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 Wednesday, 7 January 2009 *

	Year from 1 Jan		12 months to 07/01
	2008	2009	2008	2009
Casualty Types:
Drivers	2	5	203	166
Passengers	4	2	122	101
Motor Cycle Riders	2	-	36	46
Motor Cycle Pillions	-	-	4	3
Pedestrians	1	1	46	31
Pedal Cyclists	-	-	12	10
Other	1	-	4	5
Casualty Ages:
0-14 yrs	1	2	28	24
15-19 yrs	2	-	67	54
20-24 yrs	1	1	68	60
25-39 yrs	3	3	99	83
40-59 yrs	3	1	91	67
60 + yrs	-	1	74	70
unknown	-	-	-	4
Total Killed During:
January	10	8
February	-	-
March	-	-
April	-	-
May	-	-
June	-	-
July	-	-
August	-	-
September	-	-
October	-	-
November	-	-
December	-	-
Total	10	8	427	362

Fatal road crashes in New Zealand as at Wednesday, 7 January 2009 *

	Year from 1 Jan		12 months to 07/01
	2008	2009	2008	2009
Total Crashes During:
January	9	6
February	-	-
March	-	-
April	-	-
May	-	-
June	-	-
July	-	-
August	-	-
September	-	-
October	-	-
November	-	-
December	-	-
Total	9	6	380	326

Weekly road deaths update by Local Government Region as at midnight Tuesday, 6 January 2009 *

Local Government Region	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Northland	-	-	1	-	-
Auckland	1	1	-	1	-
Waikato	2	1	-	1	3
Bay of Plenty	-	-	-	3	2
Gisborne & Hawkes Bay	-	-	1	-	-
Taranaki	-	1	-	-	-
Manawatu / Wanganui	-	-	1	-	3
Wellington	-	1	-	1	-
West Coast	-	-	1	1	-
Canterbury	-	4	-	3	-
Southland	-	1	-	-	-
Total	3	9	4	10	8

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: 7 January 2009