Motor Vehicle Crashes in New Zealand 2011 - Ministry of Transport

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BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVELS FOR FATALLY INJURED DRIVERS 135
TABLE 5: BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVELS OF FATALLY INJURED DRIVERS BY TYPE OF CRASH
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2011
Blood alcohol levels (1)
Crash type
No
value
0
to
30
31
to
50
51
to
80
81
to
100
101
to
120
121
to
150
151
to
200
201
to
250
251
to
300
301
to
350
Over
350
Total
Overtaking - 3 - - - - - - 2 - - - 5
Head-on collision 11 37 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 - 1 61
Lost control straight 4 10 - - - 1 1 2 5 - 1 - 24
Lost control
cornering
15 21 - 1 2 - - 6 9 2 - - 56
Collision—
obstruction
1 1 - - - - - - - - - - 2
Rear end collision - 1 - - - - - - 1 - - - 2
Turning vehicle same
direction
2 2 - - - - - - - - - - 4
Crossing vehicle not
turning
4 4 - - - - - - - - - - 8
Crossing vehicle
turning
5 3 - - - - - - - - - - 8
Merging traffic - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Right turn against 2 3 1 - - - - - - - - - 6
Manoeuvring - 2 - - - - 1 - - - - - 3
Miscellaneous 1 3 - - - - - - - - - - 4
Total 45 90 3 4 3 2 3 10 18 3 1 1 183
NOTE: (1) In milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.
FIGURE 6: BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVELS OF FATALLY INJURED DRIVERS BY CRASH TYPE
v er t ak ing
H ead - o n c o llisio n
L o st c o nt r o l st r aig h t
L o st c o nt r o l c o r ner ing
C o llisio n – O b st r u c t io n
R ear - end c o llisio n
T u r ning v sam e d ir ec t io n
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v er leg al lim it
nd er leg al lim it
v alu e
C r o ssing v eh ic le no t t u r ning
C r o ssing v eh ic le t u r ning
er g ing t r af f ic
R ig h t t u r n ag ainst
ano eu v r ing
isc ellaneo u s
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0 20 40 60 80
riv ers