Road death statistics

• Road fatalities update
• Fatal crashes update
• Update road deaths by local government region
• More detailed data

Road fatalities in New Zealand as at Tuesday, 24 November 2009 *

	Year from 1 Jan		12 months to 24/11
	2008	2009	2008	2009
Casualty Types:
Drivers	133	170	155	199
Passengers	92	90	106	102
Motor Cycle Riders	40	40	50	48
Motor Cycle Pillions	2	2	4	3
Pedestrians	26	29	30	34
Pedal Cyclists	10	8	13	8
Other	6	2	7	3
Casualty Ages:
0-14 yrs	21	21	26	23
15-19 yrs	50	48	57	54
20-24 yrs	48	49	62	60
25-39 yrs	73	78	81	90
40-59 yrs	58	76	68	88
60 + yrs	56	67	68	79
unknown	3	2	3	3
Total Killed During:
January	35	33
February	41	36
March	32	36
April	28	45
May	32	37
June	29	25
July	20	31
August	23	26
September	24	37
October	26	22
November	19	13
December	-	-
Total	309	341	365	397

Fatal road crashes in New Zealand as at Tuesday, 24 November 2009 *

	Year from 1 Jan		12 months to 24/11
	2008	2009	2008	2009
Total Crashes During:
January	34	29
February	35	30
March	26	31
April	27	39
May	30	31
June	26	22
July	20	28
August	19	22
September	21	31
October	22	20
November	19	12
December	-	-
Total	279	295	327	346

Weekly road deaths update by Local Government Region as at midnight Tuesday, 24 November 2009 *

Local Government Region	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Northland	18	26	27	24	28
Auckland	67	71	50	45	65
Waikato	88	53	85	59	71
Bay of Plenty	21	30	33	29	24
Gisborne & Hawkes Bay	40	28	30	18	18
Taranaki	12	12	8	7	16
Manawatu / Wanganui	26	28	36	27	32
Wellington	19	29	14	19	18
Nelson / Marlborough	6	8	9	6	12
West Coast	5	4	6	8	5
Canterbury	41	36	44	38	27
Otago	13	12	22	18	11
Southland	5	9	6	11	14
Total	361	346	370	309	341

More detailed data

See summary data comparing road deaths over the last five years.
For detailed data, see the annual Motor vehicle crashes in New Zealand report. It also defines key terms.
See a range of useful historical statistical data including road fatalitities since 1950

* Running total

Source: Research & Statistics, Ministry of Transport

Last updated: 24 November 2009