Motor Vehicle Crashes in New Zealand 2011 - Ministry of Transport

CASUALTIES AND CRASHES
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TABLE 20: LIGHT AND WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILING WHEN INJURY CRASHES OCCURRED
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2011
LIGHT CONDITIONS FINE HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN MIST SNOW UNKNOWN TOTAL
BRIGHT SUN 3700 8 17 6 5 3 3739
OVERCAST 1682 49 814 325 19 11 2900
TWILIGHT:
• Street lights on 102 4 32 2 - - 140
• Street lights off 129 2 17 7 - - 155
• No street lights 93 2 20 6 2 - 123
• Not stated - - - - - - -
TWILIGHT SUBTOTAL 324 8 69 15 2 - 418
DARK:
• Street lights on 1147 31 322 94 4 3 1601
• Street lights off 28 1 4 4 1 - 38
• No street lights 582 33 155 56 8 2 836
• Not stated - - - - - - -
DARK SUBTOTAL 1757 65 481 154 13 5 2475
UNKNOWN LIGHT 6 - 2 - - 5 13
TOTAL 7469 130 1383 500 39 24 9545
NOTE: Fatal crashes are not included in this table (see Table 21).
TABLE 21: LIGHT AND WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILING WHEN FATAL CRASHES OCCURRED
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2011
LIGHT CONDITIONS FINE HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN MIST SNOW UNKNOWN TOTAL
BRIGHT SUN 82 - - - - - 82
OVERCAST 43 - 18 6 - - 67
TWILIGHT:
• Street lights on 2 - - - - - 2
• Street lights off 2 - 1 - - - 3
• No street lights 2 - 1 - - - 3
• Not stated - - - - - - -
TWILIGHT SUBTOTAL 6 - 2 - - - 8
DARK:
• Street lights on 21 - 9 6 - - 36
• Street lights off 1 - - - - - 1
• No street lights 39 5 14 5 1 - 64
• Not stated - - - - - - -
DARK SUBTOTAL 61 5 23 11 1 - 101
UNKNOWN LIGHT 1 - - - - - 1
TOTAL 193 5 43 17 1 - 259