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, 30 July 2010 *

	Year from 1 Jan		12 months to 30/07
	2009	2010	2009	2010
Casualty Types:
Drivers	118	111	184	185
Passengers	68	58	106	93
Motor Cycle Riders	28	29	54	47
Motor Cycle Pillions	-	3	2	5
Pedestrians	22	17	31	26
Pedal Cyclists	5	5	11	8
Other	2	3	4	3
Casualty Ages:
0-14 yrs	17	12	23	17
15-19 yrs	38	35	58	48
20-24 yrs	34	34	61	54
25-39 yrs	56	42	89	76
40-59 yrs	52	51	83	86
60 + yrs	46	52	77	85
unknown	-	-	1	1
Total Killed During:
January	33	38
February	36	30
March	36	32
April	45	42
May	37	38
June	25	20
July	31	26
August	-	-
September	-	-
October	-	-
November	-	-
December	-	-
Total	243	226	392	367

Fatal road crashes in New Zealand as at Friday, 30 July 2010 *

	Year from 1 Jan		12 months to 30/07
	2009	2010	2009	2010
Total Crashes During:
January	30	33
February	30	28
March	31	32
April	39	35
May	31	34
June	22	19
July	28	23
August	2	-
September	-	-
October	-	-
November	-	-
December	-	-
Total	213	204	344	328

Weekly road deaths update by Local Government Region as at midnight Monday, 26 July 2010 *

Local Government Region	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Northland	13	20	13	20	15
Auckland	43	27	33	48	32
Waikato	37	55	45	52	38
Bay of Plenty	13	24	23	16	26
Gisborne & Hawkes Bay	15	15	13	9	14
Taranaki	8	7	4	14	7
Manawatu / Wanganui	17	23	18	23	21
Wellington	19	9	11	13	7
Nelson / Marlborough	4	6	5	8	20
West Coast	4	3	5	2	2
Canterbury	25	23	24	18	24
Otago	8	14	11	7	12
Southland	5	5	8	12	6
Total	211	231	213	242	224

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