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Research Report 689 Prevalence of drugged and/or medicated driving in New Zealand

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In late 2019, Cabinet agreed to implement a significant change to New Zealand’s drug driving testing regime.

Research Report 677 The effectiveness of advanced driver training

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Young drivers aged 16 to 24 years old are over-represented in serious and fatal crashes in New Zealand.

Research Report 668 A cross portfolio consideration of interventions impacting transport safety outcomes

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This project aimed to identify interventions outside of the traditional transport sector with spill-over effects on road safety and to inform future evaluations of road safety interventions on how to include road safety co-benefits in programme desig…

Research report 657 Human factor considerations for a licensing point system

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The NZ Transport Agency sought to better understand how licensing point systems (LPSs) operate, including how different population groups respond to LPSs A literature review provided a theoretical background for understanding the functions of LPSs an…

Research Report 719 Calibration of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADASs) on modified vehicles

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After purchasing a vehicle, buyers may modify it to change its performance or appearance, such as changing its height or adding bull bars and extra lights.

Research Report 709 The gig economy and road safety outcomes

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There are emerging concerns around the potential negative impact that the rapidly growing ‘gig economy’ may be having on overall road safety.

Research report 706 Incentives to encourage safer driving behaviour

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This review was undertaken because there was perceived to be a gap in knowledge about the role and application of incentives to encourage safe behaviour and choices in the context of an overall safe system approach.The researchers found that incentiv…

Research report 704 Effective alternatives to penalties for repeat driving offenders

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We wanted to better understand alternative ways of changing unsafe driver choices and behaviours on New Zealand roads, encouraging compliance with rules and regulations, decreasing rates of repeat offending, and ultimately reducing the number of deat…

Research Report 701 Safety interventions and their contribution to mode shift

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The research set out to understand which safety interventions (if any) were the most effective in encouraging mode shift.

Research Report 694 Alcohol related crash trends

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After a period of decline, there are data to show that the number of Deaths and Serious Injuries (DSIs) having driver alcohol/drugs as a factor has been fluctuating during the last three years.