# 2024 crashes in Christchurch 1,837 crashes police-reported on Christchurch roads in 2024, 647 hurt somebody, 8 people killed, 121 seriously hurt, 692 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. _-6% on 2023 for injury crashes._ ## Severity - fatal, 8 - serious, 110 - minor, 529 - damage only, 1,190 ## Speed zones - 0 km/h, 8, 1 killed - 10 km/h, 2 - 20 km/h, 1 - 30 km/h, 72 - 40 km/h, 24 - 50 km/h, 1,284, 4 killed - 60 km/h, 275, 3 killed - 70 km/h, 27 - 80 km/h, 88 - 100 km/h, 56 _Posted speed limit where the crash was recorded._ ## The roads it named most - Main South Road, 38, 1 serious - Riccarton Road, 35, 1 killed - Fitzgerald Avenue, 34, 5 serious - Blenheim Road, 33, 1 killed, 3 serious - Brougham Street, 30, 1 serious - Queen Elizabeth II Drive, 29 - Bealey Avenue, 28, 1 serious - Main North Road, 27 - Johns Road, 25, 1 serious - Ferry Road, 25, 5 serious The corner the year kept returning to: [Blenheim Road & Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/blenheim-road-and-main-south-road), 10 crashes that year. ## The corners it kept returning to - [Blenheim Road & Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/blenheim-road-and-main-south-road), 10 - [Marshland Road & Queen Elizabeth II Drive](https://www.chch.live/crashes/marshland-road-and-queen-elizabeth-ii-drive), 9 - [Barbadoes Street & Bealey Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/barbadoes-street-and-bealey-avenue), 9 - [Fitzgerald Avenue & Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/fitzgerald-avenue-and-hereford-street), 9 - [Harewood Road & Johns Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/harewood-road-and-johns-road), 9 - [Fitzgerald Avenue & Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/fitzgerald-avenue-and-gloucester-street), 8 - [Acheron Drive & Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/acheron-drive-and-blenheim-road), 8 - [Fitzgerald Avenue & Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/fitzgerald-avenue-and-tuam-street), 7, 1 serious _The two roads a crash named together, ranked._ ## Where they happened - [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 210 - [Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/riccarton), 81 - [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/sydenham), 76 - [Addington](https://www.chch.live/addington), 65 - [Hornby](https://www.chch.live/hornby), 62 - [Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/sockburn), 55 - [Linwood](https://www.chch.live/linwood), 52 - [Woolston](https://www.chch.live/woolston), 46 - [Burnside](https://www.chch.live/burnside), 45 - [Harewood](https://www.chch.live/harewood), 41 _Suburb is read from each crash’s coordinates, the outline its point falls inside._ ## Who was involved - people on bicycles, 128 - motorcycles & mopeds, 111 - people walking, 107 - trucks, 72 - buses, 36 _92% urban. 16% on a state highway. 1,829 named a corner or a second road. 86 fell on a holiday, Christmas / New Year 34, Queen's Birthday 21, Labour Weekend 17, Easter 14._ ## What they hit - a parked vehicle, 247 - a fence, 132 - a post or pole, 121 - a tree, 74 - a guard rail, 62 - a traffic sign, 59 - a traffic island, 53 - a bank or cliff face, 38 ## The weather it happened in - fine, 1,563 - light rain, 195 - heavy rain, 26 - mist or fog, 20 _A second condition rode some of them, strong wind on 28, frost on 24._ ## How the crossing was controlled - no marked control, 999 - traffic signals, 404 - a give way, 321 - a stop sign, 106 - pedestrian signals, 6 - a pointsman, 1 ## The road itself - 2 lanes, 1,435 - 3 lanes, 172 - 4 lanes, 119 - 1 lane, 58 - 6 lanes, 20 - 5 lanes, 16 - 8 lanes, 2 _The way the road ran: 1,424 on a two-way road, 403 on a one-way street, 8 on off the road. 108 on a hill road. 17 off the sealed road. uncommon spots: 17 a motorway ramp, 15 on a bridge, 9 a rail crossing, 9 an overpass, 6 an underpass. roadworks marked 1, a temporary speed limit 30, an advisory speed 57._ ## The vehicles on the day - cars & station wagons, 1,581 - vans & utes, 280 - SUVs, 274 - unrecorded vehicles, 50 - taxis, 24 - other vehicles, 10 - trains, 1 ## The way they were travelling - heading south, 264 - heading north, 259 - heading west, 196 - heading east, 174 _The street lights were on for 542, off for 1,024 and absent for 170._ ## The people who died, 8 Every fatal crash in the record in 2024, the roads it named: - [Highsted Road](https://www.chch.live/street/casebrook/highsted-road) at [Styx Mill Road](https://www.chch.live/street/casebrook/styx-mill-road) - Off Road - Car Park - [Riccarton Road](https://www.chch.live/street/riccarton/riccarton-road) at [Bartlett Street](https://www.chch.live/street/riccarton/bartlett-street) - [Hampshire Street](https://www.chch.live/street/aranui/hampshire-street) at [Cheriton Street](https://www.chch.live/street/aranui/cheriton-street) - [Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/street/sockburn/blenheim-road) at [Cable Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sockburn/cable-street) - [Head Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sumner/head-street) at [Nayland Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sumner/nayland-street) - [Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/street/sumner/summit-road) at [Evans Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/street/sumner/evans-pass-road) - [Christchurch Akaroa Road](https://www.chch.live/street/little-river/christchurch-akaroa-road) at Puaha Road ## Questions, answered briefly **How many crashes were there in Christchurch in 2024?** 1,837 police-reported crashes, 647 hurt somebody, 8 people killed and 121 people were seriously hurt, 692 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 2024?** [Blenheim Road and Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/blenheim-road-and-main-south-road), 10 crashes that year. **Which suburb had the most crashes in 2024?** [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 210 crashes, read from each crash’s coordinates against the suburb outlines. **Where and when did 2024’s crashes cluster?** 16% were on a state highway. 86 fell on a holiday (Christmas / New Year 34, Queen's Birthday 21, Labour Weekend 17, Easter 14). --- HTML: https://www.chch.live/crashes/2024 Whole record: https://www.chch.live/crashes Source: NZTA Crash Analysis System (CAS), police-reported crashes