This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'Infringements issued under 4.4 of the Land Transport (Road User) rule'.



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 

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