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ID/Link Date of incident What happened? Location Type Situation
555 Car failed to give way, car was coming out of kaurilands road turning left onto Atkinson road. I was traveling on my bike on Atkinson. -36.926891738293, 174.65453367748 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
554 Heading north in the bus lane, often there are a few cars in the bus lane at the Vivian lights in rush hour. They both decided to pass me before turning left in college street, outside a car parked in a car park, one pass was within 50cm and then he had to stop in front of me anyway. Use of bus lane by cars here is common occurence and riders have to pay attention to those turning left in front of them, but not usually close passes here. -41.296715799656, 174.78213087996 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
553 Riding up Rintoul, a car accelerated to 55-60kph to get around me and beat a bus coming down the other way, I had to pull into a gap between parked cars and the car still passed very close to me. -41.312924424237, 174.77887268535 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
552 At roundabout on Burma road and Haumia st, entered Haumia st from shared path pedestrian crossing, and proceeded into the roundabout to go straight over towards Raroa station. Driver from Johnsonville failed to yield as I was passing in front of them. No collision but a near miss -41.229423274599, 174.80042091671 Bicycle Person drove (or cycled) at cyclist head on
551 VW Golf ran the red light (badly) at the intersection of Old Karori Rd/Chaytor St/Karori Rd in morning rush hour -41.280961549355, 174.75111013208 Bicycle Other (please add information in the textarea below)
550 close pass by taxi on Bowen St, zero effort made to give a safe passing distance -41.279113913385, 174.77687641867 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
549 closs pass by a Metlink Bus on Glenmore Rd -41.283749841735, 174.7618882347 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
548 distracted driver - driving while texting on Karori road. Got aggro when called out on it -41.283201609987, 174.74315568694 Bicycle Other (please add information in the textarea below)
547 distracted driver - driving while texting on Karori road. Got aggro when called out on it -41.290425, 174.7210972 Bicycle Other (please add information in the textarea below)
546 close passed by a car with diplomatic plates on Gelnmore Rd opposite botanic gardens - helmet cam footage showed the driver using his cellphone just a few hundred meters up the road as well -41.282774308519, 174.76317569503 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
545 close pass by tradie van approaching the Terrace intersection- extremely close and very dangerous -41.278944594985, 174.77664038428 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
544 close and unnecessary pass in rush hour traffic on Chaytor St - I was clearly visible yet the driver passed within cm of me -41.281306950102, 174.75161537417 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
543 close and unnecessary pass in rush hour traffic on Chaytor St - I was clearly visible yet the driver passed within cm of me -41.290425, 174.7210972 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
542 courier van u-turn on Karori Road without looking for cyclist -41.286378065262, 174.73193332442 Bicycle Road user turns across cyclist’s path
541 close passed on Karori Rd by white sedan at crossing point for pedestrians - no 1.5m gap given (not even 50cm actually) -41.287534933782, 174.72444459685 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
540 driver overtook cyclist in Karori on double yellows approaching a blind corner -41.287369668107, 174.75533291587 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
539 driver in white van using cellphone - in rush hour, next to a cyclist -41.283298357101, 174.74227592238 Bicycle Other (please add information in the textarea below)
538 almost rear-ended at the Bowen/Terrace intersection by someone trying to run a red -41.278799464579, 174.7757230688 Bicycle Tailgates cyclist without passing
537 close pass x2 by a Metlink bus driver - 1 on Glenmore opposite Botanic Gardens. The 2nd at the Chaytor St bus stop just past the Birdwood St intersection. Police declined to prosecute -41.282443752634, 174.76343318709 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
536 2 cars failing to give way to cyclist with right of way at Chaytor/Raroa intersection -41.284749546594, 174.7541527439 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
535 the obligatory fail to give way at Chaytor/Raroa in morning rush hour -41.284749546594, 174.75419565924 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
534 car passed and then turned across me at the intersection of Chaytor and Birdwood - a highly dangerous pass. Police complaint lodged, but they only issued a warning -41.286700539385, 174.75466236361 Bicycle Road user turns across cyclist’s path
533 car failed to give way at Chaytor/Raroa to cyclist that had right of way -41.28474148452, 174.7541527439 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
532 car failed to give way at Chaytor/Raroa - crossed in front of cyclist that had right of way -41.284749546594, 174.75418493041 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
531 car vis motorcyclist - car crossed into bus lane and collided with the motorcyclist -41.284471404441, 174.75299939402 Bicycle Other (please add information in the textarea below)
530 driver in SUV tailgating cyclist then committing an illegal underpass in a bus lane - chaytor St -41.283765966128, 174.75228592643 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
529 another day, another failure to give way at Chaytor/Raroa - cars pulling out in front of buslane users -41.284729391406, 174.75414201506 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
528 failure to give way to oncoming cyclist at Raroa/Chaytor intersection -41.284781794883, 174.75420638808 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
527 once again, cars crossing the bus/cycle lane at the Raroa/Chaytor intersection without looking for oncoming traffic -41.284769701777, 174.75419565924 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
526 blue truck just crossed the bus/cycle lane without looking for oncoming traffic - Raroa/Chaytor again -41.284757608668, 174.75423857459 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
525 the obligatory fail to give way to traffic in the bus cycle lane at raroa/Chaytor -41.285700864416, 174.7548072029 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
524 close pass on Chaytor St by a Metlink bus, driver did not wait before pass was completed before cutting in and almost squashed me against the kerb and bank. Had to brake heavily to avoid being hit -41.282508251474, 174.75228592643 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
523 car pulled out from Raroa and Chaytor in the face of oncoming taxi and cyclist -41.285507377169, 174.75472137221 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
522 head on collision driver failed to give way and hit me at the intersection of Raroa and Chaytior. Driver was prosecuted and found guilty of careless driving causing injury -41.284781794883, 174.75419565924 Bicycle Person drove (or cycled) at cyclist head on
521 car encroaching on bus lane at Raroa/Chaytor intersection - well past the control line and blocking part of the lane -41.285072028766, 174.75482866057 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
520 Vehicle encroaching on bus lane at Raroa/Chaytor intersection - way past the control line -41.285571872982, 174.75485011824 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
519 Near failure to give way from car at intersection of Chaytor and Raroa -41.285330013355, 174.75469991454 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
518 driver encroaching on bus lane from Curtis St - driver straddling bus lane on Chaytor St -41.284604320384, 174.75359657304 Bicycle Cyclist's way blocked (by other road users, road conditions, etc.)
517 three incidents - illegal use of a buslane (no indicating) encroachment at a give way sign (X2), and crossing the buslane in front of oncoming traffic -41.284702919882, 174.7540030691 Bicycle Cyclist's way blocked (by other road users, road conditions, etc.)
516 Headed southbound in a bike lane right before intersection. When light turned green bus drifted into my path towards a bus stop on the other side of the intersection, forcing me to stop to avoid going underneath the bus. -36.856249139024, 174.74673987909 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
515 End of a hill by the hospital construction site no car coming on the other way driver not only passed super close around 30cm distance but also honked which made even more scary -41.315673095736, 174.77812420898 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
514 Customized Deliveries van passed close and fast after sharp turn - plate CPA77 i believe -36.873532332262, 174.77840925026 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
513 Taxi drove past dangerously close, as road narrows at this point. -41.318105091039, 174.77531909497 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
512 Corner of Raroa and Chaytor Streets - cars crossing the bus lane in the face of an oncoming cyclist -41.284745541232, 174.75415201229 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
511 I was cycling south on Karori Road. Hit head-on by a driver heading north on Karori Rd as they turned right into Lancaster St without giving way -41.282188223822, 174.74666732472 Bicycle Person drove (or cycled) at cyclist head on
510 - Me and my three-year-old on the bike, heading on Adelaide Rd. towards the city
- car turned right from stoke street onto Adelaide Rd
- another car shot passed (well over 50k) us and turned left towards us when he saw the other car half blocking the road
- missed us by a few centimetres
- caught up afterwards: guy wore a neck collar, couldn't turn his head, had his passenger window completely blocked, three kids in the back seat, used abusive language
 -41.313867041266, 174.77583645806 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
509 An e-biker listen to headphones knocked over a toddler on the footpath and rode off obvious to the damage. -41.337107632086, 174.77253332407 Pedestrian
508 Car driver pulled into parking area across cyclelane, indicating only when actually turning without warning. Near-miss -41.291988467765, 174.77466284804 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
507 Extremely close pass going up the hill -41.261244738121, 174.76420682061 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
506 Bayfair roundabout a car did not see me coming and accelerated onto the roundabout, if I hadn't braked I would have been hit -37.676636835745, 176.22220713476 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
505 Car travelling south pulled onto shared path and drove heads on towards cyclist. -41.267053739258, 174.78187208955 Bicycle Person drove (or cycled) at cyclist head on
504 Large SUV turning from Mersey St to north bound on to Island Bay parade failed to give way from a stop sign to a cyclist heading straight along Mersey St across Island Bay Parade. Narrow miss. Young child riding on the back on the bike. -41.337277514112, 174.7726286018 Bicycle Road user turns across cyclist’s path
503 Car heading north on Hutt Rd made right turn into Spotlight car park across shared path without look to their right driving across my path making me stop to avoid a collision. -41.260411207297, 174.78960365104 Bicycle Road user turns across cyclist’s path
502 Nearly daily occurrence of cars dangerously overtaking bikes in blind turn through road works (posted speed limit 30kph which bikes are doing). Both passing cyclist dangerously and nearly hitting oncoming traffic around curvet432e2te2 -41.298612542254, 174.80554815771 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
501 cycling on Tory street towards Courtenay Place, traveling at 35km/h, where the speed limit is 30km/h. As I was traveling at or above the speed limit, I was taking the lane to prevent unnecessary and unsafe passing

A driver aggressively overtook me, crossing to the wrong side of the road to do so, into oncoming traffic. I then re-passed them at the next (red) traffic light at the Tory/Courtenay intersection 		-41.292412734553, 174.78178345254 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
500 Driver was waiting in queue, and changed lanes across bike lane when starting to move. Began to change lanes before the turning lane was available, squeezing me towards parked cars. -41.292476347204, 174.77423161137 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
499 Turning right into Tasman street from John street, sitting in the right turn lane and someone travelling Eastbound along John (fast) overtook slowing traffic such that they were driving straight at me. This happens often. We complained previously and the council recognised the danger and added a concrete median to stop people doing that. In the recent roadworks they have removed this safety feature. -41.307181779947, 174.77634256283 Motorcycle
498 Driver from Awarua st failed to yeild as I entered the roundabout from Ottawa Rd to Khandallah Rd -41.247612922602, 174.77474722467 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
497 Close pass -41.318571405257, 174.78132718417 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
496 Ute cut me off -36.867583255274, 174.66902645532 Motorcycle
495 I crossed the intersection on the cycle lane into Thorndon Quay when a Ute passed my extremely closely making me swerve and pushing me onto the shoulder. -41.277741680347, 174.78042137393 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
494 Car running red light across my path -41.278126497874, 174.78005805505 Bicycle Other (please add information in the textarea below)
493 Biking around the corner from Rintoul onto Luxford, a car sailed downhill through the Rintoul St intersection without stopping, and directly into my path. I had to brake really hard to avoid him. -41.319845082589, 174.77782620573 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
492 Van pulled out of Frederick Street on to Tory Street right in front of cyclist, knocking him to the ground. Fortunately cyclist was travelling conservatively and noticed the driver checking out the girl in exercise gear as she crossed the road. Cyclist was therefore able to slow down considerably before impact. Bike needed some adjustment, cyclist badly bruised! -41.296815615895, 174.77922048696 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
491 Biking Up Brooklyn Road, a driver coming down Brooklyn road, turning into Washington Avenue crossed in front of me, so I had to stop. Another driving waiting at the intersection to cross from Washington Ave onto Brooklyn Road saw this and commented how bad it was. I believe that the drivers view was obscured by a van infront of it - however if this was the case, they shouldn't have gone. -41.302725588726, 174.76645825583 Bicycle Road user turns across cyclist’s path
490 A car was parked at angle across yellow lanes and the cycle lane reversed back onto the road making 2 cyclists swerve into the middle of the road to avoid collision. Elder driver looked distracted and was wearing headphones. -41.268081832011, 174.7812375352 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
489 Riding north on the shared path, a car also going north pulled into the Waitomo entrance without looking to their right cutting across my path. -41.266278348055, 174.7827260685 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
488 Waiting in the green box to turn up Rintoul. Cars driving in the two lanes heading north down Riddiford, and trying to merge into the road north of Rintoul - often barely miss bikes waiting in the box. -41.311778085319, 174.77927097655 Bicycle Person drove (or cycled) at cyclist head on
487 Two cars close passed then turned off in front of a group of people on bikes, in the bus lane, to get into Edge Hill. -41.295382978356, 174.7833364063 Bicycle Road user turns across cyclist’s path
486 Waiting at the lights on Cambridge Tce, in the green bike box. When the light turned green a motorbike sped past extremely close - almost knocked me and another person on a bike over. -41.294060395469, 174.78369435034 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
485 Heading north - driver sped up to try and overtake me in a narrow section of road (where there is a pedestrian island in the middle). She almost hit me then close passed as soon as she had passed the island. -41.317246044616, 174.77539362058 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
484 I was going down hill taxi passed me exactly where street has the pedestrian crossing into the road, he only need to wait 2seconds for the wider part of street to come and no parked cars where I could protect myself -41.325377459235, 174.77498702832 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
483 Car coming down Centenntial Highway illegally turning left onto SH2 on ramp, cutting off a number of cyclists who were crossing the road on a green light -41.247284800971, 174.81346387857 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
482 Car driving up the shoulder on the on ramp, blocking the 'cycle lane' -41.24376122018, 174.81914600165 Bicycle Cyclist's way blocked (by other road users, road conditions, etc.)
481 Taxi pulled out into the cycle lane without giving way. -41.280141005436, 174.78007610792 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
480 Taking left hand lane of Jervois Quay heading northbound. Tradie van on my right indicates and moves into my lane with very little space -41.282810053323, 174.77825431915 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
479 Cycling along Victoria st outside the police station; took the left hand lane, 3 or 4 cars were queued at the pedestrian crossing in the right hand lane. A car was attempting to overtake me in the right hand lane and after noticing the queue of cars merged into the left lane with me alongside them. I breaked to avoid the conflict. -41.28722805256, 174.77679781393 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
478 Driver followed too close and overtook two cyclist far too close. Scary and dangerous. -41.308447260554, 174.77830476757 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
477 Driver pulled out of Caltex access across shared path without looking left and cut off cyclist. -41.255322383008, 174.79786186344 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
476 Driver making illegal left turn coming from Centennial Hwy onto SH2 on-ramp cutting across cyclist's path -41.247273215002, 174.81339959619 Bicycle Road user turns across cyclist’s path
475 Taxi HBG898 didn’t gave me enough space even though no traffic coming on the other side. -41.318442904279, 174.77543280919 Bicycle Person drove (or cycled) at cyclist head on
474 Motorist turning right across (SH1) cycle lane into the Macdonald drive in. Motorists does not look right or check for cyclist in cycle lane. Motorist oblivious to cycle lane/cyclists. -45.859613394053, 170.51352225142 Bicycle Road user turns across cyclist’s path
473 Bikes has right of way, but car didn’t give right away. Almost resulted in a crash. -36.869247491586, 174.72596021693 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
472 Car drove up behind honking. It then passed and swerved into the cyclist and knocking the bike and rider off the road and into the kerb. -36.786780718452, 174.76142328672 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
471 Almost hit school pedestrian running, when going around corner on shared ped/bike path on footpath. No visibility around corner for either person, and narrows around shop front. -41.301112456625, 174.77968261018 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
470 Child walked onto road because car was parked blocking the sidewalk. I had to swerve into opposing lane - very lucky there was no oncoming traffic. Otherwise I would have hit the child no way I would have had time to stop. -41.340385413971, 174.7598783 Car
469 Multiple incidents of pedestrians dashing out in front of incoming traffic (me). The lowered speed limit seems to be encouraging more risk taking behaviour by pedestrians. -41.280495856944, 174.77864452158 Motorcycle
468 Van passed cyclist across double yellow lines into blind corner, while apparently having an argument through the open passenger window with the cyclist. -41.276898086283, 174.90397218847 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
467 Heading inbound to the city in the 'cycle lane', in the corner a SUV to my left moved across the white line into the cycle lane -41.269239839518, 174.78100721816 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
466 Overtaking bus + cyclist across double yellow lines into oncoming traffic and over pedestrian crossing. -41.253015206406, 174.90548410158 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
465 I was in the green box of crossing between Tory and Vivian st going down Tory st. when light went green started to bike I was around 20km/h (speed limit is 30km/h) when car tried to overtake not enough space specially because I needed to take the lane due car park on left. When I saw how close he was I was so scared I scream driver start to do angry signs to me -41.296096837576, 174.77965046108 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
464 Driver passed far too close. Scary, illegal and dangerous. -41.308406856912, 174.77822730458 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
463 Very close pass, with little room to move between passing car and parked cars. -41.310485985131, 174.79768220743 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
462 Very close pass. -41.307201965321, 174.77798704437 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
461 I cycled through the bus stop so that the Cars could pass me in the other lane, and then I would merge at the end of the bus stop when it was safe. But a bus from behind didn’t see me, and then when called to stop by a passenger, pulled into the bus stop and hit me. I managed to get onto the pavement and was miraculously unhurt. -41.279247236747, 174.7688006075 Bicycle Vehicle pulls out or across cyclist
460 White furniture mover truck driving south on Thorndon Quay ( Southern furniture movers branded) rego BIGFR8. Truck drifted over double yellow lines into cycle turn lane on Thorndon Quay. Male driver in late 20's was talking on his cellphone at the time. Near miss with cyclist stopped waiting in central turn area. -41.26790753167, 174.78128568218 Bicycle Person drove (or cycled) at cyclist head on
459 Driver passed in blind left corner with double yellow lines when oncoming traffic forced them to the left, almost running my off the road -41.262037116616, 174.90885045971 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
458 Driver passed in blind left corner with double yellow lines and came dangerously closely as another vehicle come towards us. -41.267037390979, 174.90723445349 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
457 Driver didn’t slow down or gave me space to overtake me no car coming on the other side -41.326693089424, 174.77458703336 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)
456 SUV pass without giving any space, didn’t slow down, no car coming on the side -41.322500637736, 174.77517306867 Bicycle Problematic pass (usually too close)