Driver Behaviour Target of Intersection Campaign

Young males, who are over-represented in crash statistics, are the target of a new intersections project running in Levin, Palmerston North, Wanganui and Feilding.

Billboards have been put up throughout the region as part of the national “Spin/Don’t spin – It’s your call” campaign urging 15 to 25-year-old males to be aware of driving behaviour at intersections.

Roadsafe Central co-ordinator Mary Mitchell says there were more than 550 intersection crashes across Horowhenua, Manawatu and Wanganui areas last year, including five causing deaths.

“Statistics reveal that 60 percent of the at-fault drivers in intersection crashes last year were males aged between 15 and 24.”

Crossroads and T-junctions were the most common accident sites, followed by roundabouts.