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Dear David Burgess

Thank you for your email which as requested has been referred as an OIA to
Supt Carey Griffiths, national road policing manager.

Kind regards

PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM
NZ POLICE
-----David Burgess <[OIA #718 email]> wrote:
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To: OIA requests at New Zealand Police <[New Zealand Police request email]>
From: David Burgess <[OIA #718 email]>
Date: 05/01/2013 06:13PM
Subject: Official Information Act request - Drink Drive Statistics

     Dear New Zealand Police,
    
     Yesterday, national road policing manager Superintendent Carey
     Griffiths said (Quoted from NZ Herald)
    
     (1) "For most people two drinks is well under [50mg]"
    
     (2) "Research showed that at the current limit, drivers aged over
     30 were about 16 times more likely to be involved in a fatal crash
     than if they were sober."
    
     (3) "Research showed that at a 50mg limit, drivers aged over 30
     were about 5.8 times more likely to be involved in a fatal crash
     than if they were sober."
    
     My questions are
    
     (A) Can Carey Griffiths please show the source of this data, as it
     appears to contradict international research.
    
     (B) Can the word "Involved" be clarified, as obviously only
     situations where the driver was at fault are relevant.
    
     Yours faithfully,
    
     David Burgess
    
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Dear David,

Thank you for your email. Attached is the relevant information which was
sourced from the MoT website:

[1]http://www.transport.govt.nz/research/Do...

 

Kind regards

PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM
NZ POLICE

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To: David Burgess <[OIA #718 email]>
From: [New Zealand Police request email]
Date: 07/01/2013 02:05PM
Subject: Re: Official Information Act request - Drink Drive Statistics

Dear David Burgess

Thank you for your email which as requested has been referred as an OIA
to Supt Carey Griffiths, national road policing manager.

Kind regards

PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM
NZ POLICE
-----David Burgess <[OIA #718 email]> wrote:
-----

To: OIA requests at New Zealand Police <[New Zealand Police request email]>
From: David Burgess <[OIA #718 email]>
Date: 05/01/2013 06:13PM
Subject: Official Information Act request - Drink Drive Statistics

     Dear New Zealand Police,
    
     Yesterday, national road policing manager Superintendent Carey
     Griffiths said (Quoted from NZ Herald)
    
     (1) "For most people two drinks is well under [50mg]"
    
     (2) "Research showed that at the current limit, drivers aged over
     30 were about 16 times more likely to be involved in a fatal
crash
     than if they were sober."
    
     (3) "Research showed that at a 50mg limit, drivers aged over 30
     were about 5.8 times more likely to be involved in a fatal crash
     than if they were sober."
    
     My questions are
    
     (A) Can Carey Griffiths please show the source of this data, as
it
     appears to contradict international research.
    
     (B) Can the word "Involved" be clarified, as obviously only
     situations where the driver was at fault are relevant.
    
     Yours faithfully,
    
     David Burgess
    
    
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Dear David

 

Please find attached the NZ Police response to your Official Information
Act request.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Jason Smith

Ministerial Services

New Zealand Police - Nga Pirihimana O Aotearoa

 

 

 

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