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11 January 2024
Ben
[FYI request #24997 email]
REF: OIA-14200
Dear Ben
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email of 2 December 2023 requesting the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
I would like to request all research or evidence you have about the safety / risk of people standing
on buses when they moving, including in 100 km/h speed zones.
I am refusing your request under section 18(g)(i) of the Act because the information requested is not
held by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) and believed that this information is not held by
another organisation.
However, there is a report on Safety of School Bus Journeys which is the closest research to the
requested information. This report is publicly available and can be found here:
https://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/research/reports/408
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to refuse
this request. The contact details for the Ombudsman can be located at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
If you would like to discuss this reply with NZTA, please contact us by email to
[NZTA request email].
Yours sincerely
Lorin Lima
Acting Senior Manager Research and Analytics