# 2017 crashes in Christchurch

2,224 crashes police-reported on Christchurch roads in 2017, 708 hurt somebody, 17 people killed, 162 seriously hurt, 697 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.

_-5% on 2016 for injury crashes._

## Severity

- fatal, 17
- serious, 144
- minor, 547
- damage only, 1,516

## Speed zones

- 10 km/h, 4, 1 killed
- 20 km/h, 2
- 30 km/h, 42
- 40 km/h, 2
- 50 km/h, 1,586, 11 killed
- 60 km/h, 245, 2 killed
- 70 km/h, 130, 1 killed
- 80 km/h, 96, 1 killed
- 100 km/h, 117, 1 killed

_Posted speed limit where the crash was recorded._

## The roads it named most

- State Highway 1S, 81, 1 killed, 7 serious
- State Highway 76, 77, 1 killed, 6 serious
- State Highway 74, 65, 1 killed, 3 serious
- State Highway 73, 59, 2 serious
- Moorhouse Avenue, 56, 4 serious
- State Highway 75, 53, 12 serious
- Riccarton Road, 49, 4 serious
- Blenheim Road, 46, 7 serious
- Ferry Road, 39, 3 serious
- Bealey Avenue, 33, 1 killed, 1 serious

The corner the year kept returning to: [State Highway 76 & Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/sh-76-and-springs-road), 10 crashes that year.

## The corners it kept returning to

- [State Highway 76 & Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/sh-76-and-springs-road), 10
- [Main South Road & State Highway 73](https://www.chch.live/crashes/main-south-road-and-sh-73), 10
- [Blenheim Road & Matipo Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/blenheim-road-and-matipo-street), 9
- [Durham Street & Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/durham-street-and-moorhouse-avenue), 9, 1 serious
- [State Highway 1S & State Highway 73](https://www.chch.live/crashes/sh-1s-and-sh-73), 8
- [Harewood Road & State Highway 1S](https://www.chch.live/crashes/harewood-road-and-sh-1s), 8
- [Dyers Pass Road & Victoria Park Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/dyers-pass-road-and-victoria-park-road), 8
- [Fitzgerald Avenue & Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/fitzgerald-avenue-and-gloucester-street), 8

_The two roads a crash named together, ranked._

## Where they happened

- [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 196
- [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/sydenham), 117
- [Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/riccarton), 112
- [Addington](https://www.chch.live/addington), 92
- [Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/sockburn), 67
- [Hornby](https://www.chch.live/hornby), 64
- [Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton), 62
- [Linwood](https://www.chch.live/linwood), 53
- [Woolston](https://www.chch.live/woolston), 52
- [Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans), 50

_Suburb is read from each crash’s coordinates, the outline its point falls inside._

## Who was involved

- people on bicycles, 151
- trucks, 139
- motorcycles & mopeds, 93
- people walking, 73
- buses, 30

_90% urban. 19% on a state highway. 2,224 named a corner or a second road. 122 fell on a holiday, Christmas / New Year 59, Queen's Birthday 23, Easter 22, Labour Weekend 18._

## What they hit

- a parked vehicle, 255
- a fence, 161
- a post or pole, 159
- a tree, 81
- a traffic sign, 54
- a traffic island, 53
- a guard rail, 46
- a ditch, 32

## The weather it happened in

- fine, 1,822
- light rain, 284
- heavy rain, 67
- mist or fog, 38
- snow, 1

_A second condition rode some of them, strong wind on 61, frost on 40._

## How the crossing was controlled

- not recorded, 956
- traffic signals, 507
- a give way, 364
- no marked control, 267
- a stop sign, 130

## The road itself

- 2 lanes, 1,676
- 4 lanes, 233
- 3 lanes, 150
- 1 lane, 72
- 6 lanes, 39
- 5 lanes, 32
- 8 lanes, 8

_The way the road ran: 1,848 on a two-way road, 361 on a one-way street, 13 on off the road. 113 on a hill road. 9 off the sealed road. uncommon spots: 26 on a bridge, 18 a motorway ramp, 3 a rail crossing. roadworks marked 3, a temporary speed limit 46, an advisory speed 38._

## The vehicles on the day

- cars & station wagons, 2,005
- vans & utes, 404
- SUVs, 216
- other vehicles, 7
- taxis, 3

## The way they were travelling

- heading south, 313
- heading north, 306
- heading west, 269
- heading east, 265

_The street lights were on for 632, off for 164 and absent for 72._

## The people who died, 17

Every fatal crash in the record in 2017, the roads it named:

- [Huxley Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/huxley-street) at [Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/colombo-street)
- [Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/cashmere-road) at Hoon Hay Valley Road
- [Cranford Street](https://www.chch.live/street/redwood/cranford-street) at [Fraser Street](https://www.chch.live/street/redwood/fraser-street)
- State Highway 1S at [Dickeys Road](https://www.chch.live/street/belfast/dickeys-road)
- [Kellys Road](https://www.chch.live/street/mairehau/kellys-road) at [Greenfield Place](https://www.chch.live/street/mairehau/greenfield-place)
- [Innes Road](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-albans/innes-road) at [Cranford Street](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-albans/cranford-street)
- [Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/street/linwood/worcester-street) at [Tancred Street](https://www.chch.live/street/linwood/tancred-street)
- [Forfar Street](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-albans/forfar-street) at [Warrington Street](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-albans/warrington-street)
- [Parklands Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/huntsbury/parklands-drive) at [Conifer Place](https://www.chch.live/street/huntsbury/conifer-place)
- State Highway 76 at [Selwyn Street](https://www.chch.live/street/addington/selwyn-street)
- Z Cpk Westlake Drive at Hemingford Place
- [Radley Street](https://www.chch.live/street/woolston/radley-street) at [Ashmole Street](https://www.chch.live/street/woolston/ashmole-street)
- [Roydvale Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/burnside/roydvale-avenue) at [Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/burnside/memorial-avenue)
- [Onuku Road](https://www.chch.live/street/akaroa/onuku-road) at [Stanley Place](https://www.chch.live/street/akaroa/stanley-place)
- [Bealey Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/bealey-avenue) at [Bishop Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/bishop-street)
- [Main Road](https://www.chch.live/street/clifton/main-road) at Shag Rock
- State Highway 74 at Stillwater Avenue

## Questions, answered briefly

**How many crashes were there in Christchurch in 2017?**

2,224 police-reported crashes, 708 hurt somebody, 17 people killed and 162 people were seriously hurt, 697 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 2017?**

[State Highway 76 and Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/sh-76-and-springs-road), 10 crashes that year.

**Which suburb had the most crashes in 2017?**

[Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 196 crashes, read from each crash’s coordinates against the suburb outlines.

**Where and when did 2017’s crashes cluster?**

19% were on a state highway. 122 fell on a holiday (Christmas / New Year 59, Queen's Birthday 23, Easter 22, Labour Weekend 18).

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HTML: https://www.chch.live/crashes/2017
Whole record: https://www.chch.live/crashes
Source: NZTA Crash Analysis System (CAS), police-reported crashes