This paper presents a brief overview of accident patterns and trends in new zealand between 1980 and 1987. Identified as especially important are: young male adults, night time accidents from thursdayto saturday, accidents on curves, alcohol and speed. Generally accident increases have been highest in the northern part of the country. Increases in accidents have been greater on open roads than on restricted speed roads and accidents involving only minor injuries haveincreased much more than accidents involving serious injuries. The accident database used is the ministry of transport's traffic accident report (tar) system which comprises details of injury accident that occur on public roads. The data are presented and analysed by: a)aggregation for the years 1980 to 1986 to examine factors such as casualty age andsex, types of road users injured, accident types andprobable cause factors, and b) time series analysed by means of a regression model. Accidents are classified by accident severity, mot region and speed limit. The main sections of statistics are: 1) roadsafety patterns and trends in new zealand 1980-1987; 2) motorcycle accidents in new zealand 1980-87; 3) pedestrian accidents in new zealand 1980-86, and 4) cyclist accidents in new zealand 1980-86.
Samenvatting