# 2025 crashes in Christchurch

1,866 crashes police-reported on Christchurch roads in 2025, 689 hurt somebody, 5 people killed, 121 seriously hurt, 698 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 2024 for injury crashes._

## Severity

- fatal, 4
- serious, 115
- minor, 570
- damage only, 1,177

## Speed zones

- 0 km/h, 14
- 10 km/h, 1
- 20 km/h, 1
- 30 km/h, 72
- 40 km/h, 30
- 50 km/h, 1,311, 2 killed
- 60 km/h, 258, 3 killed
- 70 km/h, 30
- 80 km/h, 70
- 100 km/h, 71
- 110 km/h, 8

_Posted speed limit where the crash was recorded._

## The roads it named most

- Brougham Street, 43, 2 serious
- Moorhouse Avenue, 39, 2 serious
- Christchurch Southern Motorway, 38, 2 serious
- Curletts Road, 35, 1 serious
- Main South Road, 34, 3 serious
- Linwood Avenue, 32, 3 serious
- Bealey Avenue, 32, 1 serious
- Ferry Road, 31, 5 serious
- Fitzgerald Avenue, 31, 3 serious
- Riccarton Road, 28, 2 serious

The corner the year kept returning to: [Halswell Junction Road & Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/halswell-junction-road-and-springs-road), 15 crashes that year.

## The corners it kept returning to

- [Halswell Junction Road & Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/halswell-junction-road-and-springs-road), 15
- [Christchurch Southern Motorway & Wrights Road Obr](https://www.chch.live/crashes/christchurch-southern-motorway-and-wrights-road-obr), 10, 1 serious
- [Fitzgerald Avenue & Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/fitzgerald-avenue-and-gloucester-street), 9
- [Curletts Road & Curletts Road Off Ramp](https://www.chch.live/crashes/curletts-road-and-curletts-road-off-ramp), 9
- [Marshland Road & Queen Elizabeth II Drive](https://www.chch.live/crashes/marshland-road-and-queen-elizabeth-ii-drive), 8
- [Blenheim Road & Curletts Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/blenheim-road-and-curletts-road), 8, 1 serious
- [Buckleys Road & Linwood Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/buckleys-road-and-linwood-avenue), 7, 1 serious
- [Awatea Obr & Christchurch Southern Motorway](https://www.chch.live/crashes/awatea-obr-and-christchurch-southern-motorway), 7, 1 serious

_The two roads a crash named together, ranked._

## Where they happened

- [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 158
- [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/sydenham), 94
- [Addington](https://www.chch.live/addington), 91
- [Hornby](https://www.chch.live/hornby), 70
- [Linwood](https://www.chch.live/linwood), 64
- [Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/riccarton), 62
- [Halswell](https://www.chch.live/halswell), 53
- [Waltham](https://www.chch.live/waltham), 50
- [Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/sockburn), 50
- [Burnside](https://www.chch.live/burnside), 39

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

## Who was involved

- people on bicycles, 125
- motorcycles & mopeds, 111
- people walking, 107
- trucks, 93
- buses, 43

_92% urban. 17% on a state highway. 1,853 named a corner or a second road. 103 fell on a holiday, Christmas / New Year 47, Queen's Birthday 22, Easter 19, Labour Weekend 15._

## What they hit

- a parked vehicle, 233
- a post or pole, 105
- a fence, 100
- a guard rail, 80
- a tree, 77
- a traffic sign, 59
- a traffic island, 48
- a bank or cliff face, 30

## The weather it happened in

- fine, 1,535
- light rain, 221
- heavy rain, 57
- mist or fog, 19
- snow, 1
- hail or sleet, 1

_A second condition rode some of them, frost on 33, strong wind on 22._

## How the crossing was controlled

- no marked control, 1,065
- traffic signals, 368
- a give way, 310
- a stop sign, 119
- pedestrian signals, 4

## The road itself

- 2 lanes, 1,466
- 4 lanes, 148
- 3 lanes, 147
- 1 lane, 45
- 6 lanes, 23
- 5 lanes, 18
- 8 lanes, 2

_The way the road ran: 1,444 on a two-way road, 408 on a one-way street, 13 on off the road. 91 on a hill road. 10 off the sealed road. uncommon spots: 25 a motorway ramp, 13 an overpass, 13 on a bridge, 10 a rail crossing, 9 an underpass. roadworks marked 5, a temporary speed limit 30, an advisory speed 30._

## The vehicles on the day

- cars & station wagons, 1,617
- vans & utes, 298
- SUVs, 213
- unrecorded vehicles, 41
- taxis, 15
- other vehicles, 2
- school buses, 2

## The way they were travelling

- heading south, 286
- heading north, 236
- heading east, 207
- heading west, 202

_The street lights were on for 561, off for 995 and absent for 150._

## The people who died, 5

Every fatal crash in the record in 2025, the roads it named:

- [Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/street/hei-hei/buchanans-road) at [Hei Hei Road](https://www.chch.live/street/hei-hei/hei-hei-road)
- [Christchurch Akaroa Road](https://www.chch.live/street/little-river/christchurch-akaroa-road) at Red Johns Crescent, 2 people
- [Halswell Road](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/halswell-road) at [Parklea Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/parklea-avenue)
- [Halswell Road](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/halswell-road) at [Augustine Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/augustine-drive)

## Questions, answered briefly

**How many crashes were there in Christchurch in 2025?**

1,866 police-reported crashes, 689 hurt somebody, 5 people killed and 121 people were seriously hurt, 698 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 2025?**

[Halswell Junction Road and Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/halswell-junction-road-and-springs-road), 15 crashes that year.

**Which suburb had the most crashes in 2025?**

[Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 158 crashes, read from each crash’s coordinates against the suburb outlines.

**Where and when did 2025’s crashes cluster?**

17% were on a state highway. 103 fell on a holiday (Christmas / New Year 47, Queen's Birthday 22, Easter 19, Labour Weekend 15).

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HTML: https://www.chch.live/crashes/2025
Whole record: https://www.chch.live/crashes
Source: NZTA Crash Analysis System (CAS), police-reported crashes