SOC H & S Group

This year as you head off for the Easter Break, I know that many of you will be heading on trips to visit whānau and friends. As you do, we would like to you to consider a few simple steps that you can take to be safe over the break.

Let's start with daylight savings. Have you noticed how its getting dark earlier?

Top tip number 1: Be Seen, Be Safe

Tip number 2: Driving.

Much is made (and rightly so) of the road toll at holiday periods. These are times of the year when the focus goes on our road and driving habits. Below is the latest data on accidents and you can see that Easter is one of the times of the year when the risk goes up.

What is where?

This wouldn't be a resource from the Geography teacher on the H&S team without a map. Below is a heat map showing the number of accidents in 2023 and the clusters. Have an explore and see if your holiday location is a particular 'hotspot' for accidents

Why there?

But wait, there's more. Thanks to the flash way Arcgis works, we can filter the massive amount of data here for particular variables. One of the most significant is speed. the following map shows accidents in 2023 where speed was a factor.

Top Tip 3: Driving behaviour

So what can we do to support our rangatahi as they embark on their driving career?

And for those of us with a few more miles on the clock

In summary, Have a safe and happy break this Easter