# 2007 crashes in Christchurch 3,089 crashes police-reported on Christchurch roads in 2007, 1,069 hurt somebody, 13 people killed, 220 seriously hurt, 1,153 minor injuries. From NZTA’s Crash Analysis System, crashes a police officer wrote up. Damage-only and minor crashes are underreported everywhere; the killed and seriously-hurt numbers are the ones that hold. _the worst year for injury crashes on the record, +14% on 2006 for injury crashes._ ## Severity - fatal, 12 - serious, 204 - minor, 853 - damage only, 2,020 ## Speed zones - 20 km/h, 27 - 30 km/h, 23, 1 killed - 40 km/h, 1 - 50 km/h, 2,422, 4 killed - 60 km/h, 265, 7 killed - 70 km/h, 108 - 80 km/h, 134, 1 killed - 100 km/h, 109 _Posted speed limit where the crash was recorded._ ## The roads it named most - State Highway 74, 81, 1 killed, 5 serious - Riccarton Road, 81, 2 serious - Moorhouse Avenue, 80, 4 serious - Ferry Road, 73, 7 serious - State Highway 1S, 66, 6 serious - Manchester Street, 64, 3 serious - Blenheim Road, 64, 3 serious - Colombo Street, 63, 2 serious - State Highway 73, 51, 1 killed, 7 serious - State Highway 76, 47, 2 killed, 3 serious The corner the year kept returning to: [Marshland Road & State Highway 74](https://www.chch.live/crashes/marshland-road-and-sh-74), 16 crashes that year. ## The corners it kept returning to - [Marshland Road & State Highway 74](https://www.chch.live/crashes/marshland-road-and-sh-74), 16, 1 serious - [Deans Avenue & Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/deans-avenue-and-riccarton-avenue), 13 - [Bealey Avenue & Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/bealey-avenue-and-manchester-street), 13 - [Durham Street & Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/durham-street-and-moorhouse-avenue), 12 - [Blenheim Road & Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/blenheim-road-and-main-south-road), 12, 1 serious - [Lincoln Road & Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/lincoln-road-and-moorhouse-avenue), 11 - [Fitzgerald Avenue & Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/fitzgerald-avenue-and-hereford-street), 10 - [Blenheim Road & Whiteleigh Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/blenheim-road-and-whiteleigh-avenue), 9 _The two roads a crash named together, ranked._ ## Where they happened - [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 459 - [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/sydenham), 165 - [Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/riccarton), 125 - [Addington](https://www.chch.live/addington), 117 - [Linwood](https://www.chch.live/linwood), 105 - [Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/sockburn), 92 - [Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton), 89 - [Hornby](https://www.chch.live/hornby), 85 - [Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans), 81 - [Waltham](https://www.chch.live/waltham), 75 _Suburb is read from each crash’s coordinates, the outline its point falls inside._ ## Who was involved - people on bicycles, 201 - motorcycles & mopeds, 168 - trucks, 161 - people walking, 111 - buses, 65 _92% urban. 14% on a state highway. 3,089 named a corner or a second road. 154 fell on a holiday, Easter 48, Christmas / New Year 47, Labour Weekend 31, Queen's Birthday 28._ ## What they hit - a parked vehicle, 353 - a post or pole, 238 - a fence, 189 - a tree, 95 - a traffic island, 81 - a traffic sign, 74 - a kerb, 65 - a house or building, 42 ## The weather it happened in - fine, 2,596 - light rain, 371 - heavy rain, 79 - mist or fog, 42 _A second condition rode some of them, strong wind on 17, frost on 17._ ## How the crossing was controlled - not recorded, 1,161 - traffic signals, 707 - a give way, 541 - no marked control, 474 - a stop sign, 204 - a school patrol, 2 ## The road itself - 2 lanes, 2,100 - 4 lanes, 454 - 3 lanes, 167 - 6 lanes, 148 - 1 lane, 123 - 5 lanes, 40 - 8 lanes, 2 _The way the road ran: 2,877 on a two-way road, 157 on a one-way street, 55 on off the road. 126 on a hill road. 11 off the sealed road. uncommon spots: 30 on a bridge, 3 a rail crossing. roadworks marked 0, a temporary speed limit 9, an advisory speed 27._ ## The vehicles on the day - cars & station wagons, 2,820 - SUVs, 448 - vans & utes, 281 - taxis, 45 - other vehicles, 4 ## The way they were travelling - heading east, 391 - heading north, 390 - heading south, 382 - heading west, 378 _The street lights were on for 916, off for 86 and absent for 70._ ## The people who died, 13 Every fatal crash in the record in 2007, the roads it named: - State Highway 73 at [Cutts Road](https://www.chch.live/street/russley/cutts-road) - [Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/street/brooklands/lower-styx-road) at [Earlham Street](https://www.chch.live/street/brooklands/earlham-street) - [Barbadoes Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/barbadoes-street) at [Chester Street East](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/chester-st-east) - [Linwood Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/bromley/linwood-avenue) at Tilford Street - [Gebbies Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/street/governors-bay/gebbies-pass-road) at Governors Bay Teddington - State Highway 76 at [Gasson Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/gasson-street), 2 people - [Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/street/edgeware/hills-road) at Dudley Street - State Highway 74 Main North at Northcote Road - [Cranford Street](https://www.chch.live/street/papanui/cranford-street) at [Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/street/papanui/main-north-road) - Z Cpk Airport at Dury Road - State Highway 74 at [Lowry Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/redwood/lowry-avenue) - [Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/street/yaldhurst/buchanans-road) at [Gilberthorpes Road](https://www.chch.live/street/yaldhurst/gilberthorpes-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **How many crashes were there in Christchurch in 2007?** 3,089 police-reported crashes, 1,069 hurt somebody, 13 people killed and 220 people were seriously hurt, 1,153 minor injuries. The police crash record counts crashes where someone was hurt or a report was filed, most minor bumps never reach it. **What was the worst corner in Christchurch in 2007?** [Marshland Road and State Highway 74](https://www.chch.live/crashes/marshland-road-and-sh-74), 16 crashes that year. **Which suburb had the most crashes in 2007?** [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 459 crashes, read from each crash’s coordinates against the suburb outlines. **Where and when did 2007’s crashes cluster?** 14% were on a state highway. 154 fell on a holiday (Easter 48, Christmas / New Year 47, Labour Weekend 31, Queen's Birthday 28). --- HTML: https://www.chch.live/crashes/2007 Whole record: https://www.chch.live/crashes Source: NZTA Crash Analysis System (CAS), police-reported crashes