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 Thursday, 24 July 2008 *

	Year from 1 Jan		12 months to 24/07
	2007	2008	2007	2008
Casualty Types:
Drivers	114	97	207	186
Passengers	61	62	110	120
Motor Cycle Riders	20	20	35	36
Motor Cycle Pillions	1	1	3	4
Pedestrians	24	22	44	43
Pedal Cyclists	7	4	11	9
Other	2	6	2	7
Casualty Ages:
0-14 yrs	12	17	27	32
15-19 yrs	31	35	67	69
20-24 yrs	41	32	59	59
25-39 yrs	57	49	93	89
40-59 yrs	50	40	89	80
60 + yrs	38	35	77	72
unknown	-	4	-	4
Total Killed During:
January	39	35
February	19	41
March	39	33
April	38	28
May	28	33
June	38	29
July	28	13
August	-	-
September	-	-
October	-	-
November	-	-
December	-	-
Total	229	212	412	405

Fatal road crashes in New Zealand as at Thursday, 24 July 2008 *

	Year from 1 Jan		12 months to 24/07
	2007	2008	2007	2008
Total Crashes During:
January	35	34
February	19	35
March	36	27
April	32	27
May	24	31
June	35	26
July	25	13
August	-	-
September	-	-
October	-	-
November	-	-
December	-	-
Total	206	193	362	363

Weekly road deaths update by Local Government Region as at midnight Tuesday, 22 July 2008 *

Local Government Region	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Northland	22	11	13	20	13
Auckland	53	45	46	28	35
Waikato	32	68	34	54	43
Bay of Plenty	20	11	13	23	20
Gisborne & Hawkes Bay	13	22	15	14	13
Taranaki	7	8	8	7	4
Manawatu / Wanganui	17	21	17	23	18
Wellington	17	14	19	9	11
Nelson / Marlborough	13	4	4	6	5
West Coast	7	5	4	3	5
Canterbury	29	29	25	23	26
Otago	14	8	7	14	11
Southland	5	4	5	5	8
Total	249	250	210	229	212

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.

* Running total

Source: Research & Statistics, Ministry of Transport

Last updated: 24 July 2008