More than half of the Bay's most serious crashes occurred between midday and midnight with numbers also peaking between 12pm and 6pm, a newly released report has revealed.
The Bay of Plenty District Health Board Trauma Service report showed out of the 165 serious crashes in the region last year, 108 occurred between between 12pm and 12am, with 45 between the hours of 6pm and midnight.
The period between midnight and 6am remains the lowest crash incidence time (22).
Driver error was blamed for the majority of the crashes, with excessive speed, alcohol, falling asleep and crossing the centre line the most common causes.
Nine crashes were also attributed to medical conditions in the report which looked into the region's serious crashes of 2013.