# 2026 crashes in Christchurch 1,068 crashes police-reported on Christchurch roads in 2026, 465 hurt somebody, 4 people killed, 78 seriously hurt, 455 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. _-33% on 2025 for injury crashes._ ## Severity - fatal, 4 - serious, 73 - minor, 388 - damage only, 603 ## Speed zones - 0 km/h, 11 - 10 km/h, 1 - 20 km/h, 1 - 30 km/h, 42 - 40 km/h, 21 - 50 km/h, 750, 2 killed - 60 km/h, 150, 1 killed - 70 km/h, 14 - 80 km/h, 47 - 100 km/h, 28, 1 killed - 110 km/h, 3 _Posted speed limit where the crash was recorded._ ## The roads it named most - Ferry Road, 24, 2 serious - Curletts Road, 22, 2 serious - Riccarton Road, 22 - Linwood Avenue, 22, 2 serious - Main South Road, 19, 2 serious - Moorhouse Avenue, 18, 1 serious - Fitzgerald Avenue, 18 - Main North Road, 17, 1 killed, 5 serious - Christchurch Southern Motorway, 17, 1 serious - Blenheim Road, 17 The corner the year kept returning to: [Curletts Road & Curletts Road Off Ramp](https://www.chch.live/crashes/curletts-road-and-curletts-road-off-ramp), 8 crashes that year. ## The corners it kept returning to - [Curletts Road & Curletts Road Off Ramp](https://www.chch.live/crashes/curletts-road-and-curletts-road-off-ramp), 8, 1 serious - [Hargood Street & Linwood Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/hargood-street-and-linwood-avenue), 6, 1 serious - [Marshland Road & Queen Elizabeth II Drive](https://www.chch.live/crashes/marshland-road-and-queen-elizabeth-ii-drive), 5 - [Halswell Junction Road & Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/halswell-junction-road-and-springs-road), 5 - [Deans Avenue & Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/deans-avenue-and-riccarton-avenue), 4 - [Fitzgerald Avenue & Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/fitzgerald-avenue-and-hereford-street), 4 - [Christchurch Southern Motorway & Wrights Road Obr](https://www.chch.live/crashes/christchurch-southern-motorway-and-wrights-road-obr), 4 - [Blenheim Road & Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/blenheim-road-and-main-south-road), 4, 1 serious _The two roads a crash named together, ranked._ ## Where they happened - [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 101 - [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/sydenham), 49 - [Addington](https://www.chch.live/addington), 45 - [Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/riccarton), 42 - [Hornby](https://www.chch.live/hornby), 38 - [Linwood](https://www.chch.live/linwood), 35 - [Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/sockburn), 32 - [Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans), 25 - [Waltham](https://www.chch.live/waltham), 24 - [Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton), 24 _Suburb is read from each crash’s coordinates, the outline its point falls inside._ ## Who was involved - people on bicycles, 97 - people walking, 83 - motorcycles & mopeds, 78 - trucks, 57 - buses, 21 _93% urban. 13% on a state highway. 1,062 named a corner or a second road. 47 fell on a holiday, Christmas / New Year 19, Easter 16, Queen's Birthday 12._ ## What they hit - a parked vehicle, 149 - a fence, 62 - a post or pole, 55 - a guard rail, 30 - a traffic sign, 30 - a traffic island, 27 - a tree, 26 - a bank or cliff face, 16 ## The weather it happened in - fine, 894 - light rain, 116 - mist or fog, 19 - heavy rain, 16 - hail or sleet, 1 _A second condition rode some of them, strong wind on 20, frost on 17._ ## How the crossing was controlled - no marked control, 603 - traffic signals, 197 - a give way, 194 - a stop sign, 70 - pedestrian signals, 3 - not recorded, 1 ## The road itself - 2 lanes, 850 - 4 lanes, 80 - 3 lanes, 75 - 1 lane, 30 - 5 lanes, 10 - 6 lanes, 8 _The way the road ran: 833 on a two-way road, 220 on a one-way street, 6 on off the road. 49 on a hill road. 8 off the sealed road. uncommon spots: 16 a speed hump, 16 on a bridge, 9 a motorway ramp, 6 an underpass, 3 a rail crossing. roadworks marked 3, a temporary speed limit 14, an advisory speed 12._ ## The vehicles on the day - cars & station wagons, 905 - vans & utes, 160 - SUVs, 142 - unrecorded vehicles, 28 - taxis, 11 - other vehicles, 3 - school buses, 1 ## The way they were travelling - heading west, 146 - heading north, 142 - heading south, 133 - heading east, 124 _The street lights were on for 351, off for 540 and absent for 89._ ## The people who died, 4 Every fatal crash in the record in 2026, the roads it named: - [West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/street/templeton/west-coast-road) at [Miners Road](https://www.chch.live/street/templeton/miners-road) - [Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/street/belfast/main-north-road) at Christchurch Northern Motorway - [Evans Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/street/sumner/evans-pass-road) at [Sumnervale Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/sumner/sumnervale-drive) - [Grahams Road](https://www.chch.live/street/burnside/grahams-road) at [Cranbrook Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/burnside/cranbrook-avenue) ## Questions, answered briefly **How many crashes were there in Christchurch in 2026?** 1,068 police-reported crashes, 465 hurt somebody, 4 people killed and 78 people were seriously hurt, 455 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 2026?** [Curletts Road and Curletts Road Off Ramp](https://www.chch.live/crashes/curletts-road-and-curletts-road-off-ramp), 8 crashes that year. **Which suburb had the most crashes in 2026?** [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 101 crashes, read from each crash’s coordinates against the suburb outlines. **Where and when did 2026’s crashes cluster?** 13% were on a state highway. 47 fell on a holiday (Christmas / New Year 19, Easter 16, Queen's Birthday 12). --- HTML: https://www.chch.live/crashes/2026 Whole record: https://www.chch.live/crashes Source: NZTA Crash Analysis System (CAS), police-reported crashes