# 2023 crashes in Christchurch 2,047 crashes police-reported on Christchurch roads in 2023, 685 hurt somebody, 9 people killed, 151 seriously hurt, 685 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. _no change from 2022 for injury crashes._ ## Severity - fatal, 8 - serious, 132 - minor, 545 - damage only, 1,362 ## Speed zones - 0 km/h, 10 - 5 km/h, 1 - 10 km/h, 6 - 20 km/h, 2 - 30 km/h, 74 - 40 km/h, 35 - 50 km/h, 1,447, 5 killed - 60 km/h, 299, 1 killed - 70 km/h, 32 - 80 km/h, 83, 1 killed - 100 km/h, 58, 2 killed _Posted speed limit where the crash was recorded._ ## The roads it named most - Moorhouse Avenue, 45, 1 serious - Blenheim Road, 44, 1 killed, 2 serious - Curletts Road, 41, 6 serious - Main South Road, 40 - Riccarton Road, 37, 2 serious - Ferry Road, 36, 4 serious - Bealey Avenue, 33, 1 serious - Brougham Street, 32, 3 serious - Colombo Street, 32, 2 serious - Christchurch Southern Motorway, 30 The corner the year kept returning to: [Blenheim Road & Curletts Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/blenheim-road-and-curletts-road), 17 crashes that year. ## The corners it kept returning to - [Blenheim Road & Curletts Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/blenheim-road-and-curletts-road), 17, 1 killed, 1 serious - [Barbadoes Street & Bealey Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/barbadoes-street-and-bealey-avenue), 9 - [Queen Elizabeth II Drive & Queen Elizabeth II Drive On Ramp](https://www.chch.live/crashes/queen-elizabeth-ii-drive-and-queen-elizabeth-ii-drive-on-ramp), 9, 1 serious - [Blenheim Road & Matipo Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/blenheim-road-and-matipo-street), 9, 2 serious - [Curletts Road & Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/curletts-road-and-main-south-road), 8 - [Marshland Road & Queen Elizabeth II Drive](https://www.chch.live/crashes/marshland-road-and-queen-elizabeth-ii-drive), 8 - [Halswell Junction Road & Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/halswell-junction-road-and-springs-road), 8 - [Blenheim Road & Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/blenheim-road-and-main-south-road), 8 _The two roads a crash named together, ranked._ ## Where they happened - [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 208 - [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/sydenham), 101 - [Addington](https://www.chch.live/addington), 91 - [Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/riccarton), 78 - [Hornby](https://www.chch.live/hornby), 74 - [Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/sockburn), 71 - [Linwood](https://www.chch.live/linwood), 68 - [Waltham](https://www.chch.live/waltham), 60 - [Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton), 47 - [Ilam](https://www.chch.live/ilam), 46 _Suburb is read from each crash’s coordinates, the outline its point falls inside._ ## Who was involved - people on bicycles, 137 - motorcycles & mopeds, 127 - people walking, 113 - trucks, 82 - buses, 26 _93% urban. 16% on a state highway. 2,033 named a corner or a second road. 99 fell on a holiday, Christmas / New Year 47, Easter 20, Queen's Birthday 19, Labour Weekend 13._ ## What they hit - a parked vehicle, 268 - a fence, 162 - a post or pole, 106 - a tree, 91 - a traffic sign, 79 - a traffic island, 59 - a guard rail, 57 - a kerb, 44 ## The weather it happened in - fine, 1,711 - light rain, 247 - heavy rain, 58 - mist or fog, 21 - hail or sleet, 3 - snow, 1 _A second condition rode some of them, strong wind on 40, frost on 18._ ## How the crossing was controlled - no marked control, 1,083 - traffic signals, 476 - a give way, 367 - a stop sign, 114 - not recorded, 4 - pedestrian signals, 3 ## The road itself - 2 lanes, 1,548 - 4 lanes, 193 - 3 lanes, 166 - 1 lane, 76 - 6 lanes, 31 - 5 lanes, 10 - 7 lanes, 3 _The way the road ran: 1,620 on a two-way road, 413 on a one-way street, 14 on off the road. 105 on a hill road. 18 off the sealed road. uncommon spots: 22 a motorway ramp, 20 on a bridge, 16 an overpass, 11 a speed hump, 5 an underpass. roadworks marked 5, a temporary speed limit 28, an advisory speed 100._ ## The vehicles on the day - cars & station wagons, 1,791 - vans & utes, 308 - SUVs, 219 - unrecorded vehicles, 54 - taxis, 24 - other vehicles, 15 - school buses, 1 - trains, 1 ## The way they were travelling - heading south, 283 - heading north, 262 - heading east, 211 - heading west, 185 _The street lights were on for 644, off for 1,220 and absent for 152._ ## The people who died, 9 Every fatal crash in the record in 2023, the roads it named: - [Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/street/sockburn/blenheim-road) at [Curletts Road](https://www.chch.live/street/sockburn/curletts-road) - [McLeans Island Road](https://www.chch.live/street/harewood/mcleans-island-road) at [McArthurs Road](https://www.chch.live/street/harewood/mcarthurs-road) - Copenhagen Place at [Marion Street](https://www.chch.live/street/hoon-hay/marion-street) - [Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/street/heathcote-valley/tunnel-road) at Horotane Obr, 2 people - [Lake Terrace Road](https://www.chch.live/street/shirley/lake-terrace-road) at [Marshland Road](https://www.chch.live/street/shirley/marshland-road) - [Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/linwood/avonside-drive) at [Woodham Road](https://www.chch.live/street/linwood/woodham-road) - [Greywacke Road](https://www.chch.live/street/harewood/greywacke-road) at Lakes Way - [Barbadoes Street](https://www.chch.live/street/edgeware/barbadoes-street) at [Edgeware Road](https://www.chch.live/street/edgeware/edgeware-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **How many crashes were there in Christchurch in 2023?** 2,047 police-reported crashes, 685 hurt somebody, 9 people killed and 151 people were seriously hurt, 685 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 2023?** [Blenheim Road and Curletts Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/blenheim-road-and-curletts-road), 17 crashes that year. **Which suburb had the most crashes in 2023?** [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 208 crashes, read from each crash’s coordinates against the suburb outlines. **Where and when did 2023’s crashes cluster?** 16% were on a state highway. 99 fell on a holiday (Christmas / New Year 47, Easter 20, Queen's Birthday 19, Labour Weekend 13). --- HTML: https://www.chch.live/crashes/2023 Whole record: https://www.chch.live/crashes Source: NZTA Crash Analysis System (CAS), police-reported crashes