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Motor Vehicle Crashes in New Zealand 2011 - Ministry of Transport

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CASUALTIES AND CRASHES<br />

57<br />

TABLE 26: FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO CRASHES<br />

YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER <strong>2011</strong><br />

FACTORS<br />

NUMBER<br />

PEDESTRIAN FACTORS<br />

Walk<strong>in</strong>g along road<br />

Not keep<strong>in</strong>g to footpath 8 (-)<br />

Not keep<strong>in</strong>g to side <strong>of</strong> road 9 (2)<br />

Not fac<strong>in</strong>g oncom<strong>in</strong>g traffic 8 (-)<br />

Not on outside <strong>of</strong> bl<strong>in</strong>d curve - (-)<br />

Wheeled pedestrian <strong>in</strong>considerate or dangerous on footpath 1 (-)<br />

Other 1 (-)<br />

Totals 27 (2)<br />

Cross<strong>in</strong>g road<br />

Walk<strong>in</strong>g heedless <strong>of</strong> traffic 169 (10)<br />

Stepp<strong>in</strong>g out from beh<strong>in</strong>d parked vehicle 99 (2)<br />

Runn<strong>in</strong>g heedless <strong>of</strong> traffic 246 (3)<br />

Failed to use pedestrian cross<strong>in</strong>g when one with<strong>in</strong> 20 metres 19 (-)<br />

Wait<strong>in</strong>g on roadway for mov<strong>in</strong>g traffic 11 (2)<br />

Confused by traffic or stepped back 8 (-)<br />

Stepp<strong>in</strong>g suddenly on to pedestrian cross<strong>in</strong>g 11 (-)<br />

Not comply<strong>in</strong>g with traffic signals or school patrol 22 (2)<br />

Misjudged speed and/or distance <strong>of</strong> vehicle 14 (-)<br />

Other 20 (-)<br />

Totals 619 (19)<br />

Miscellaneous<br />

Push<strong>in</strong>g, work<strong>in</strong>g or unload<strong>in</strong>g vehicle 4 (-)<br />

Play<strong>in</strong>g on, or unnecessarily on road 30 (2)<br />

Work<strong>in</strong>g on road - (-)<br />

Wear<strong>in</strong>g dark cloth<strong>in</strong>g 31 (8)<br />

Vision obscured by umbrella or cloth<strong>in</strong>g 2 (-)<br />

Child escaped from supervision 26 (-)<br />

Unsupervised child 52 (-)<br />

Sitt<strong>in</strong>g/ly<strong>in</strong>g on road 3 (4)<br />

Pedestrian from school bus 2 (-)<br />

Pedestrian beh<strong>in</strong>d revers<strong>in</strong>g/manoeuvr<strong>in</strong>g vehicle 24 (-)<br />

Overseas pedestrian 4 (-)<br />

Pedestrian attention diverted (music player, cigarette, cell phone etc) 40 (1)<br />

Other 4 (1)<br />

Totals 222 (16)<br />

TOTAL PEDESTRIAN FACTORS 868 (37)<br />

(Cont<strong>in</strong>ued)<br />

NOTE: The figures <strong>in</strong> brackets are the number <strong>of</strong> factors <strong>in</strong> fatal crashes and are not <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the adjacent totals.<br />

See Note 10.

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