some data collection

Been sourcing some statistics and data from various news pages..




This lot is entitled "Pedestrians v vehicles" from:http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/5259449/Why-are-Wellington-pedestrians-so-reckless

Pedestrian crashes from 2006 to 2011:
459 crashes in Wellington involving pedestrians, 5 per cent of all crashes in the city.
5262 crashes in New Zealand involving pedestrians, 2.7 per cent of all crashes.
18.7 per cent of crashes in Wellington causing injury involved pedestrians.
8.3 per cent of crashes in New Zealand causing injury involved pedestrians.
93.9 per cent of pedestrian crashes in Wellington resulted in injury.
90.7 per cent of pedestrian crashes in New Zealand resulted in injury.
8.4 per cent of pedestrian injury crashes in Wellington involved a bus.
3.6 per cent of pedestrian injury crashes in New Zealand involved a bus.
Pedestrian crashes in the Wellington CBD:
2000 – 37 total; 9 serious, 28 minor (6 bus)
2001 – 40 total; 1 fatal, 7 serious, 32 minor (5 bus)
2002 – 48 total; 15 serious, 33 minor (7 bus)
2003 – 28 total; 5 serious, 23 minor (1 bus)
2004 – 39 total; 1 fatal, 9 serious, 29 minor (6 bus, including the fatality)
2005 – 47 total; 15 serious, 32 minor (11 bus)
2006 – 45 total; 3 fatal, 11 serious, 31 minor (6 bus, including one fatality)
2007 – 44 total; 15 serious, 29 minor (8 bus)
2008 – 47 total; 1 fatal, 11 serious, 35 minor (7 bus)
2009 – 29 total; 6 serious, 23 minor (2 bus)
2010 – 39 total; 11 serious, 28 minor (8 bus)
2011 – 21 total; 1 fatal, 5 serious, 15 minor (6 bus, including the fatality)

Also same article has fines issued for pedestrian offenses:

Fines issued for pedestrian offences from 2006 to 2011:
Crossing against the red human figure traffic symbol, $10 fine – 13 (4 of them in the Wellington district)
Crossing within 20m of pedestrian crossing, $35 fine – 2 (both in Wellington district)
Crossing within 20m of traffic signals, $35 fine – 3 (Wellington district)
Crossing other than at right angles, $35 fine – 1 (0 in Wellington district)
Failing to keep to footpath, $35 fine – 3 (1 in Wellington district)
Failing to keep to edge of roadway, $35 fine – 0
Suddenly entering a pedestrian crossing, $35 fine – 1 (0 in Wellington district)