IR-01-24-35341
25 October 2024
J Turner
[FYI request #28665 email]
Dear J Turner
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request received 6 October 2024,
in which you requested:
the number of infringements issued against rule 4.4(1): Driver fails to give way to
road user on footpath, cycle path, or shared path when entering/exiting driveway I
would like to see number of infringements issued against this rule in the time
period of 2010-2024, across all of New Zealand.
I refer you to Table 1 below.
Table 1: Number of infringement offences for entering or exiting a driveway without
giving way to a road user on a footpath, cycle path, or shared path. 2010 to 2024.
*Please note that 2024 data is to 30 September.
Year
Infringement
Offences
Year
Infringement
Offences
2010
5
2018
22
2011
10
2019
13
2012
13
2020
21
2013
17
2021
28
2014
13
2022
15
2015
22
2023
23
2016
23
2024
16*
2017
32
Total
273
Please note the table above does not include instances where a driver has been charged
with a more serious offence such as careless driving causing injury or death because of
failing to give way when entering or exiting a driveway (nor are these events able to be
easily identified).
This reply contains provisional data which is drawn from a dynamic operational database
and is subject to change as new information is recorded.
Police National Headquarters 180 Molesworth Street. PO Box 3017, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.
Telephone: 04 474 9499. Fax: 04 498 7400. www.police.govt.nz
I trust this information is satisfactory in answering your request.
Yours sincerely
Superintendent Steve Greal y
Director: Road Policing
New Zealand Police