OK, so I have the statistics of how many people cross the road daily and I have the average speed of the cars from previous research done by transport NZ, I also have my own little survey.
What I need to do now is figure out how I'm going to visually present this information. I want to present this information in a way that promotes change, that will help people to understand the gravity of this situation.

Average Speeds of the cars.

"In the second half of 2007 a speed board was installed on the highway heading south at the
point where the road slopes down towards Centennial Highway. Transit New Zealand has
recorded speeds before the speed board was introduced and for three separate periods after it
was introduced.
The following figures summarise the information of recorded speeds before the speed board
was introduced and for a period in December 2007, when the speed board had been in
operation for three months.

Speeds recorded between 27 July 2007 and 3 August 2007 were as follows:
- Average Speed 58km/h
- 85%ile Speed 61km/h
- % above 92.44%

Speeds recorded post speed board installation between 4 December 2007 and 21 December
2007 were as follows:
- 1 Average Speed 57km/h
- 2 85%ile Speed 59km/h
Although the speed board seems to have had some impact, average speeds are still well above
the limit of 50km/h."

http://www.pukeruabay.org.nz/community/PukeruaBayNAP.pdf
Transit New Zealand, PowerPoint presentation

Pedestrians crossing the road.

"Two pedestrian surveys were undertaken by Transit New Zealand in 2004 for a continuous
2 hour morning and evening count to represent typical AM and PM weekday peak periods.
This survey also measured approximate waiting times, which ranged from 1 to 109 seconds,
with an average delay per pedestrian of 38 seconds. During the survey, observations were
made on the pedestrians crossing the highway, including 3 instances of pedestrians stuck
in the middle of the road, in one case for up to 66 seconds, and at least 3 observations of
vehicles sounding their horns and cases of braking by vehicles to avoid pedestrians crossing
the highway.
The survey result was extrapolated, using the weekly train timetable, and it was assessed
that 1006 train passengers were crossing the highway between Monday and Friday in the
peak hours and 377 non-train passengers with an additional 600 crossing in the weekday off
peak. The total volumes calculated for the weekend were 512, which total 2495 pedestrians
crossing the highway at this location during a 7 day week. This is an average daily pedestrian crossing number of 356 per day.
In the household survey undertaken in 2008 a number of respondents referred to how unsafe
they felt cycling or walking alongside SH1 particularly between Haunui Rd and preschool
facilities and shops."

http://www.pukeruabay.org.nz/community/PukeruaBayNAP.pdf

Walking to the over bridge.

Well, I walked the route you would take if you didn't cross the road directly and you walked over to the over bridge. It took roughly 9 minutes. For my 10min journey to the station it would add another 9min which would roughly make a 20min walk. You cut that journey in half by crossing the road at the dairy and not walking to the over bridge.
I took my camera with me to take pictures of the overbridge but when I got there I realised that I had left my SD card at home lol, so next time I will take some photos.

Pukerua Bay Junction

This the problematic junction in Pukerua Bay.

Survey Shoot 2/9/13 1.00-1.30pm

Between 1.00-1.30pm the total cars that were photographed were 114. Total percentage of cars doing 54+ were 49%.

59 cars were photographed doing 50 and 53.
Overall the percentage of cars doing speeds between 50 and 53 were 51%

There were 22 cars doing speeds between 54-55.

The percentage of cars in this range was 19%

There were 33 cars doing speeds of 55+

The percentages of cars doing this speed was 28%

Statistics

I found some stats about crashes on the Pukerua Bay road. The article on the nzta webside is talking about the recent change that was made that meant that instead of the speed limit changing from 50km to 70km nearing the end of Pukerua Bay it now stays at 50km all the way through Pukerua Bay.


19 Jul 2013 | Wellington Regional Office

“Pukerua Bay has had 43 accidents over the past five years - three of them fatal.  This is a particularly concerning number of casualties for a two kilometre stretch of road, and we need to take action.  By keeping the speed limit at 50km/hr right up till the 80km/hr zone along the Coast Road, this road will be safer for everyone who uses it.”

 http://www.nzta.govt.nz/traffic/current-conditions/bulletin/2708/news.html

The traffic volume going through Pukerua Bay per day is around 23,400 (2006).
With the development of transmission gully the traffic going through Pukerua Bay is set to decrease to 5,900 in 2026. That would be a decrease in 76%

http://www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/transmission-gully/docs/open-day-07-traffic.pdf