Motor Vehicle Crashes in New Zealand 2011 - Ministry of Transport

CASUALTIES AND CRASHES
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TABLE 23: OBJECTS COLLIDED WITH IN FATAL CRASHES ON OPEN AND URBAN ROADS
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2011
Objects struck
Number of
objects
URBAN ROADS
As a % of all
objects
Number
during
darkness
Number of
objects
OPEN ROADS
As a % of all
objects
Number
during
darkness
UNKNOWN
AREA
Number of
objects
Total number
of objects
Driven or accompanied animals - - - - - - - -
Bridge or approach rails - - - 4 2.0 2 - 4
Upright cliff or bank 2 1.0 2 22 11.2 12 - 24
Debris on the road - - - - - - - -
Over the bank or cliff 4 2.0 1 11 5.6 5 - 15
Fence, letterbox, hoarding 8 4.1 5 19 9.6 10 - 27
Guard rail 1 0.5 - 7 3.6 2 - 8
House or building 1 0.5 1 - - - - 1
Traffic island or median 3 1.5 1 1 0.5 1 - 4
Phone boxes, bus shelters etc - - - 2 1.0 1 - 2
Kerb 3 1.5 2 1 0.5 1 - 4
Slip, washout or flood - - - - - - - -
Parked vehicle 5 2.5 4 2 1.0 - - 7
Train 1 0.5 - 1 0.5 - - 2
Pole or post 10 5.1 7 20 10.2 11 - 30
Broken down or accident vehicles - - - 2 1.0 - - 2
Road works signs or drums - - - - - - - -
Traffic sign or signals 5 2.5 2 2 1.0 1 - 7
Tree 9 4.6 6 24 12.2 9 - 33
Stray or wild animals - - - - - - - -
Ditch 1 0.5 - 12 6.1 7 - 13
Into water, river or sea 4 2.0 3 5 2.5 1 - 9
Other - - - 5 2.5 3 - 5
TOTALS 57 28.9 34 140 71.1 66 - 197
NOTE: For area classification see Note 11.