The most recent quarterly summary of road safety shows the overall picture of fatal and serious crash casualties in road crashes over the past five years. It shows that in the April-June quarter 103 people were killed in road crashes, the highest quarterly total since January-March 2018 (104) and that vehicles faults (mainly tyres and […]
Motorcycle Awareness Month starts this Sunday 1st September. This is an annual initiative to raise awareness of motorcycle safety and is led by the Motorcycle Safety Advisory Council (MSAC) supported by ACC and Safer Journeys partners. The campaign will target both motorcyclists and drivers, with motorcyclists being asked to refresh their skills with a Ride […]
The NZTA Transport agency has launched a new programme to support councils to try out different ways of making their streets safer and more liveable. The ‘Innovating Streets for People’ programme aims to remove the barriers to street innovations and raise the capability of New Zealand communities to deliver projects aimed at making streets more […]
The total cost of crashes on New Zealand’s roads was about $6 billion last year, when 377 people died and thousands more were injured. Why is the price so high, and what is being done about it? Ben Strang investigates. Listen to the full insight documentary. Ben Strang, Police Report from Insight, August 30, 2019.
Above photo: Stephen Barker / Barker Photography. Copyright: © KuDos Science Trust (Back: Gina Marsden, Janet Amey, Grant Christey, Rob Vigor-Brown, Damien Ah Yen. Middle: Kevin Snee, Kathy Jenkin. Front: Bronwyn Denize, Kylee Stewart and Alaina Campbell). Waikato DHB people won two major awards as Hamilton and Waikato’s science and innovation sector celebrated the region’s […]
Driving along a notoriously dangerous stretch of Taranaki highway, Sergeant Pat Duffy can recall the names and circumstances of each fatal crash he has attended. A 35-year veteran police officer, Duffy says there are too many people dying on the region’s roads. View the full article. Stuff Taranaki Daily News by Leighton Keith September, 3 […]
Older riders and children are the ones to keep an eye on when it comes to quad bike injuries, a study says. The “farm workhorse” landed 346 people in central North Island hospitals in six years, according to data collected by the Midland Trauma System. And some of the things we like about quad bikes, […]
A top trauma surgeon is calling for urgent action on car seats after dozens of children were either killed or injured on our roads. More than 34 children without seatbelts or car seats were hospitalised in road crashes in the Midland regions between 2015 and 2018. Waikato Hospital trauma surgeon Grant Christey said the statistics […]
One rider broke his leg and several e-scooters appear to have wound up in the Waikato River within 48 hours of Lime’s launch in Hamilton. A freshly-minted fleet of 200 e-scooters hit the city’s streets on Friday. Hamilton police reported no line-related incidents overnight as pedestrians and motorists adjust to sharing the city streets with […]
Hamish McLennan was barely even moving when his quad bike rolled into a metre-wide drain holding about a foot of water. The 57-year-old had headed out to spray the weeds on his Darfield farm early on April 7, 2015, and his family believes he had probably stopped to lean out and douse a blackberry bush […]
NZTA: Road Safety Outcomes – the latest Quarterly Report (April – June 2019)
The most recent quarterly summary of road safety shows the overall picture of fatal and serious cras...
New trauma patient system expected to save lives
A new approach in dealing with trauma patients launched in Hamilton is expected to save about 20 liv...