Motor Vehicle Crashes in New Zealand 2011 - Ministry of Transport

ROAD USER BEHAVIOUR SURVEYS 157
TABLE 3: CHILD RESTRAINTS IN CARS (PERCENT WEARING)
In the survey carried out in September 2010, children aged under 5 years in more than 5,300 cars were observed at 112 sites
around the country. The table shows the percentage restrained in appropriate child restraints. In the 2010 survey 55 percent
were restrained in child seats, 18 percent in booster seats, 20 percent in infant seats and less than half a percent in child
harnesses. A further 4 percent were restrained by adult safety belts. The remaining 2 percent were not restrained at all.
REGION 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Northland 98 100 95 88 89 88
Auckland 86 92 90 90 89 96
Waikato 89 87 89 93 89 90
Bay of Plenty 91 89 86 87 84 91
Gisborne 92 83 100 94 90 85
Hawke’s Bay 98 89 92 92 94 93
Taranaki 87 95 96 96 88 95
Manawatu-Whanganui 91 94 97 95 99 97
Wellington 91 92 90 81 97 91
Nelson-Marlborough 91 93 91 96 96 93
West Coast 92 93 96 99 99 96
Canterbury 83 85 90 91 94 93
Otago 91 91 98 96 93 96
Southland 94 92 90 95 92 93
New Zealand 89 91 91 90 91 93 No survey
TABLE 4: CYCLE HELMET WEARING RATES (PERCENT WEARING)
In the survey carried out in March and April 2011 more than 4,600 cyclists of primary and intermediate school age, secondary
school age and adults were surveyed at 57 sites around the country. Each site was surveyed for two separate hours, typically
between 8 am and 9 am, and between 3 pm and 4 pm, on normal school weekdays.
REGION 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Northland 91 91 77 84 85 *see note 81
Auckland 76 89 89 85 88 89 88
Waikato 91 88 89 82 85 89 89
Bay of Plenty 87 93 93 92 90 91 88
Gisborne 93 93 79 96 96 93 95
Hawke’s Bay 94 98 90 94 92 95 95
Taranaki 92 95 98 90 84 90 95
Manawatu-Whanganui 95 96 93 94 94 94 94
Wellington 93 95 88 95 86 94 93
Nelson-Marlborough 92 94 93 93 93 93 94
West Coast 82 88 94 94 96 94 97
Canterbury 90 98 96 97 96 98 98
Otago 94 91 93 93 95 98 92
Southland 94 95 95 92 91 93 94
New Zealand 91 94 92 92 92 93 93
* NOTE: Sample too small in this area to provide regional estimates.