# Avonside Drive & Fitzgerald Avenue, Christchurch 29 crashes police-reported, recorded at this road pairing since 2006, 7 hurt somebody. From NZTA’s Crash Analysis System. CAS locates a crash by the nearest pair of roads, these counts are the crashes the record pins to this pairing, which includes crashes a few metres either side of the stop line and can share a crash with a neighbouring pairing. Damage-only and minor crashes are underreported everywhere; the killed and seriously-hurt numbers are the ones that hold. ## Severity - minor, 7 - damage only, 22 ## Year by year - [2006](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2006), 1 - [2007](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2007), 1 - [2008](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2008), 2, 1 injury - [2009](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2009), 3 - [2010](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2010), 1, 1 injury - [2011](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2011), 1 - [2013](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2013), 2 - [2014](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2014), 1 - [2015](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2015), 3, 2 injury - [2016](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2016), 1 - [2018](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2018), 3 - [2020](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2020), 1, 1 injury - [2021](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2021), 3 - [2022](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2022), 1 - [2023](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2023), 2, 1 injury - [2025](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2025), 2, 1 injury - [2026](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2026), 1 _The worst year was 2009, with 3 recorded at the pairing._ ## The suburb its crashes fall in - [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 25 - [Linwood](https://www.chch.live/linwood), 4 _Suburb is read from each crash’s coordinates._ ## Where it stands The pin is the crashes’ midpoint as the Crash Analysis System (CAS) records them, the file pins each crash to the nearest pair of roads, so this is the record’s centre, not a surveyed corner. - [What stands at the pin](https://www.chch.live/address?lat=-43.526547&lon=172.650684&label=Avonside%20Drive%20at%20Fitzgerald%20Avenue) - [The live map](https://www.chch.live/map#-43.526547,172.650684,17) ## Who was involved - people walking, 1 - motorcycles & mopeds, 1 - trucks, 1 ## What they hit - a fence, 3 - a traffic sign, 1 - a bridge, 1 ## The weather it happened in - fine, 27 - light rain, 1 _A second condition rode some of them, frost on 1._ ## How the crossing was controlled - traffic signals, 24 - not recorded, 4 - no marked control, 1 ## The vehicles on the day - cars & station wagons, 28 - vans & utes, 3 - taxis, 1 ## Other pairings on these roads - [Fitzgerald Avenue & Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/fitzgerald-avenue-and-moorhouse-avenue), 84 - [Fitzgerald Avenue & Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/fitzgerald-avenue-and-gloucester-street), 77 - [Avonside Drive & Stanmore Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/avonside-drive-and-stanmore-road), 71 - [Cashel Street & Fitzgerald Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/cashel-street-and-fitzgerald-avenue), 70 - [Ferry Road & Fitzgerald Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/ferry-road-and-fitzgerald-avenue), 68 - [Fitzgerald Avenue & Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/fitzgerald-avenue-and-hereford-street), 68 ## Questions, answered briefly **How many crashes have there been at Avonside Drive and Fitzgerald Avenue?** 29 police-reported crashes since 2006, 7 hurt somebody. **What was the worst year at Avonside Drive and Fitzgerald Avenue?** 2009, with 3 crashes recorded at the pairing, severity counts the worst injury in each crash. **Where is Avonside Drive and Fitzgerald Avenue?** In Christchurch Central, the pairing groups the crashes whose records name both roads; the suburbs list shows where its crash coordinates actually fell. **Where does this crash record come from?** NZTA’s Crash Analysis System, filtered to Christchurch City, CAS pins a crash by its nearest pair of roads, so the count includes crashes a few metres either side of the stop line. Damage-only and minor crashes are underreported; the killed and seriously-hurt numbers are the ones that hold. --- HTML: https://www.chch.live/crashes/avonside-drive-and-fitzgerald-avenue All pairings: https://www.chch.live/crashes/intersections Whole record: https://www.chch.live/crashes Source: NZTA Crash Analysis System (CAS), police-reported crashes