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Cell Phones - Data
Data Source: CELL PHONE USE WHILE DRIVING, Summary of Research and Analysis, NZ Land Transport Safety Authority, September 2003.
| Year |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
Total |
| 1. In-vehicle distractions resulting in fatal or injury crashes |
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| Passengers |
113 |
132 |
137 |
132 |
126 |
113 |
97 |
93 |
89 |
117 |
1149 |
| Insect / Animal |
21 |
30 |
32 |
25 |
19 |
8 |
16 |
14 |
17 |
19 |
201 |
| Radio/CD |
38 |
35 |
33 |
55 |
36 |
39 |
40 |
35 |
53 |
37 |
401 |
| Reaching/Adjusting/Looking for object |
82 |
82 |
105 |
94 |
65 |
78 |
80 |
93 |
75 |
106 |
860 |
| Cigarettes |
17 |
26 |
8 |
14 |
11 |
12 |
16 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
149 |
| Eating |
5 |
8 |
6 |
13 |
8 |
12 |
2 |
11 |
18 |
14 |
97 |
| Other |
36 |
34 |
46 |
36 |
32 |
25 |
14 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
228 |
| Cell Phones |
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16 |
16 |
27 |
46 |
45 |
150 |
| Other Telecommunication Devices |
4 |
12 |
14 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
62 |
| Total In-vehicle |
316 |
359 |
381 |
376 |
304 |
305 |
285 |
289 |
321 |
361 |
3297 |
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| 2. Distractions resulting in fatal crashes |
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| All Distractions |
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22 |
20 |
22 |
16 |
21 |
101 |
| All In-Vehicle |
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4 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
5 |
33 |
| Cell Phones |
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0 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
11 |
| Other Telecommunication Devices |
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0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Total Fatal |
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435 |
433 |
383 |
395 |
364 |
2010 |
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| 3. Distractions resulting in injury crashes |
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| All Distractions |
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719 |
673 |
663 |
683 |
848 |
3586 |
| All In-Vehicle |
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280 |
267 |
256 |
265 |
312 |
1380 |
| Cell Phones |
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16 |
14 |
25 |
41 |
43 |
139 |
| Other Telecommunication Devices |
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2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
16 |
| Total Injury |
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8334 |
8010 |
7447 |
8470 |
9798 |
42059 |
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| 4. Distractions resulting in Fatal + Injury |
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| All Distractions |
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741 |
693 |
685 |
699 |
869 |
3687 |
| All In-Vehicle |
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284 |
275 |
264 |
273 |
317 |
1413 |
| Cell Phones |
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16 |
16 |
27 |
46 |
45 |
150 |
| Other Telecommunication Devices |
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2 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
18 |
| Total Injury + Fatal |
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8769 |
8443 |
7830 |
8865 |
10162 |
44069 |
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| 5. Discrepancies between Table 1 and Table 4 (indicates multiple in-vehicle distractions?) |
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| All In-Vehicle |
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-21 |
-10 |
-25 |
-48 |
-44 |
-148 |
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| 6. NZ Cell Phone Connections |
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| Total Conections |
100,000 |
146,000 |
241,000 |
378,000 |
491,000 |
582,000 |
791,000 |
1,542,000 |
2,288,000 |
2,462,000 |
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| 7. Percentage Tables |
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| Cell phones in Fatal Crashes |
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0.00% |
0.46% |
0.52% |
1.27% |
0.55% |
0.55% |
| Cell phones in Injury Crashes |
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0.18% |
0.19% |
0.34% |
0.52% |
0.44% |
0.34% |
| Cell phone Fatal & Injury Crashes per Million Cell phone connections |
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27.5 |
20.2 |
17.5 |
20.1 |
18.3 |
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