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Riccarton Road

11 reports at 2 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 11 separate days somebody filed something about it.

11 reports2 addresses11 days reported onfrom the air, then504 documents carry the namethe 3101st street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

1 Riccarton Road, 10 reports4 Riccarton Road, 1 report

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Riccarton Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Christchurch Central City.

From the air, then

Riccarton Road from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Riccarton Road from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Riccarton Road from the air, 1975-1979
1975-1979 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →

The addresses on it

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 504 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Riccarton Road in 3 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: Main South Road & Riccarton Road, 75 crashes pinned to the pairing.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Traffic Signals, a report photoTraffic Signals urgent safety issue, a report photoTraffic Signals, a report photoFacility - General Request, a report photoGraffiti, a report photoRoading/Streets, a report photoRoading/Streets, a report photo more photographs
on the Christchurch Central City wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Riccarton Road?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Riccarton Road?

11 reports at 2 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (7), graffiti & vandalism (3), everything else (1).

When was Riccarton Road first reported on?

2019, the record covers 11 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Riccarton Road?

Main South Road and Riccarton Road, 75 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

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