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, 6 November 2009 *

	Year from 1 Jan		12 months to 06/11
	2008	2009	2008	2009
Casualty Types:
Drivers	129	163	162	196
Passengers	88	87	108	103
Motor Cycle Riders	35	39	45	52
Motor Cycle Pillions	2	2	4	3
Pedestrians	26	28	33	33
Pedal Cyclists	9	8	12	9
Other	6	2	7	3
Casualty Ages:
0-14 yrs	21	21	27	23
15-19 yrs	47	48	57	57
20-24 yrs	48	44	64	55
25-39 yrs	68	75	79	92
40-59 yrs	56	73	73	87
60 + yrs	52	67	68	83
unknown	3	1	3	2
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	21
November	5	2
December	-	-
Total	295	329	371	399

Fatal road crashes in New Zealand as at Friday, 6 November 2009 *

	Year from 1 Jan		12 months to 06/11
	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	19
November	5	2
December	-	-
Total	265	284	331	349

Weekly road deaths update by Local Government Region as at midnight Tuesday, 3 November 2009 *

Local Government Region	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Northland	18	24	26	24	28
Auckland	61	69	43	41	59
Waikato	85	51	78	59	69
Bay of Plenty	16	25	31	27	23
Gisborne & Hawkes Bay	40	27	28	17	18
Taranaki	11	12	8	6	16
Manawatu / Wanganui	25	28	32	24	32
Wellington	17	28	13	18	17
Nelson / Marlborough	5	7	9	6	12
West Coast	5	4	5	8	4
Canterbury	37	33	41	35	26
Otago	13	12	20	17	11
Southland	5	9	6	10	14
Total	338	329	340	292	329

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: 8 November 2009