Motor Vehicle Crashes in New Zealand 2011 - Ministry of Transport

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Motor Vehicle Crashes in New Zealand 2011
Table 16: movement clASSIFICATION of INJURY crashes on open and urban ROADS
Year ENDED 31 December 2011
URBAN ROADS
OPEN ROADS
UNKNOWN
AREA
Movement classification
Number of
injury
crashes
As a % of all
injury
crashes
Number
during
darkness
Number of
injury
crashes
As a % of all
injury
crashes
Number
during
darkness
Number of
injury
crashes
Total number
of injury
crashes
Overtaking or lane change 138 1.4 21 172 1.8 33 - 310
Head on (not overtaking) 204 2.1 63 292 3.1 56 - 496
LOSS CONTROL OR OFF ROAD:
• On straight 473 5 243 668 7 277 - 1141
• While cornering 696 7.3 389 1417 14.8 519 5 2118
Collision with obstruction 285 3 100 120 1.3 70 - 405
Rear end 639 6.7 118 395 4.1 97 1 1035
INTERSECTIONS OR DRIVEWAYS:
• Turning versus same
338 3.5 48 159 1.7 19 - 497
direction
• Crossing no turns 536 5.6 126 82 0.9 14 1 619
• Crossing vehicle turning 513 5.4 101 146 1.5 40 2 661
• Vehicles merging 179 1.9 41 27 0.3 2 - 206
• Right turn against 628 6.6 184 102 1.1 23 1 731
Vehicle manoeuvring 358 3.8 60 59 0.6 10 2 419
Pedestrian crossing road 664 7 177 28 0.3 8 3 695
Pedestrian other 123 1.3 28 17 0.2 9 1 141
Miscellaneous 34 0.4 9 37 0.4 8 - 71
TOTALS 5808 60.8 1708 3721 39 1185 16 9545
NOTE: Fatal crashes are not included in this table (see Table 17).
Table 17: movement clASSIFICATION of FATAL crashes on open and urban ROADS
Year ENDED 31 December 2011
URBAN ROADS
OPEN ROADS
UNKNOWN
AREA
Movement classification
Number of
fatal crashes
As a % of all
fatal crashes
Number
during
darkness
Number of
fatal crashes
As a % of all
fatal crashes
Number
during
darkness
Number of
fatal crashes
Total number
of fatal
crashes
Overtaking or lane change 4 1.5 1 6 2.3 2 - 10
Head on (not overtaking) 7 2.7 3 62 23.9 14 - 69
LOSS CONTROL OR OFF ROAD:
• On straight 11 4.2 6 20 7.7 13 - 31
• While cornering 15 5.8 11 52 20.1 27 1 68
Collision with obstruction 1 0.4 - 1 0.4 - - 2
Rear end - - - 5 1.9 4 - 5
INTERSECTIONS OR DRIVEWAYS:
• Turning versus same
1 0.4 - 4 1.5 - - 5
direction
• Crossing no turns 6 2.3 1 5 1.9 1 - 11
• Crossing vehicle turning 2 0.8 - 6 2.3 2 - 8
• Vehicles merging 1 0.4 - - - - - 1
• Right turn against 7 2.7 4 1 0.4 1 - 8
Vehicle manoeuvring 2 0.8 1 1 0.4 - - 3
Pedestrian crossing road 13 5 5 7 2.7 5 - 20
Pedestrian other 2 0.8 1 8 3.1 7 - 10
Miscellaneous 4 1.5 - 4 1.5 - - 8
TOTALS 76 29.3 33 182 70.3 76 1 259
NOTES: For movement classification see Note 9.
For area classification see Note 11.