30430 (2023). Hon Julie Anne Genter to the Minister of Transport

30430 (2023). Hon Julie Anne Genter to the Minister of Transport: What is a the risk of death and serious injury of a pedestrian when struck by a motor vehicle travelling at each speed: 30kph, 40kph, 50kph, 60kph, 70kph? Please display this as a graph as well.

Hon Simeon Brown: Rather than nominating a single graph, the statistics below are provided to indicate the increase in severity and risk of death at impact speeds above 30km/h. Research shows that: • A meta-analysis of 20 studies assessing the risk of fatality for pedestrians reported that for every 1 km/h above 30 km/h that speed increases, the chance of pedestrian death increases by 11% • If impact speed increases from 30 to 40 km/h the risk of fatal injury to a pedestrian is about doubled and from 30 to 50km/h the risk is almost five times higher While I have instructed transport officials to commence work on changes to the Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits to stop blanket speed limit reductions, I have asked them to ensure changes to limits are measured, reasonable, evidence-informed, and developed in genuine consultation with communities. It is important that economic factors, including travel times, and community views are taken into account by road controlling authorities in setting speed limits.