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 Friday, 3 July 2009 *

	Year from 1 Jan		12 months to 03/07
	2008	2009	2008	2009
Casualty Types:
Drivers	89	108	190	182
Passengers	61	63	130	106
Motor Cycle Riders	20	27	36	55
Motor Cycle Pillions	1	-	4	2
Pedestrians	19	17	43	29
Pedal Cyclists	4	4	9	10
Other	5	1	6	3
Casualty Ages:
0-14 yrs	17	17	36	23
15-19 yrs	32	27	69	51
20-24 yrs	28	30	56	62
25-39 yrs	49	53	97	89
40-59 yrs	37	46	83	79
60 + yrs	33	41	74	76
unknown	3	6	3	7
Total Killed During:
January	35	34
February	41	36
March	32	36
April	28	45
May	32	38
June	29	25
July	2	6
August	-	-
September	-	-
October	-	-
November	-	-
December	-	-
Total	199	220	418	387

Fatal road crashes in New Zealand as at Friday, 3 July 2009 *

	Year from 1 Jan		12 months to 03/07
	2008	2009	2008	2009
Total Crashes During:
January	34	30
February	35	30
March	26	31
April	27	39
May	30	32
June	26	22
July	2	4
August	-	-
September	-	-
October	-	-
November	-	-
December	-	-
Total	180	188	373	339

Weekly road deaths update by Local Government Region as at midnight Tuesday, 30 June 2009 *

Local Government Region	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Northland	10	13	17	12	16
Auckland	42	38	23	30	43
Waikato	68	33	48	42	49
Bay of Plenty	7	11	21	20	17
Gisborne & Hawkes Bay	20	13	15	13	8
Taranaki	8	7	6	4	11
Manawatu / Wanganui	19	17	17	17	22
Wellington	12	17	9	9	9
Nelson / Marlborough	4	4	5	5	8
West Coast	5	4	3	5	2
Canterbury	27	24	22	22	16
Otago	7	6	12	11	4
Southland	3	5	3	7	8
Total	232	192	201	197	213

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: 5 July 2009