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August 2011 briefing notes crash analysis Waikato Region 2006 to 2010

Waikato Region This report provides a snapshot of the Waikato road safety region’s traffic crash data for the period 2006 to 2010. This is the 12th year we have produced a set of briefing notes reporting on traffic crash data and addressing road safety issues across all territorial local authorities.

Safer Journeys (NZ’s Road Safety Strategy 2020) is built upon a safe system approach to road safety, where the emphasis is on reducing the effects of crashes as much as the numbers, and most importantly on reducing fatal and serious casualties on our roads. A crash is a single event that may involve multiple parties, many contributing factors and various casualties.

We have focused on the areas of high, medium and emerging concern, set out in Safer Journeys, that are a strategic priority when compared nationally. Each area of concern is assessed locally and regionally by calculating the individual road user’s risk of a fatal or a serious injury.

We present 2010 overviews of the region and its local bodies based upon reported crash data, and the latest trends and crash characteristics for the 2006–2010 period. The identified regional issues are discussed in more detail. The information in this report covers both local roads (council owned roads) and state highways. Injury crash data is used throughout the report in charts, tables and maps, unless otherwise stated.

Note that the road safety region consists of the territorial local authorities that appear on page 8 and somewhat differs from the local government region.

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Safer Journeys, New Zealand’s Road Safety Strategy 2010–2020, envisions a safe road system increasingly free of death and serious injury and introduces the Safe System approach to New Zealand. This approach represents a fundamental shift in the way we think about road safety. A Safe System approach is about acknowledging that: • Human beings make mistakes and crashes are inevitable • The human body has a limited ability to withstand crash forces • System designers and users must all share responsibility for managing crash forces to a level that does

not result in death or serious injury • It will take a whole-of-system approach to implement the Safe System approach in New Zealand

Safe System approach


Taking a safe system approach - a case study The following case study is an example of what can go wrong while driving a vehicle on a public road. The parents of the crash victims referred to in the case study have expressed the wish that their tragic story will contribute to safer journeys for all New Zealanders in the future.

It was late afternoon one day In January 2007 when two teenage sisters aged 18 and 15 were tragically killed as a result of a crash. They were on an over bridge when their car slid sideways, crossed the centreline and hit an oncoming truck. They were killed instantly.

The coroner’s report identified a number of factors which contributed to the crash. These factors included the tyres fitted to the vehicle, and also the possibility that the driver was texting while driving and may have been distracted.

In a safe road system we are encouraged to look at all aspects around crashes on the roads as we work to have a road network increasingly free from death and serious injury.

This incident demonstrates the many factors typically involved in a crash. To avoid similar fatalities we need to look beyond driver blame and work on strengthening all parts of the system: the roads and roadsides, the speed, the vehicle and the road use. The response to a problem may lie in more than one of these four cornerstones of a safe road system. For instance, in future, better management of both speed and loss of control may lie in vehicle technology.

Using the principles of a Safe System approach in this case, the following has been observed:

• Safe roads and roadsides: This section of State Highway 1 has a 100km/h speed limit and is rated a ‘two star’ road using the KiwiRAP* system for rating roads. The bridge where the crash occurred had a moderate right hand curve and a speed advisory of 85km/h. Records indicate that there had been five injury crashes reported in the immediate vicinity of the bridge. These included four lost control crashes, one of which resulted in a head-on crash.

* KiwiRAP rates roads from one to five stars according to their safety features.

• Safe vehicles: The vehicle driven by the sisters was a 1998 Japanese imported Toyota Trueno, which was unrated in the ANCAP* system. The vehicle had a current warrant of fitness at the time of the crash, but it was found that the tyres were not matched and the rear ones were both low in tread, and designed for cold/snow conditions. If the vehicle involved in this crash had been a five star ANCAP rated vehicle, the chances of fatality would have been reduced. Evidence suggests that this vehicle had lost control on more than one occasion previously due to driver input and had previously been involved in a crash and subsequently repaired.

* The Australasian New Car Assessment Programme (ANCAP) tests the protection provided to front seat occupants in serious head-on and side-impact crashes. These ratings allows comparison of the crash protection offered in a serious crash by different vehicles of similar weight.

• Safe road use: The driver of the car was an 18 year old who held a restricted drivers licence and had been driving for about two years. Evidence indicates that she may have been texting while driving and may have been distracted. In 2010 the law changed making cell phone use while driving illegal.

• Safe speeds: Since the crash the advisory speed has been reduced to 75km/h, and the sign is highlighted by a large white background. The Police investigation established that this vehicle was likely to have lost control due to fast steering input and that excessive speed could not be supported as a cause of the crash.

While this tragic crash is still fresh in the memory of these teenagers’ loved ones, the lessons we can learn from a Safe System approach are of immense value. Road controlling authorities are encouraged to apply the Safe System approach in all their planning. Together we can achieve safer journeys for all New Zealanders.


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These three charts show the distribution of fatal and serious crashes on our state highway network. The chart above shows the regional distribution of all New Zealand fatal and serious crashes on our state highway network according to the star rating of that section of road where they occur.

The chart below left shows the distribution of fatal and serious crashes in Waikato road safety region on the regions state highway network according to the star rating of that section of road where they occur. This is compared to the regional total length of and the distribution of regional travel on those star rated road sections.

The chart below right shows the risk of a fatal and serious crash in Waikato road safety region on the regions state highway network by both road length and individual use according to the star rating of that section of road where they occur.

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These two charts show the distribution of fatal and serious crashes across the road safety regions. The chart above shows speed-related crashes, split to show rural and urban speed zoning and local roads and state highways.

The chart below shows the involvement of light vehicles at fault with no current WOF and those with a vehicle fault in fatal or serious crashes. Also the regional proportion of light vehicles, showing both under and over 10 year old vehicles, that have an expired WOF of over 28 days.


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These two charts show the variance of individual risk to specific road users across the road safety regions. The chart above shows young drivers of light vehicles, that is those aged 15-24 years, compared with older road users—persons aged over 74 years. The chart below shows and compares the individual risk to vulnerable road users, these are motorcyclists, cyclists and pedestrians. This measure of risk has been used in this series of reports to select specific issues to be discussed at a regional level.


Each area of concern is assessed locally and regionally by calculating the individual road user's risk of a fatal or serious injury. The degree of risk for each issue has been ranked nationally and the significance of this is shown above. For further information - http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/communities-at-risk-register/

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2010 regional overview 2010 road trauma

Casualties Waikato Region

Death 64

Serious injury 273

Minor injury 1416

Total casualties 1753

Police reported crashes Waikato Region

Fatal crashes 56

Serious injury crashes 207

Minor injury crashes 996

Total injury crashes 1259

Non-injury crashes 2501

2010 MoT calculation social cost of all crashes

Local roads $ 271.2M

State highways $ 273.9M

Total $ 545.1M

NOTE: The estimated social cost includes loss of life or quality of life, loss of output due to injuries, medical and rehabilitation costs, legal and court costs and property damage.

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Regional local roads Between 2006 and 2010 in Waikato Region there were 3,513 injury crashes on local roads. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas, (rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more).

Fatalities Serious injuries

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Rural 104 442 1,537 2,083

Urban 39 331 2,167 2,537

Total 143 773 3,704 4,620

Casualties by urban/rural 2006-2010

The most common crash movement types in fatal and serious crashes on local roads were ‘loss of control on a right hand bend’ (150 crashes), ‘loss of control on a left hand bend’ (107 crashes) and ‘loss of control on a straight road/off road to the left’ (48 crashes). The chart below shows the types of crashes reported by the New Zealand Police. Note that although CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types.

Factors contributing to crashes Local roads 2006-2010

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Weather 6 7 There are almost 400 contributory crash factors that can be used in CAS to describe crash causes. However it needs to be noted that these ‘factors’ are not necessarily an ‘illegal’ act. For example if a pedestrian is ‘wearing dark clothing’ at night it may be recorded as a crash contributor, in the same way that ‘poor street lighting’ can be tagged as a contributor. As with the crash movements, CAS is also able to group these, as in the following table. Most crashes have more than one factor attributed to them and as a result the percentages below will not add to 100.

Further information about the 3,513 injury crashes on local roads 2006 to 2010:

• 26 percent on wet roads

• 36 percent at intersections

• 2204 roadside objects struck

• Most represented five year age group in at fault drivers, 15 to 19 years (22 percent of at fault drivers)

• 10 percent of crashes involved motorcycles

• Social cost of crashes $1245.3m

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As previously with local roads the following table shows the contributory crash causes by either fatal and serious or all injury crashes.

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Regional state highways Between 2006 and 2010 in Waikato Region there were 2,996 injury crashes on state highways. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas, (rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more).



Rural 212 696 2710 3618

Urban 22 120 778 920

Total 234 816 3488 4538

Casualties by urban/rural 2006-2010

Seventy-eight percent of state highway injury crashes occurred on open roads or motorways, whilst 22 percent occurred on urban roads. In fatal and serious state highway crashes in the region, 85 percent occurred on open roads or motorways whilst 15 percent occurred on urban roads. The most common crash movement types in injury crashes on state highways were ‘loss of control on a right hand bend’ (533 crashes), ‘loss of control on a left hand bend’ (409 crashes) and ‘loss of control on a straight road/off road to the left’ (249 crashes). The chart below shows the types of crashes reported. As previously noted, CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types.

Further information about the 2,996 injury crashes on state highways in 2006 to 2010:




• Most common five year age group in at fault drivers, 40 to 49 years (16 percent of at fault drivers)




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Nationally, speed is one of the major contributing factors to road crashes. Reducing speeds is an important road safety goal for Safer Journeys. Excessive speed increases the likelihood of a crash occurring by reducing the time available for drivers to respond to situations and it leads to more serious injuries. Between 2006 and 2010, 20 percent of injury crashes in the region involved travelling too fast for the conditions.

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Further information about speed related injury crashes in Waikato Region 2006-2010:

Local roads • In 728 injury crashes there were 67 deaths, 211

serious injuries and 788 minor injuries

• Most common crash type ‘lost control at a bend’ (537 crashes)

• 34 percent wet road • 47 percent night time • 36 percent include alcohol as a factor • Worst three hour time period, 3pm to 6pm

State highways • In 572 injury crashes there were 64 deaths, 181

serious injuries and 639 minor injuries

• Most common crash type ‘lost control at a bend’ (438 crashes)

• 45 percent wet road • 42 percent night time • 23 percent include alcohol as a factor • Worst three hour time period, 3pm to 6pm

Speed related crashes in CAS are not crashes where the driver was exceeding the posted speed limit, (although that may also be the case), but are crashes where in the opinion of the reporting Police Officer the driver was travelling too fast for the prevailing conditions. Certainly getting the message through that the posted speed limit is a maximum, but not necessarily a safe speed for every bend, crest, dip or isolated development (or driver) is the key to lowering the crash rate. Local bodies and highway managers can do their part by making sure limits are reasonable, comply with the Speed Limits Rule and are adequately signposted. The Police can do their part by using CAS crash data to put special emphasis where there is demonstrated risk. In this way there is a better chance that drivers will accept that the enforcement is not simply ‘revenue gathering’.

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High risk rural roads are a high priority for Safer Journeys and many of the issues for these roads are around the provision of a safe road environment. This includes appropriate geometric design, good delineation, adequate surface skid resistance and a roadside free of unforgiving hazards. Between 2006 and 2010 in Waikato Region there were 3,823 injury crashes on rural roads (that is roads with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more). This represents 71 percent of all fatal and serious crashes in the region.

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Further information about injury rural road crashes in Waikato Region 2006-2010:

Local roads • In 1,496 crashes there were 104 deaths, 442

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• Most common crash type was ‘loss of control at a bend’ (857 crashes)

• 14 percent at intersections • 29 percent wet road • 36 percent night time • 1,323 roadside objects struck • 22 percent of crashes included a contributory road

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• Most common at fault driver age group, 15 to 19 years (20 percent of at fault drivers)

State highways • In 2,327 crashes there were 212 deaths, 696 serious

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• Most common crash type ‘loss of control at a bend’ (1,152 crashes)

• 17 percent at intersections • 32 percent wet road • 1,893 roadside objects struck • 32 percent night time • 22 percent of crashes included a contributory road

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• Most common at fault driver age group, 30 to 39 years (17 percent of at fault drivers)

Types of road factors in injury crashes

Road factor type Number of times reported

Slippery road* 671

Road surface in poor condition 173

Road obstructed 18

Visibility limited 68

Signs or signals (needed or faulty) 14

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A significant problem on rural roads are roadside hazards which contribute to the overall crash outcome by increasing injury severity but can in themselves be a contributory factor in a crash. For example occupants in an errant vehicle striking a large tree close to the road edge are likely to sustain worse injuries than if the tree was not present. CAS records road conditions and road faults at the time of the crash if they are reported by the attending police officer and these are detailed below.

* note that NZTA does not assume that a road that is ‘wet’ is necessarily ‘slippery’. This factor is only added to CAS if the attending Police Officer specifically mentions a ‘slippery road’.

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Regional fatigue related fatal and serious crashes


Reducing the impact of fatigue is an area of medium concern for Safer Journeys. It has long been recognised that fatigue is under-reported in New Zealand. In fact overseas research suggests that up to 25 percent of all fatal crashes could be fatigue related. Fatigue is a condition that is present long before a driver falls asleep. It has negative impacts on reaction time, the ability to concentrate, and a driver’s understanding of the prevailing road and traffic conditions. In Waikato Region there were 572 fatigue related injury crashes representing 9 percent of all crashes.

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Further information about the 572 fatigue related injury crashes in Waikato Region 2006-2010:

Local roads • In 159 crashes there were 15 deaths, 38 serious

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• 33 percent included alcohol as factor

• 72 percent rural

• 86 percent were single vehicle crashes

• 53 percent night time

• Most common crash type was ‘loss of control on a straight road’

• Worst days of week Saturday and Sunday (equal)

• Worst three hour time period 3am till 6am

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• In 413 crashes there were 52 deaths, 109 serious injuries, 454 minor injuries


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• 88 percent rural

• 79 percent were single vehicle crashes

• 43 percent night time

• Most common crash type was ‘loss of control on a bend’

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Thames-Coromandel District fatal and serious crashes


Thames-Coromandel District 2010 overview 2010 road trauma

Casualties Thames-Coromandel District

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Serious injury 13

Minor injury 75

Total casualties 90

Police reported crashes Thames-Coromandel District

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Thames-Coromandel District local roads Between 2006 and 2010 in Thames-Coromandel District there were 130 injury crashes on local roads. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas. Rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more.



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Casualties by urban / rural 2006 to 2010 Local roads

The most common crash movement types in injury crashes on local roads were ‘loss of control on a right hand bend’ (15 percent of crashes), ‘loss of control on a left hand bend’ (13 percent of crashes) and ‘crossing vehicles colliding at a right angle’ (11 percent of crashes). The chart below shows the types of injury crashes reported by the New Zealand Police. CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types and these are shown in the chart below.

As with the crash movements, CAS is also able to group these, as in the following table. Most crashes have more than one factor attributed to them and as a result the percentages below will not add to 100.

There are almost 400 contributory crash factors that can be used in CAS to describe crash causes. However it needs to be noted that these ‘factors’ are not necessarily an ‘illegal’ act. For example if a pedestrian is ‘wearing dark clothing’ at night it may be recorded as a crash contributor, in the same way that ‘poor street lighting’ can be tagged.

Further information about the 130 injury crashes on local roads in Thames-Coromandel District 2006 to 2010:




• Most represented five year age group in at fault drivers, 15 to 19 years



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Thames-Coromandel District state highways Between 2006 and 2010 in Thames-Coromandel District there were 271 injury crashes on state highways. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas. Rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more.



Rural 12 50 224 286

Urban 3 14 90 107

Total 15 64 314 393

Casualties by urban / rural 2006 to 2010 State highways

Seventy-seven percent of state highway injury crashes occurred on rural roads, whilst 23 percent occurred on urban roads. In fatal and serious state highway crashes in the district, 82 percent occurred on open road state highways whilst 18 percent occurred on urban state highways. The chart below shows the types of injury crashes reported by the New Zealand Police. CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types and these are shown in the chart below.


There are almost 400 contributory crash factors that can be used in CAS to describe crash causes. However it needs to be noted that these ‘factors’ are not necessarily an ‘illegal’ act. For example if a pedestrian is ‘wearing dark clothing’ at night it may be recorded as a crash contributor, in the same way that ‘poor street lighting’ can be tagged as a contributor.

Further information about the 271 injury crashes on state highways in Thames-Coromandel District 2006 to 2010:







State highway crash characteristics 2006 to 2010



Alcohol 16 27


30 33



Overtaking 3 7



35 43


21 6


19 19

Fatigue 10 10

Disabled / ill 6 6


Vehicle factors 7 6

Other (misc) 8 9

Road factors 25 18

Weather 7 3

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Hauraki District fatal and serious crashes


Hauraki District 2010 overview 2010 road trauma

Casualties Hauraki District

Death 2

Serious injury 16

Minor injury 59

Total casualties 77

Police reported crashes Hauraki District

Fatal crashes 2






Local roads $ 14.3M


Total $ 26.2M


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Percentage of injury crashes 2006-2010All NZ Hauraki District



Hauraki District local roads Between 2006 and 2010 in Hauraki District there were 124 injury crashes on local roads. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas. Rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more.



Rural 5 17 92 114

Urban 2 6 33 41

Total 7 23 125 155


Sixty-five percent of injury crashes on local roads in the district occurred on urban roads (roads with a speed limit under 80 km/h). The most common crash movement types were ‘loss of control on a right hand bend’ (23 crashes), ‘loss of control on a left hand bend’ (20 crashes) and ‘loss of control on a straight road/off road to the left’ (20 crashes). The chart below shows the types of injury crashes reported by the New Zealand Police. CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types and these are shown in the chart below.



Further information about the 124 injury crashes on local roads in Hauraki District 2006 to 2010:










Alcohol 25 33


27 43



Overtaking 3 10



29 43


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11 20

Fatigue 7 10

Disabled / ill 2 3


Vehicle factors 6 3

Other (misc) 10 10

Road factors 18 13

Weather 6 10



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Hauraki District state highways Between 2006 and 2010 in Hauraki District there were 246 injury crashes on state highways. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas. Rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more.



Rural 22 62 229 313

Urban 1 7 44 52

Total 23 69 273 365


On state highways in the district, males represented 81 percent of at fault drivers in fatal and serious crashes. The most common crash movement types in fatal and serious injury crashes were ‘loss of control on a left hand bend’ (21 crashes), ‘loss of control on a right hand bend’ (14 crashes) and ‘head on-loss of control on a bend (10 crashes). The chart below shows the types of injury crashes reported by the New Zealand Police. CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types and these are shown in the chart below.



Further information about the 246 injury crashes on state highways in Hauraki District 2006 to 2010:










Alcohol 15 27


16 20



Overtaking 4 5



30 36


32 23


11 16

Fatigue 16 17

Disabled / ill 4 3


Vehicle factors 4 3

Other (misc) 9 11

Road factors 17 13

Weather 7 6



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Waikato District fatal and serious crashes


Waikato District 2010 overview 2010 road trauma

Casualties Waikato District

Death 14

Serious injury 58

Minor injury 307


Police reported crashes Waikato District

Fatal crashes 11






Local roads $ 59.6M


Total $ 111.8M


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Percentage of injury crashes 2006-2010All NZ Waikato District



Waikato District local roads Between 2006 and 2010 in Waikato District there were 697 injury crashes on local roads. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas. Rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more.



Rural 38 161 585 784

Urban 5 30 146 181

Total 43 191 731 965


The most common crash movement types were ‘loss of control on a right hand bend’ (23 crashes), ‘loss of control on a left hand bend’ (20 crashes) and ‘loss of control on a straight road/off road to the left’ (20 crashes). Sixty-four percent of injury crashes on local roads in the district were single party crashes. Males represented 70 percent of at fault drivers in local road injury crashes. The chart below shows the types of injury crashes reported by the New Zealand Police. CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types and these are shown in the chart below.

As with the crash movements, CAS is also able to group these, as in the following table. Most crashes have more than one factor attributed to it and as a result the percentages below will not add to 100.


Further information about the 697 injury crashes on local roads in Waikato District 2006 to 2010:










Alcohol 23 31


24 28



Overtaking 4 5



37 32


26 18


14 15

Fatigue 6 7

Disabled / ill 4 3


Vehicle factors 5 6

Other (misc) 10 17

Road factors 19 15

Weather 7 5



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Waikato District state highways Between 2006 and 2010 in Waikato District there were 645 injury crashes on state highways. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas. Rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more.



Rural 42 148 643 833

Urban 2 20 107 129

Total 44 168 750 962


Thirty-seven percent of fatal and serious crashes on state highways in the district were single party crashes. The vehicles most commonly involved in fatal and serious crashes were cars (75 percent), trucks (24 percent), SUV’s (16 percent) and motorcycles (13 percent). The chart below shows the types of injury crashes reported by the New Zealand Police. CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types and these are shown in the chart below.



Further information about the 645 injury crashes on state highways in Waikato District 2006 to 2010:







State Highway crash characteristics 2006 to 2010



Alcohol 15 21


15 17



Overtaking 3 7



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33 24


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Fatigue 14 16

Disabled / ill 5 6


Vehicle factors 6 8

Other (misc) 9 14

Road factors 18 19

Weather 9 6



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Matamata-Piako District fatal and serious crashes


Matamata-Piako District 2010 overview 2010 road trauma

Casualties Matamata-Piako District

Death 11

Serious injury 22

Minor injury 125


Police reported crashes Matamata-Piako District

Fatal crashes 9






Local roads $ 33.3M


Total $ 65.8M


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Minor 41 55 64 62 68 66 65 95 64 85

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Percentage of injury crashes 2006-2010All NZ M atamata-P iako District



Matamata-Piako District local roads Between 2006 and 2010 in Matamata-Piako District there were 268 injury crashes on local roads. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas. Rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more.



Rural 22 62 201 285

Urban 3 9 60 72

Total 25 71 261 357


There was a peak in fatal and serious crash numbers on local roads in 2008, when ten fatal crashes and 20 serious crashes resulted in 10 fatalities, 27 serious injuries and 13 minor injuries. Fifty-eight percent of all injury crashes on local roads in the district were single party crashes. The chart below shows the types of injury crashes reported by the New Zealand Police. CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types and these are shown in the chart below.



Further information about the 268 injury crashes on local roads in Matamata-Piako District 2006 to 2010:










Alcohol 16 29


28 39



Overtaking 3 5



36 44


31 26


15 16

Fatigue 8 8

Disabled / ill 3 1


Vehicle factors 4 4

Other (misc) 10 6

Road factors 15 13

Weather 9 6



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Matamata-Piako District state highways Between 2006 and 2010 in Matamata-Piako District there were 265 injury crashes on state highways. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas. Rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more.



Rural 20 65 252 337

Urban 4 9 57 70

Total 24 74 309 407


Eighty percent of injury crashes occurred on open road state highways in the district. The most common crash movement types in fatal and serious crashes were ‘loss of control on a straight road/off road to the left’ (11 percent of crashes), ‘loss of control on a right hand bend’ (10 percent of crashes) and ‘head on—lost control on curve (10 percent of crashes). The chart below shows the types of injury crashes reported by the New Zealand Police. CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types and these are shown in the chart below.



Further information about the 265 injury crashes on state highways in Matamata-Piako District 2006 to 2010:










Alcohol 18 29


20 16



Overtaking 4 8



28 26


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Fatigue 17 14

Disabled / ill 6 7


Vehicle factors 6 4

Other (misc) 8 4

Road factors 15 16

Weather 8 11



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Hamilton City fatal and serious crashes


Hamilton City 2010 overview 2010 road trauma

Casualties Hamilton City

Death 6

Serious injury 48

Minor injury 337


Police reported crashes Hamilton City

Fatal crashes 6






Local roads $ 69.2M


Total $ 90.6M


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Percentage of injury crashes 2006-2010All NZ Hamilton City



Hamilton City local roads Between 2006 and 2010 in Hamilton City there were 1,351 injury crashes on local roads. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas. Rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more.



Rural 2 16 86 104

Urban 15 192 1389 1596

Total 17 208 1475 1700


On local roads in Hamilton City, bicycles were involved in 15 percent of fatal and serious crashes and motorcycles were involved in 17 percent of fatal and serious crashes. The most common crash movement types in injury crashes on local roads were ‘a right turn against a vehicle travelling straight ahead’ (204 crashes), ‘crossing vehicle turning right from a straight through vehicles left hand side’ (170 crashes) and ‘crossing vehicles colliding at a right angle’ (163 crashes). The chart below shows the types of injury crashes reported by the New Zealand Police. CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types and these are shown in the chart below.



Further information about the 1,351 injury crashes on local roads in Hamilton City 2006 to 2010:










Alcohol 14 24


14 17



Overtaking 2 3



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Fatigue 2 1

Disabled / ill 3 2


Vehicle factors 2 3

Other (misc) 6 6

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Weather 6 7



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Hamilton City state highways Between 2006 and 2010 in Hamilton City there were 307 injury crashes on state highways. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas. Rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more.



Rural 2 28 115 145

Urban 3 25 238 266

Total 5 53 353 411


In Hamilton City 67 percent of injury crashes occurred on urban state highways and 33 percent occurred on open road state highways. There were zero fatalities on state highways in 2008 and 2009 in the city. The chart below shows the types of injury crashes reported by the New Zealand Police. CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types and these are shown in the chart below.



Further information about the 307 injury crashes on state highways in Hamilton City 2006 to 2010:










Alcohol 11 19


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Overtaking 3 2



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Fatigue 4 6

Disabled / ill 5 15


Vehicle factors 4 2

Other (misc) 2 2

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Weather 2 8



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Waipa District fatal and serious crashes


Waipa District 2010 overview 2010 road trauma

Casualties Waipa District

Death 8

Serious injury 29

Minor injury 137


Police reported crashes Waipa District

Fatal crashes 7






Local roads $ 29.8M


Total $ 57.3M


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Percentage of injury crashes 2006-2010All NZ Waipa District



Waipa District local roads Between 2006 and 2010 in Waipa District there were 359 injury crashes on local roads. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas. Rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more.



Rural 11 58 221 290

Urban 6 27 159 192

Total 17 85 380 482


In Waipa District 47 percent of injury crashes were single party crashes. Motorcycles were involved in 15 percent of fatal and serious crashes on local roads in the district. Twenty-three percent of fatal and serious crashes had an environmental factor. The chart below shows the types of injury crashes reported by the New Zealand Police. CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types and these are shown in the chart below.



Further information about the 359 injury crashes on local roads in Waipa District 2006 to 2010:










Alcohol 18 24


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Fatigue 7 13

Disabled / ill 3 4


Vehicle factors 6 6

Other (misc) 8 13

Road factors 15 18

Weather 6 5



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Waipa District state highways Between 2006 and 2010 in Waipa District there were 258 injury crashes on state highways. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas. Rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more.



Rural 12 47 199 258

Urban 3 24 109 136

Total 15 71 308 394


Vans or utes were involved in 21 percent of fatal and serious crashes on state highways in the district. Thirty-six percent of injury crashes occurred on urban state highways and 67 percent occurred on open road state highways. The chart below shows the types of injury crashes reported by the New Zealand Police. CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types and these are shown in the chart below.



Further information about the 258 injury crashes on state highways in Waipa District 2006 to 2010:







State highway road crash characteristics 2006 to 2010



Alcohol 15 26


16 19



Overtaking 5 7



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Fatigue 16 24

Disabled / ill 4 5


Vehicle factors 4 5

Other (misc) 7 7

Road factors 14 12

Weather 5 3



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Otorohanga District fatal and serious crashes


Otorohanga District 2010 overview 2010 road trauma

Casualties Otorohanga District

Death 5

Serious injury 14

Minor injury 42

Total casualties 66

Police reported crashes Otorohanga District

Fatal crashes 4






Local roads $ 14.2M


Total $ 27.7M


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Percentage of injury crashes 2006-2010All NZ Otorohanga District



Otorohanga District local roads Between 2006 and 2010 in Otorohanga District there were 87 injury crashes on local roads. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas. Rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more.



Rural 6 19 77 102

Urban 1 2 17 20

Total 7 21 94 122


Males represented 69 percent of at fault drivers in injury crashes on local roads in the district. The types of vehicles that were most frequently involved in local road injury crashes were cars (62), vans or utes (13), SUV’s (13) and motorcycles (11). Thirty-four percent of local road injury crashes had an environmental factor. The chart below shows the types of injury crashes reported by the New Zealand Police. CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types and these are shown in the chart below.



Further information about the 87 injury crashes on local roads in Otorohanga District 2006 to 2010:










Alcohol 24 32


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Fatigue 7 14

Disabled / ill 3 5


Vehicle factors 7 9

Other (misc) 10 5

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Weather 8 5



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Otorohanga District state highways Between 2006 and 2010 in Otorohanga District there were 111 injury crashes on state highways. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas. Rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more.



Rural 4 31 107 142

Urban 1 6 19 26

Total 5 37 126 168


On state highways in Otorohanga District 63 percent of injury crashes were single party crashes. Seventy-five percent of state highway injury crashes in the district occurred on a Friday. Males represented 67 percent of at fault drivers in state highway injury crashes in the district. The chart below shows the types of injury crashes reported by the New Zealand Police. CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types and these are shown in the chart below.



Further information about the 111 injury crashes on state highways in Otorohanga District 2006 to 2010:






• Social cost of crashes $51m

State Highway crash characteristics 2006 to 2010



Alcohol 15 35


24 18



Overtaking 1 0



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Fatigue 12 6

Disabled / ill 4 3


Vehicle factors 3 6

Other (misc) 6 6

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Weather 9 3



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South Waikato District fatal and serious crashes


South Waikato District 2010 overview 2010 road trauma

Casualties South Waikato District

Death 4

Serious injury 18

Minor injury 91


Police reported crashes South Waikato District

Fatal crashes 4






Local roads $ 14.7M


Total $ 37.4M


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Percentage of injury crashes 2006-2010All NZ South Waikato District



South Waikato District local roads Between 2006 and 2010 in South Waikato District there were 124 injury crashes on local roads. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas. Rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more.



Rural 2 28 62 92

Urban 2 12 61 75

Total 4 40 123 167


On local roads in the district, 57 percent of injury crashes were single party crashes. There were 112 cars, 16 vans or utes, 10 trucks, 10 motorcycles, 10 SUV’s and 8 bicycles involved in local road injury crashes. Twenty-two percent of local road injury crashes in Otorohanga District occurred on a Saturday and 19 percent occurred on a Friday. The chart below shows the types of injury crashes reported by the New Zealand Police. CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types and these are shown in the chart below.



Further information about the 124 injury crashes on local roads in the South Waikato District 2006 to 2010:










Alcohol 27 42


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Overtaking 1 3



30 36


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20 14

Fatigue 6 6

Disabled / ill 4 6


Vehicle factors 6 6

Other (misc) 8 3

Road factors 23 25

Weather 8 11



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South Waikato District state highways Between 2006 and 2010 in South Waikato District there were 238 injury crashes on state highways. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas. Rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more.



Rural 35 85 243 363

Urban 1 3 26 30

Total 36 88 269 393


On state highways in South Waikato District, males represented 66 percent of at fault drivers in fatal and serious crashes. The most common type of crash movements in fatal and serious state highway crashes in the district were ‘loss of control on a right hand bend’ (11 crashes) and ‘crossing vehicle turning right from a straight through vehicles left hand side’ (10 crashes). The chart below shows the types of injury crashes reported by the New Zealand Police. CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types and these are shown in the chart below.



Further information about the 238 injury crashes on state highways in South Waikato District 2006 to 2010:










Alcohol 15 18


23 27



Overtaking 4 7



28 26


29 27


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Fatigue 17 24

Disabled / ill 5 11


Vehicle factors 8 5

Other (misc) 6 6

Road factors 17 6

Weather 7 11



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Waitomo District fatal and serious crashes


Waitomo District 2010 overview 2010 road trauma

Casualties Waitomo District

Death 6

Serious injury 23

Minor injury 88


Police reported crashes Waitomo District

Fatal crashes 6






Local roads $ 10.6M


Total $ 46.7M


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Serious 8 13 17 17 16 16 11 6 11 17

Minor 46 39 49 34 50 39 52 40 42 52

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

Young drivers

Alcohol and drugs

Rural roads

Urban intersections

Speed too fast

M otorcyclists

Percentage of injury crashes 2006-2010All NZ Waitomo District



Waitomo District local roads Between 2006 and 2010 in Waitomo District there were 60 injury crashes on local roads. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas. Rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more.



Rural 4 16 47 67

Urban 0 2 16 18

Total 4 18 63 85


Seventy-one percent of fatal and serious crashes on local roads in Waitomo District were single party crashes. Males represented 87 percent of at fault drivers in local road fatal and serious crashes in the district. The most common types of vehicles involved in local road injury crashes were cars (58 percent), vans or utes (22 percent) and trucks (13 percent). The chart below shows the types of injury crashes reported by the New Zealand Police. CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types and these are shown in the chart below.


There are almost 400 contributory crash factors that can be used in CAS to describe crash causes. However it needs to be noted that these ‘factors’ are not necessarily an ‘illegal’ act. For example if a pedestrian is ‘wearing dark clothing’ at night it may be recorded as a crash contributor, in the same way that ‘poor street lighting’ can be tagged as a crash contributor.

Further information about the 60 injury crashes on local roads in Waitomo District 2006 to 2010:










Alcohol 20 18


30 35



Overtaking 0 0



33 41


13 0


15 12

Fatigue 7 6

Disabled / ill 5 6


Vehicle factors 5 12

Other (misc) 15 12

Road factors 30 24

Weather 12 6



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Waitomo District state highways Between 2006 and 2010 in Waitomo District there were 244 injury crashes on state highways. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas. Rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more.



Rural 19 66 265 350

Urban 0 2 33 35

Total 19 68 298 385


On state highways in Waitomo District, single party crashes represented 71 percent of fatal and serious crashes. The most common vehicles involved in fatal and serious crashes were cars (66 percent), trucks (23 percent), vans or utes (10 percent) motorcycles (10 percent) and SUV’s (10 percent). Male drivers represented 68 percent of at fault drivers in fatal and serious crashes on state highways in the district. The chart below shows the types of injury crashes reported by the New Zealand Police. CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types and these are shown in the chart below.


There are almost 400 contributory crash factors that can be used in CAS to describe crash causes. However it needs to be noted that these ‘factors’ are not necessarily an ‘illegal’ act. For example if a pedestrian is ‘wearing dark clothing’ at night it may be recorded as a crash contributor, in the same way that ‘poor street lighting’ can be tagged as a crash contributor.

Further information about the 244 injury crashes on state highways in Waitomo District 2006 to 2010:







State Highway road crash characteristics 2006 to 2010



Alcohol 12 19


25 26



Overtaking 3 5



38 29


21 19


21 19

Fatigue 17 16

Disabled / ill 2 3



Other (misc) 7 5

Road factors 30 29

Weather 7 3



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Crossing/turning

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Taupo District fatal and serious crashes


Taupo District 2010 overview 2010 road trauma

Casualties Taupo District

Death 6

Serious injury 31

Minor injury 152


Police reported crashes Taupo District

Fatal crashes 5






Local roads $ 15.5M


Total $ 53.3M


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Alcohol and drugs

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Urban intersections

Speed too fast

M otorcyclists

Percentage of injury crashes 2006-2010All NZ Taupo District



Taupo District local roads Between 2006 and 2010 in Taupo District there were 311 injury crashes on local roads. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas. Rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more.



Rural 12 53 123 188

Urban 14 28 190 222

Total 16 81 313 410


The most common types of vehicles involved in fatal and serious crashes on local roads in the district were cars (59 percent), motorcycles (21 percent), SUV’s (20 percent) and vans or utes (17 percent). Fifty-six percent of fatal and serious crashes on local roads in the district were single party crashes. Males represented 81 percent of drivers at fault in fatal and serious crashes on local roads. The chart below shows the types of injury crashes reported by the New Zealand Police. CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types and these are shown in the chart below.



Further information about the 311 injury crashes on local roads in Taupo District 2006 to 2010:










Alcohol 20 32


22 25



Overtaking 1 0



28 32


40 32


15 13

Fatigue 4 8

Disabled / ill 5 9


Vehicle factors 5 7

Other (misc) 8 7

Road factors 16 19

Weather 8 8



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Taupo District state highways Between 2006 and 2010 in Taupo District there were 409 injury crashes on state highways. The table below shows the number of injuries resulting from these crashes by rural or urban areas. Rural is defined as an area with a speed limit of 80km/hr or more.



Rural 44 114 432 590

Urban 4 10 54 68

Total 48 124 486 658


The most common type of vehicles involved in state highway fatal and serious crashes in the district were cars (92), trucks (35), motorcycles (26), SUV’s (18) and vans or utes (17). Fifty-one percent of injury state highway crashes in Taupo District were single party crashes. The chart below shows the types of injury crashes reported by the New Zealand Police. CAS is able to identify 87 different crash movements. It can also group them into similar crash types and these are shown in the chart below.



Further information about the 409 injury crashes on state highways in Taupo District 2006 to 2010:






• Social cost of crashes $264m




Alcohol 12 21


22 24



Overtaking 3 2



32 40


31 30


15 10

Fatigue 15 14

Disabled / ill 3 4



Other (misc) 6 7

Road factors 24 23

Weather 8 11



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NZ Transport Agency National Office

Victoria Arcade 50 Victoria Street Private Bag 6995 Wellington 6141 Tel 64 4 894 5400 Fax 64 4 894 6100 http://www.nzta.govt.nz

New Zealand Police Road Policing Manager Wellington DHQ-WN PO Box 693, Wellington Tel 04 381 2000

Contacts

This report has been prepared by the Crash Analysis team at the NZ Transport Agency. The intent of this report is to highlight road safety issues and assist in identifying possible ways to reduce the number of road deaths and injuries. It has been prepared using data from the NZTA and Ministry of Transport’s Crash Analysis System (CAS) database. The Briefing Notes present information derived from pertinent statistics to be used for decision support. More detailed information may be obtained from either the local council (local roads), regional council or the NZ Transport Agency. The NZ Transport Agency encourages local bodies, regional councils and NZ Police to study the briefing notes reports. There will be road safety issues beyond those covered in this Road Safety Issues Report and we encourage our partners to use their access to the Crash Analysis System to identify and examine these further.

Further information

Useful web-links

• http://www.nzta.govt.nz/

• http://www.smartmovez.org.nz/

• http://www.localgovt.co.nz/

• http://www.transport.govt.nz/

• http://www.decadeofaction.org/

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