crashes: Motor vehicle crashes in New Zealand since the year 2000.
In nacnudus/nzcrash: New Zealand Motor Vehicle Crash Data

Description Usage Format Source See Also

A dataset of 540888 crashes, recorded by the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA).

Other attributes in a many-to-one relationship with the crashes are available in the datasets vehicles, causes, and objects_struck.

crashes

A data frame with 540888 rows and 30 variables:

region: TLA (Territorial Local Authority) where the crash took place. See http://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/classifications-and-standards/classification-related-stats-standards/territorial-authority.aspx for more information about TLAs.
road: Road name where the crash took place.
distance_from_landmark: Distance in metres from a landmark or an intersection as indicated by the columns "landmark" and "side_road".
direction_from_landmark: Compass direction, as above.
landmark: Whether a landmark or an intersection with a side road.
side_road: Landmark or intersection with a side_road, near to the site of the crash.
id: Unique number identifying the crash, by which other tables can be joined (vehicles, causes, and objects_struck).
date: Date of the crash. More reliable than datetime, which is NA when time is NA.
time: Time of the crash to the nearest minute. Not always available.
direction: Initial direction of the principal vehicle in the crash.
street: Road of the principal vehicle in the crash (first or second, i.e. main or side street).
curvature: Severity of the curvature of the road where the crash took place.
wetness: How wet the conditions were at the time of the crash.
light_ambient: Level of ambient light at the time of the crash.
light_artificial: Level of artificial light at the time of the crash.
weather_1: One type of weather at the time of the crash.
weather_2: Another type of weather at the time of the crash.
junction_type: Type of the junction at which the crash took place.
traffic_control: Traffic control at the site of the crash (e.g. stop sign). Only one is given, but there is a hierarchy – see the data dictionary linked to above.
road_marking: Road marking at the site of the crash (e.g. pedestrian crossing). Only one is given, but there is a hierarchy – see the data dictionary linked to above.
speed_limit: Speed limit in force at the site of the crash.
fatalities: Number of people killed in the crash, or who died within 30 days of injuries suffered in the crash.
severe_injuries: Number of people severely injured.
minor_injuries: Number of people with minor injuries from the crash.
pedestrian_age: Age of the youngest pedestrian under 20, otherwise the oldest one.
cyclist_age: Age of the youngest cyclist under 20, otherwise the oldest one.
datetime: Date and time of the the crash.
easting: Easting of the crash site in EPSG:4326 projection (WGS 84, Gooogle Maps)
northing: Northing of the crash site in EPSG:4326 projection (WGS 84, Gooogle Maps)
movement_category: General movement happinging in the crash.
movement_description: Detail of the movement happinging in the crash.
severity: The severity of the worst injury in the crash.