# Lichfield Street & Madras Street, Christchurch 38 crashes police-reported, recorded at this road pairing since 2006, 15 hurt somebody, 1 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, 1 - minor, 14 - damage only, 23 ## Year by year - [2006](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2006), 5, 1 injury - [2007](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2007), 5, 3 injury - [2008](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2008), 5, 3 injury - [2009](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2009), 5, 2 injury - [2010](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2010), 1 - [2011](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2011), 2, 1 injury - [2013](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2013), 1 - [2014](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2014), 1 - [2015](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2015), 1 - [2016](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2016), 4, 1 injury - [2017](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2017), 4, 3 injury - [2018](https://www.chch.live/crashes/2018), 4, 1 injury _The worst year was 2006, with 5 recorded at the pairing._ ## The suburb its crashes fall in - [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 38 _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=-43.534217&lon=172.642698&label=Lichfield%20Street%20at%20Madras%20Street) - [The live map](https://www.chch.live/map#-43.534217,172.642698,17) ## Who was involved - people on bicycles, 2 - buses, 2 - motorcycles & mopeds, 1 ## What they hit - a traffic sign, 5 - a traffic island, 2 - a guard rail, 1 - a parked vehicle, 1 - a post or pole, 1 ## The weather it happened in - fine, 35 - light rain, 3 ## How the crossing was controlled - traffic signals, 32 - not recorded, 5 - no marked control, 1 ## The vehicles on the day - cars & station wagons, 38 - SUVs, 7 - vans & utes, 4 - taxis, 2 ## Other pairings on these roads - [Bealey Avenue & Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/bealey-avenue-and-madras-street), 72 - [Madras Street & Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/madras-street-and-moorhouse-avenue), 61 - [Barbadoes Street & Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/barbadoes-street-and-lichfield-street), 45 - [Colombo Street & Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/colombo-street-and-lichfield-street), 41 - [Madras Street & Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/madras-street-and-purchas-street), 36 - [Madras Street & Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/madras-street-and-tuam-street), 32 ## Questions, answered briefly **How many crashes have there been at Lichfield Street and Madras Street?** 38 police-reported crashes since 2006, 15 hurt somebody and 1 person was seriously hurt. **What was the worst year at Lichfield Street and Madras Street?** 2006, with 5 crashes recorded at the pairing, severity counts the worst injury in each crash. **Where is Lichfield Street and Madras Street?** 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/lichfield-street-and-madras-street All pairings: https://www.chch.live/crashes/intersections Whole record: https://www.chch.live/crashes Source: NZTA Crash Analysis System (CAS), police-reported crashes