# Deans Avenue & Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch 81 crashes police-reported, recorded at this road pairing since 2006, 18 hurt somebody, 3 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, 16 - damage only, 63 ## Year by year - [2006](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2006), 6, 1 injury - [2007](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2007), 13, 3 injury - [2008](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2008), 10, 3 injury - [2009](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2009), 3, 1 injury - [2010](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2010), 9, 1 injury - [2011](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2011), 6, 1 injury - [2012](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2012), 4, 1 injury - [2013](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2013), 3 - [2014](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2014), 7, 4 injury - [2015](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2015), 4, 1 injury - [2016](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2016), 3 - [2018](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2018), 1 - [2020](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2020), 1 - [2021](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2021), 2, 1 injury - [2022](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2022), 2, 1 injury - [2023](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2023), 1 - [2024](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2024), 2 - [2026](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2026), 4 _The worst year was 2007, with 13 recorded at the pairing._ ## The suburb its crashes fall in - [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 74 - [Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/riccarton), 7 _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=-43.529612&lon=172.61345&label=Deans%20Avenue%20at%20Riccarton%20Avenue) - [The live map](https://www.chch.live/map#-43.529612,172.61345,17) ## Who was involved - motorcycles & mopeds, 5 - buses, 4 - people on bicycles, 3 - trucks, 3 - people walking, 2 ## What they hit - a fence, 8 - a parked vehicle, 5 - another object, 3 - a post or pole, 3 - a guard rail, 2 - a traffic island, 1 - a kerb, 1 - a traffic sign, 1 ## The weather it happened in - fine, 70 - light rain, 7 - heavy rain, 3 - mist or fog, 1 _A second condition rode some of them, strong wind on 1._ ## How the crossing was controlled - a give way, 36 - not recorded, 20 - no marked control, 16 - traffic signals, 9 ## The vehicles on the day - cars & station wagons, 76 - SUVs, 5 - vans & utes, 3 - taxis, 1 - school buses, 1 ## Other pairings on these roads - [Deans Avenue & Riccarton Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/deans-avenue-and-riccarton-road), 75 - [Blenheim Road & Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/blenheim-road-and-deans-avenue), 56 - [Deans Avenue & Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/deans-avenue-and-moorhouse-avenue), 50 - [Hagley Avenue & Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/hagley-avenue-and-riccarton-avenue), 48 - [Deans Avenue & Kilmarnock Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/deans-avenue-and-kilmarnock-street), 30 - [Deans Avenue & Fendalton Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/deans-avenue-and-fendalton-road), 18 ## Questions, answered briefly **How many crashes have there been at Deans Avenue and Riccarton Avenue?** 81 police-reported crashes since 2006, 18 hurt somebody and 3 people were seriously hurt. **What was the worst year at Deans Avenue and Riccarton Avenue?** 2007, with 13 crashes recorded at the pairing, severity counts the worst injury in each crash. **Where is Deans Avenue and Riccarton 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/deans-avenue-and-riccarton-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