Dr Craig Gordon Alcohol Advisory Council of NZ (formerly Ministry of Transport) Presentation at AA Research Foundation Research Symposium, 5-6 th September, 2011 Wellington, NZ

Outline The ‘attention diverted by’ series MoT project What was done Summary of findings Acknowledgments – Stephen Evans, Ministry of Transport Gordon, C. (2009). Reviewing how distraction involvement is coded in the New Zealand crash analysis system. In proceedings of the 4 th IRTAD International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group conference, Seoul, Korea, th September.

‘Attention diverted by’ series Passengers Scenery or persons outside the vehicle Other traffic Animal or insects in vehicle Trying to find intersection/house number, destination Advertising or signs Emotionally upset / road rage Cigarette, radio, heater, air conditioning, glove box, object under drivers feet/pedals etc Cell phone Navigation devices CB radio / non-cell comms device Driver dazzled (or sunstrike) Other unspecified

Involvement in CAS % crash involvement ‘attention diverted by’ out of all police-reported crashes

MoT Project Content review of ‘attention diverted by’ series Purpose: to find out what the series contained 7,261 police reported crashes between Coded as much detail as possible Revised category scheme 6 summary level filters 32 source filters

Involvement in ‘Attention diverted by’ series ( , main source driver categories and non-drivers)

Focus on secondary task activity Proportion out of secondary task activity

Focus on driving-related activity Proportion out of driving-related activity

Additional information:

Summary Comments ‘Attention diverted by’ series Contains Secondary task activity (non-driving) Internal thought Driving-related activity Emotional state Not all drivers – pedestrians/cyclists as well Involved in approximately 10-12% of crashes With approximately ½ being secondary task activity