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, 2 September 2010 *

	Year from 1 Jan		12 months to 02/09
	2009	2010	2009	2010
Casualty Types:
Drivers	135	123	191	180
Passengers	73	68	105	98
Motor Cycle Riders	30	33	52	49
Motor Cycle Pillions	-	3	1	5
Pedestrians	23	20	32	28
Pedal Cyclists	6	5	9	7
Other	2	3	4	3
Casualty Ages:
0-14 yrs	18	13	23	17
15-19 yrs	39	36	57	48
20-24 yrs	35	39	55	58
25-39 yrs	65	51	94	76
40-59 yrs	57	55	83	85
60 + yrs	54	61	80	86
unknown	1	-	2	-
Total Killed During:
January	33	38
February	36	30
March	36	32
April	45	42
May	37	38
June	25	19
July	31	34
August	26	21
September	-	1
October	-	-
November	-	-
December	-	-
Total	269	255	394	370

Fatal road crashes in New Zealand as at Thursday, 2 September 2010 *

	Year from 1 Jan		12 months to 02/09
	2009	2010	2009	2010
Total Crashes During:
January	30	33
February	30	28
March	31	32
April	39	35
May	31	34
June	22	18
July	28	28
August	23	20
September	-	1
October	-	-
November	-	-
December	-	-
Total	234	229	347	332

Weekly road deaths update by Local Government Region as at midnight Monday, 30 August 2010 *

Local Government Region	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Northland	17	21	17	24	17
Auckland	52	31	38	51	34
Waikato	43	66	51	59	42
Bay of Plenty	18	29	25	18	28
Gisborne & Hawkes Bay	19	18	14	14	16
Taranaki	9	7	4	16	8
Manawatu / Wanganui	21	27	21	24	26
Wellington	25	11	13	15	7
Nelson / Marlborough	5	6	5	8	20
West Coast	4	4	5	2	2
Canterbury	26	30	26	19	34
Otago	10	15	12	7	13
Southland	6	5	9	12	7
Total	255	270	240	269	254

More detailed data from the Ministry of Transport

• 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