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, 5 September 2008 *

	Year from 1 Jan		12 months to 05/09
	2007	2008	2007	2008
Casualty Types:
Drivers	134	106	196	174
Passengers	78	72	118	113
Motor Cycle Riders	22	26	33	40
Motor Cycle Pillions	1	2	2	5
Pedestrians	27	21	42	39
Pedal Cyclists	8	7	12	11
Other	2	6	2	7
Casualty Ages:
0-14 yrs	14	18	27	31
15-19 yrs	42	38	63	61
20-24 yrs	44	40	55	64
25-39 yrs	68	57	95	86
40-59 yrs	61	43	88	71
60 + yrs	43	41	77	73
unknown	-	3	-	3
Total Killed During:
January	39	35
February	19	41
March	39	32
April	38	28
May	28	32
June	38	29
July	38	20
August	31	22
September	2	1
October	-	-
November	-	-
December	-	-
Total	272	240	405	389

Fatal road crashes in New Zealand as at Friday, 5 September 2008 *

	Year from 1 Jan		12 months to 05/09
	2007	2008	2007	2008
Total Crashes During:
January	35	34
February	19	35
March	36	26
April	32	27
May	24	30
June	35	26
July	35	20
August	28	18
September	2	1
October	-	-
November	-	-
December	-	-
Total	246	217	359	346

Weekly road deaths update by Local Government Region as at midnight Tuesday, 2 September 2008 *

Local Government Region	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Northland	23	16	17	22	17
Auckland	64	49	55	32	40
Waikato	38	75	40	66	49
Bay of Plenty	26	14	18	29	25
Gisborne & Hawkes Bay	13	29	19	17	14
Taranaki	8	11	9	7	4
Manawatu / Wanganui	21	22	22	27	21
Wellington	22	14	25	11	12
Nelson / Marlborough	17	4	5	6	5
West Coast	9	5	4	4	5
Canterbury	35	32	26	30	26
Otago	14	13	10	15	12
Southland	6	4	6	5	9
Total	296	288	256	271	239

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: 9 September 2008