Publication Type:
Report
Authors:
Source:
NZTA, Auckland (2010)
URL:
http://www.transport.govt.nz/research/Pages/CyclistCrashFacts.aspx
Keywords:
accidents,
active transport,
bicycle,
cycling
Abstract:
The MoT’s Crash Analysis System (CAS) contains information about bicycle crashes reported to NZ Police dating
back to 1980. It needs to be noted however that since a bicycle is not a “motor vehicle” bicycle only crashes are not
legally required to be reported to NZ Police. Only those injury crashes where a motor vehicle is involved are required
to be reported.
However the occasional crash report that the NZTA has received from NZ Police involving “bicycles only” from 2000
(which we held in folders) have recently been added to CAS, but the number of these is however small.
This means that while CAS is a comprehensive data base which can reliably represent the type, nature and location of
crashes involving motorised transport it needs to be understood that as far as all bicycling crashes are concerned it is
merely a subset of the total picture.
Unless otherwise noted all crash data in this fact sheet comes from CAS.
This fact sheet, which is based on injury crash data for the period 2005 to 2009 also contains some data for the oldest
five year period held in CAS, 1980 to 1984. This has been included to illustrate some of the changes that have
occurred over a long time period, in particular there have been some very big changes in the age distribution to those
cyclists who are being injured.
