# Christchurch’s crash record

16,197 police-reported crashes on Christchurch roads, 2006–2026, 234 fatal, 3,065 serious-injury, 12,898 minor-injury, 28,636 non-injury. Source: NZTA Crash Analysis System (CC BY 4.0).

## Year by year

| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Serious | Minor | Non-injury |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2006 | 941 | 10 | 167 | 991 | 1,982 |
| 2007 | 1,069 | 13 | 220 | 1,153 | 2,020 |
| 2008 | 1,041 | 16 | 219 | 1,075 | 1,733 |
| 2009 | 917 | 13 | 184 | 947 | 1,664 |
| 2010 | 862 | 19 | 228 | 828 | 1,358 |
| 2011 | 739 | 14 | 153 | 772 | 1,270 |
| 2012 | 849 | 7 | 171 | 872 | 1,256 |
| 2013 | 833 | 11 | 182 | 838 | 1,221 |
| 2014 | 835 | 10 | 194 | 819 | 1,288 |
| 2015 | 809 | 18 | 167 | 842 | 1,194 |
| 2016 | 749 | 8 | 159 | 762 | 1,502 |
| 2017 | 708 | 17 | 162 | 697 | 1,516 |
| 2018 | 748 | 23 | 141 | 740 | 1,380 |
| 2019 | 679 | 14 | 148 | 677 | 1,179 |
| 2020 | 620 | 10 | 110 | 598 | 1,250 |
| 2021 | 628 | 15 | 122 | 618 | 1,294 |
| 2022 | 684 | 12 | 132 | 673 | 1,197 |
| 2023 | 685 | 9 | 151 | 685 | 1,362 |
| 2024 | 647 | 8 | 121 | 692 | 1,190 |
| 2025 | 689 | 5 | 121 | 698 | 1,177 |
| 2026 | 465 | 4 | 78 | 455 | 603 |

## Repeat corners

- Dyers Pass Road at Victoria Park Road, 21 crashes, 1 serious
- Dyers Pass Road at Summit Road, 18 crashes, 5 fatal, 2 serious
- Gebbies Pass Road at Summit Road, 18 crashes, 7 serious
- Bealey Avenue at Barbadoes Street, 18 crashes
- Dyers Pass Road at Pentre Terrace, 16 crashes, 5 serious
- Marshland Road at Prestons Road, 15 crashes, 3 serious
- Blenheim Road at Matipo Street, 15 crashes, 5 serious
- Blenheim Road at Acheron Drive, 15 crashes, 2 serious
- Governors Bay Road at Sandy Beach Road, 14 crashes, 8 serious
- Governors Bay Road at Omaru Road, 13 crashes, 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Cranford Street at Fraser Street, 13 crashes, 1 fatal, 4 serious
- Pound Road at McLeans Island Road, 13 crashes, 5 serious
- Moorhouse Avenue at Selwyn Street, 13 crashes, 1 serious
- Fitzgerald Avenue at Gloucester Street, 13 crashes, 2 serious

## Roads with the most crashes

- Ferry Road, 145, 1 fatal, 38 serious
- Riccarton Road, 136, 2 fatal, 19 serious
- Blenheim Road, 133, 6 fatal, 27 serious
- Main North Road, 127, 4 fatal, 24 serious
- Moorhouse Avenue, 122, 13 serious
- Marshland Road, 105, 1 fatal, 22 serious
- Bealey Avenue, 99, 1 fatal, 11 serious
- Dyers Pass Road, 96, 6 fatal, 22 serious
- Linwood Avenue, 95, 1 fatal, 11 serious
- Colombo Street, 94, 14 serious
- Main South Road, 91, 1 fatal, 19 serious
- Fitzgerald Avenue, 86, 18 serious
- Papanui Road, 79, 11 serious
- State Highway 74, 78, 3 fatal, 21 serious

## Who was involved

- bicycle, 2,562 crashes, 30 fatal, 631 serious
- pedestrian, 1,816 crashes, 39 fatal, 539 serious
- motorcycle + moped, 1,983 crashes, 50 fatal, 696 serious

## By suburb

- [Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 651
- [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/sydenham), 362
- [Addington](https://www.chch.live/addington), 304
- [Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/riccarton), 281
- [Hornby](https://www.chch.live/hornby), 200
- [Linwood](https://www.chch.live/linwood), 186
- [Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/sockburn), 172
- [Woolston](https://www.chch.live/woolston), 165
- [Burnside](https://www.chch.live/burnside), 163
- [Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton), 162
- [Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans), 160
- [Waltham](https://www.chch.live/waltham), 160
- [Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/cashmere), 159
- [Ilam](https://www.chch.live/ilam), 152
- [Halswell](https://www.chch.live/halswell), 146

## What they hit

- a parked vehicle, 1,382 crashes
- a post or pole, 915 crashes
- a fence, 751 crashes
- a tree, 573 crashes
- a traffic sign, 312 crashes
- a kerb, 269 crashes
- a traffic island, 246 crashes
- a bank or cliff face, 229 crashes

## The weather it happened in

- fine, 13,960
- light rain, 1,610
- heavy rain, 389
- mist or fog, 196
- snow, 14
- hail or sleet, 3

## How the crossing was controlled

- no marked control, 4,400
- not recorded, 4,140
- traffic signals, 3,575
- a give way, 2,923
- a stop sign, 1,134
- pedestrian signals, 14
- a school patrol, 9
- a pointsman, 2

## The vehicles on the day

- cars & station wagons, 13,478
- SUVs, 2,210
- vans & utes, 2,125
- taxis, 168
- unrecorded vehicles, 58
- other vehicles, 50
- trains, 5
- school buses, 5

## Questions, answered briefly

**How many crashes are on Christchurch’s record?**

44,833 police-reported crashes since 2006, 256 people killed, 3,330 seriously hurt. From NZTA’s Crash Analysis System.

**What was Christchurch’s worst crash year on record?**

2007, 1,069 crashes recorded, 13 people killed. Each year has its own page.

**Are all Christchurch crashes in this record?**

No, the record counts crashes a police officer wrote up. Damage-only and minor bumps are underreported everywhere; the killed and seriously-hurt numbers are the ones that hold.

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