25%	24%	27%	28%	28%	30%	-

Occupant restraints

Behavioural measures	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Seat belts worn by adults, front	92%	92%	94%	95%	95%	95%	95%	95%	96%	-
Seat belts worn by adults, rear	78%	81%	86%	86%	89%	87%	87%	87%	88%	-
Children restrained, 0-14 years	94%	96%	97%	94%	96%	94%	97%	97%	97%	-
Child restraints used, 0-4 years	86%	86%	87%	89%	91%	91%	90%	91%	93%	-

Cycle helmets

Behavioural measure	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Cycle helmets worn, weekday	89%	89%	92%	91%	94%	92%	92%	92%	93%	-

Factors contributing to crashes - ranked by social cost*

Notes: Crash data for the 12 months to end of January 2011.

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

* 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.