# Christchurch Southern Motorway & Wrights Road Obr, Christchurch

31 crashes police-reported, recorded at this road pairing since 2020, 10 hurt somebody, 2 seriously hurt.

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

- serious, 2
- minor, 8
- damage only, 21

## Year by year

- [2020](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2020), 3, 2 injury
- [2021](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2021), 2, 1 injury
- [2022](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2022), 4, 1 injury
- [2023](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2023), 4, 1 injury
- [2024](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2024), 4
- [2025](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2025), 10, 4 injury
- [2026](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2026), 4, 1 injury

_The worst year was 2025, with 10 recorded at the pairing._

## The suburb its crashes fall in

- [Addington](https://www.chch.live/addington), 19
- [Middleton](https://www.chch.live/middleton), 7
- [Hillmorton](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton), 5

_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=-43.546761&lon=172.596636&label=Christchurch%20Southern%20Motorway%20at%20Wrights%20Road%20Obr)
- [The live map](https://www.chch.live/map#-43.546761,172.596636,17)

## Who was involved

- trucks, 5

## What they hit

- a guard rail, 11
- debris, 1

## The weather it happened in

- fine, 23
- light rain, 6
- mist or fog, 1
- heavy rain, 1

_A second condition rode some of them, strong wind on 1._

## How the crossing was controlled

- no marked control, 30
- not recorded, 1

## The vehicles on the day

- cars & station wagons, 28
- vans & utes, 10
- SUVs, 5

## Other pairings on these roads

- [Awatea Obr & Christchurch Southern Motorway](https://www.chch.live/crashes/awatea-obr-and-christchurch-southern-motorway), 28
- [Christchurch Southern Motorway & Lincoln Road Obr](https://www.chch.live/crashes/christchurch-southern-motorway-and-lincoln-road-obr), 20
- [Aidenfield Obr & Christchurch Southern Motorway](https://www.chch.live/crashes/aidenfield-obr-and-christchurch-southern-motorway), 19
- [Barrington Street & Christchurch Southern Motorway](https://www.chch.live/crashes/barrington-street-and-christchurch-southern-motorway), 16
- [Christchurch Southern Motorway & Halswell Junction Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/christchurch-southern-motorway-and-halswell-junction-road), 15
- [Annex Underpass & Christchurch Southern Motorway](https://www.chch.live/crashes/annex-underpass-and-christchurch-southern-motorway), 12


## Questions, answered briefly

**How many crashes have there been at Christchurch Southern Motorway and Wrights Road Obr?**

31 police-reported crashes since 2020, 10 hurt somebody and 2 people were seriously hurt.

**What was the worst year at Christchurch Southern Motorway and Wrights Road Obr?**

2025, with 10 crashes recorded at the pairing, severity counts the worst injury in each crash.

**Where is Christchurch Southern Motorway and Wrights Road Obr?**

In Addington, 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.

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HTML: https://www.chch.live/crashes/christchurch-southern-motorway-and-wrights-road-obr
All pairings: https://www.chch.live/crashes/intersections
Whole record: https://www.chch.live/crashes
Source: NZTA Crash Analysis System (CAS), police-reported crashes