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-----Original Message-----
From: Lewis T <[FOI #32614 email]>
Sent: Monday, 20 October 2025 11:29 pm
To: Official Correspondence <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Crash Data Follow up

 

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this is a request to resolve the central issue in your response to my
original request, OIA-19748. Entitled "Crash data"

 

My initial request was for a machine-readable dataset (e.g., CSV or
Excel). You refused to provide the data for the 2013-2017 period on the
grounds that the information is "publicly available" under section 18(d)
of the Act, directing me to the PDF report He Pûrongo Whakahaumaru Huarahi
mô ngâ iwi Mâori (June 2021).

 

This is a misapplication of the Act. A PDF report containing static,
aggregated summaries and charts is a document about the data, not the data
itself. It is not in a machine-readable format and does not contain the
incident-level information I requested.

Therefore, I request the following:

 

The single, complete, underlying dataset (in its original or a converted
machine-readable format such as CSV or Excel) that was used by NZTA to
create the He Pûrongo Whakahaumaru Huarahi mô ngâ iwi Mâori report,
covering the period 2013-2017.

 

The file you provide to me MUST be machine-readable

 

This dataset must include columns for:

The specific DSI factors originally requested in OIA-19748:

Ethnicity of the Driver

Alcohol and/or Drug Impairment (as a confirmed factor) Restraint /
Seatbelt Use (for the driver) Driver Licence Status Speed (as a confirmed
factor) Fleeing Driver status

 

All other contributing factors and variables that are referenced or were
used to create the charts and tables within that report. This includes,
but is not limited to:

Vehicle Safety Rating

Deprivation Index of crash location

Road Type (Urban/Rural)

Crash Movement Type

Time of Day / Day of Week

Age and Gender of driver

 

Pointing again to the public-facing PDF will be treated as a definitive
refusal to supply the information.

 

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