Marlborough Walking and Cycling Strategy Appendix C: Data and Trends C.1. Census Data Trends emerging from data for Marlborough have been analysed and are shown below. The overall trend in Marlborough from Census statistics is that walking and cycling to work have been steadily declining since 1986. Combined travel to work by these modes has declined from 30% to 14% (nationally the decline over this period has been from 16% to 9%). Cycling to work appears to have declined faster than walking, although it must remembered that the Census data are based on survey results for a single day and therefore highly susceptible to weather and other external conditions. These data are illustrated in Chart 1 below. 16% Marlborough walking 14% Marlborough cycling NZ walking 12% NZ cycling 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 Year Chart 1: Travel to Work Trends by Walk and Cycle 1986 – 2006 Source: Statistics New Zealand Note: In this graph a commuter is someone who travels to work; it does not include those who work from home. No data currently exist on the numbers of recreational walking and cycling trips. Walking and Cycling Crash Analysis 2000 – 2009 Overall summary – pedestrians and pedal cycle crashes The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) provides information on road safety to its stakeholders and the public and administers the crash analysis system (CAS) database. This database includes all injury and property damage only crashes provided to NZTA by the NZ Police. The database, however, records only crashes involving motor vehicles and therefore does not include cycle only or cycle-pedestrian crashes. In addition, it is known that many crashes involving motor vehicles, particularly those not resulting in injury, are not reported to Police. Thus cycle crashes in particular have a high level of under-reporting. v krow ot elcyc ro klaw ohw elpoep fo tnecreP