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26 May 2021
Fred Alvrez
DriveLife Limited
[FYI request #15463 email]
REF: OIA-8133
Dear Fred
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your e-mail
of 16 May 2021 to NZ Police requesting information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act). This request was transferred to Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
(Waka Kotahi) for response on 17 May 2021 as the information that you have requested is more
closely associated with the functions of Waka Kotahi.
You have requested the following information under the Act:
Can you please supply data around the causes of fatal and non-fatal accidents for the 2019
calendar year.
This could be summarised, e.g. numbers caused by excessive speed, driver error etc.
The information you have requested has been provided in the following spreadsheet:
• OIA-8133.xlsx
The information should be considered in conjunction with the caveats on the first tab of the
spreadsheet.
In accordance with Waka Kotahi policy, this response will also be published on our external website
shortly.
If you would like to discuss this reply with Waka Kotahi, please contact Mel Smalley, Manager Data
Services, by e-mail to [email address].
Yours sincerely
Galina Mitchelhill
Senior Manager, Research and Analytics