Home Driveway Run Over Injury

Key Safety Messages:

Know where the kids are before getting in the car, there's no going back.

CHECK for children before driving off.

SUPERVISE children around vehicles - always.

SEPARATE play areas from driveways.

Every two weeks a child is hospitalised with serious injuries received from a vehicle driving on a private driveway in New Zealand. A further five children are killed annually, on average, in the same way.

Most children injured in driveway incidents are toddlers, aged about two years old and when death does not occur, the injuries they receive are often severe. The driver is usually a close family member. The devastating impact of these events upon families cannot be overstated.

Click the links below to access injury resources, information, prevention and advice.

For the One News special report on driveway runovers of Monday 19th of April 2010 please click here.

For the TVNZ 'Close Up' story on driveway runovers of Wednesday 4th of November 2009 please click here.

Position Papers, Research, Bibliography and Advocacy Information

NEW! Low Speed Run Over Mortality – Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee, report and media release (Link, September 2011)
NEW! Safekids New Zealand Advocacy Guide: Working with local government to prevent Driveway Run Over Injuries (PDF, June 2011).
NEW! Submission template to include driveway safety information within Your Council's Annual Plans and other Council documents (Pdf, June 2011).
NEW! Position Paper: Child Driveway Run Over Injuries, by Safekids NZ (Pdf, 2011).
NEW! Using Products to Prevent Driveway Run Over Incidents: Some of the safety products available, by the NZ Automobile Asssociation (AA), (Pdf, 2011).
Understanding and acting to prevent driveway injuries to children, by Julie Chambers (Pdf, 2007).

Factsheets

NEW! Child Driveway Run Over Injuries (Pdf, 2011).
Home Driveway Injuries and Fatalities in the Auckland Region (Pdf, 2002).

Media Release

For Newsletters: Safekids Driveway Run Over Injury Workshops Scheduled (Pdf, 2011)

Resources

NEW! To locate a driveway run over awareness kit nearest your area click here and to enquire about Safekids driveway kits, email campaign@safekids.org.nz.
NEW! 'Safekids New Zealand driveway run over interactive kit instructions' book (Pdf, 2011).
NEW! Driveway Run Over 'Warning Sign' (JPEG, 2011). For hi-res version, please contact us.
There's No Going Back A3 Poster (Pdf, 2006)
There's No Going Back DLE (Pdf, 2006)
Kāore he hokinga Whakamuri A3 Poster (Pdf. Maori, 2006)
Kāore he hokinga Whakamuri DLE (Pdf, Maori, 2006)
E le mafai ona e toe fo' i i tua A3 Poster (Pdf, Samoan, 2006)
E le mafai ona e toe fo' i i tua DLE (Pdf, Samoan, 2006)
`Oku `ikai ha to e foki ki mu'a A3 Poster (Pdf, Tongan, 2006)
`Oku `ikai ha to e foki ki mu'a DLE (Pdf, Tongan, 2006)
Preventing driveway injuries DLE Pamphlet (Pdf, 2006)
Pacific Pedestrian Safety Education Kit (Pdf, July 2006) (This pedestrian safety education kit includes material on driveway and carpark safety.)
Injury Free Counties Manukau Driveway Run-over Prevention DVD (Youtube link, 2009)

Links

For links to New Zealand and international websites relating to this injury topic, go to our links page and look under 'pedestrians'.

This page was last updated January 24, 2012.