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Reducing driver distraction, including distraction resulting from mobile phone use, is an aim of New Zealand’s Safer Journeys programme.

This report details research carried out in Wellington, New Zealand, over the period 2012–13.

This study conducted in New Zealand in 2012 investigated the attitudes, prevalence, habits and self-reported risks associated with drug-driving, along with possible countermeasures.

The effects of frost and ice on the skid resistance of a range of road surface types used in New Zealand were examined in a laboratory-based study, carried out in 2001-02.

Between September 2001 and June 2002, research was carried out to determine the safety implications of flush medians at 50 sites in Auckland City, New Zealand.

The project was aimed at improving overtaking lane design through a better understanding of driver behaviour during overtaking.

The viability of blending high polished stone value (PSV) sealing chips with standard chips in two-coat seals and void fills was investigated, with particular emphasis on their physical performance with respect to abrasion and skid resistance.

Traditionally, treatment of frost, ice and snow on New Zealand roads has involved spreading of mineral grit on the affected areas but this has disadvantages.

Multi-lane roundabouts are typically viewed by cyclists as one of the most hazardous types of intersections to negotiate and police crash statistics bear this out.

Accident prediction models have been developed for rural and urban intersections and links.