H.—4o.

Table E.—Number of Motor Accidents occurring in each of the Large Urban Areas, classified according to Type of Accident.

The number and type of the accidents which occurred in the larger urban areas are given in Table E. From this table it is seen that nearly half the pedestrian accidents for New Zealand occurred in the Auckland and Wellington urban areas. Over half the Christchurch accidents were collisions between a motor-vehicle and cyclist. There were also a large number of bicyclist accidents in Auckland, these two areas being the scene of nearly 40 per cent, of all cyclist accidents throughout the Dominion. The general distribution of accidents on the State highway system may be seen on reference to the maps presented at the end of this report. The accidents occur most frequently where the traffic is densest, and particularly on the open sections of road where the driver is probably not so vigilant as on the more difficult sections. (c) Time of Accidents. The hours at which accidents happen adhere closely to the distribution of traffic throughout the twenty-four-hour period, except that the ratio of accidents to traffic increases considerably at nightfall. This point is illustrated by Fig. 6, based upon statistics of traffic and accidents over the rural mainhighway system.

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Number of Accidents. -g Collisions. Non-collisions. Urban Areas. T _ P in ah -Si 4 J Ki >S || ill ?a€ » II h m *» w (| h |is H n hi 0 t 5 w [S " .s 0 ° f4 Auckland Metropolitan 18 232 5 8 147 254 29 27 8 12 2 3 727 Area Wellington Metropolitan 20 135 .. 9 52 165 14 13 10 7 1 3 409 Christchurch Metropolitan 13 115 I 8 232 65 10 11 2 5 2 .. 451 Dunedin Metropolitan 6 50 .. 2 42 36 .. 5 2 2 2 . . 141 Wanganui City .. 3 26 3 2 37 7 4 .. .. 2 .. .. 81 Palmerston North City .. 7 27 4 .. 30 16 3 . . . . . . .. .. 80 Nelson City .. .. 2 .. .. 8 5 .. . . 1. 1 .. .. 17 Invercargill City .. 3 18 1 2 23 11 .. 2 .. 1 .. .. 58 Whangarei Borough .. 1 5 1 .. 4 7 .. .. .. .. .. 1 18 Takapuna Borough .. 2 2 .. .. I. 2 2 .. .. 1 .. .. 8 Devonport Borough .. .. 7 .. .. 3 5 .. .. .. 1 1 .. 17 Hamilton Borough .. 3 13 2 .. 26 16 1 4 1 2 1 . . 66 Rotorua Borough .. . . 2 1 . . 6 3 I .. .. .. .. .. 13 New Plymouth Borough I. 18 .. 3 11 14 I 1 .. 2 .. 1 51 Gisborne Borough .. 1 16 . . .. 24 7 1 .. . . 1 . . 2 51 Napier Borough .. .. 13 .. .. 11 16 2 .. 1 .. I I 45 Hastings Borough .. 1 13 .. .. 21 10 1 1 .. . . .. I 47 Masterton Borough .. .. 7 . . .. 9 I 1 . . .. .. .. .. 18 Lower Hutt Borough .. 3 18 1 .. 21 11 5 2 .. .. 1 .. 59 Petone Borough .. 1 14 2 .. 14 6 1 4 2 .. .. .. 43 Greymouth Borough .. 1 5 .. .. 10 6 .. 1 .. 1 .. .. 23 Timaru Borough .. .. 6 .. .. 9 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. 17 Oamaru .. .. 1 4 .. .. 2 2 1 .. .. .. .. .. 9 Total .. 85 748 21 34 743 667 77 71 27 38 11 12 2,449