1. Dr Craig Gordon Alcohol Advisory Council of NZ (formerly Ministry of Transport) c.gordon@alac.org.nz Presentation at AA Research Foundation Research Symposium, 5-6 th September, 2011 Wellington, NZ

2. 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, 16-17 th September.

3. ‘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

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

5. MoT Project Content review of ‘attention diverted by’ series Purpose: to find out what the series contained 7,261 police reported crashes between 2000-2006 Coded as much detail as possible Revised category scheme 6 summary level filters 32 source filters

6. Involvement in ‘Attention diverted by’ series (2000-2006, main source driver categories and non-drivers)

7. Focus on secondary task activity Proportion out of secondary task activity

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

9. Additional information: http://www.transport.govt.nz/research/divertedattention/

10. 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