Motor Vehicle Crashes in New Zealand 2011 - Ministry of Transport
Motor Vehicle Crashes in New Zealand 2011 - Ministry of Transport
Motor Vehicle Crashes in New Zealand 2011 - Ministry of Transport
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<strong>Motor</strong> <strong>Vehicle</strong> <strong>Crashes</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> <strong>2011</strong><br />
Table 22: OBJECTS COLLIDED WITH IN INJURY CRASHES ON OPEN AND URBAN ROADS<br />
Year ENDED 31 December <strong>2011</strong><br />
Objects struck<br />
Number <strong>of</strong><br />
objects<br />
URBAN ROADS<br />
As a % <strong>of</strong> all<br />
objects<br />
Number<br />
dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
darkness<br />
Number <strong>of</strong><br />
objects<br />
OPEN ROADS<br />
As a % <strong>of</strong> all<br />
objects<br />
Number<br />
dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
darkness<br />
UNKNOWN<br />
AREA<br />
Number <strong>of</strong><br />
objects<br />
Total number<br />
<strong>of</strong> objects<br />
Driven or accompanied animals - - - 2 0 2 - 2<br />
Bridge or approach rails 9 0.2 4 31 0.7 11 - 40<br />
Upright cliff or bank 80 1.7 44 438 9.3 152 - 518<br />
Debris on the road 3 0.1 1 16 0.3 4 - 19<br />
Over the bank or cliff 39 0.8 20 155 3.3 44 - 194<br />
Fence, letterbox, hoard<strong>in</strong>g 285 6.1 150 558 11.9 227 3 846<br />
Guard rail 51 1.1 26 208 4.4 77 - 259<br />
House or build<strong>in</strong>g 71 1.5 38 9 0.2 5 1 81<br />
Traffic island or median 76 1.6 40 18 0.4 9 - 94<br />
Phone boxes, bus shelters etc 36 0.8 20 15 0.3 5 - 51<br />
Kerb 120 2.6 49 18 0.4 4 - 138<br />
Slip, washout or flood 3 0.1 1 11 0.2 5 - 14<br />
Parked vehicle 492 10.5 189 21 0.4 6 3 516<br />
Tra<strong>in</strong> 5 0.1 1 3 0.1 1 - 8<br />
Pole or post 288 6.1 177 207 4.4 97 - 495<br />
Broken down or accident vehicles 80 1.7 15 22 0.5 12 - 102<br />
Road works signs or drums 6 0.1 4 2 0 1 - 8<br />
Traffic sign or signals 80 1.7 41 81 1.7 32 1 162<br />
Tree 229 4.9 131 262 5.6 110 - 491<br />
Stray or wild animals 2 0 - 62 1.3 48 - 64<br />
Ditch 42 0.9 18 359 7.7 130 - 401<br />
Into water, river or sea 11 0.2 8 39 0.8 12 - 50<br />
Other 55 1.2 30 78 1.7 29 - 133<br />
TOTALS 2063 44 1007 2615 55.8 1023 8 4686<br />
NOTE: For area classification see Note 11.<br />
Fatal crashes are not <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> this table (see Table 23).