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Queen Elizabeth II Drive

4 reports at 4 addresses in Marshland, the first in 2026, the latest 2026. 4 separate days somebody filed something about it.

4 reports4 addresses4 days reported onfrom the air, then1 document carry the namethe 4391st street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

531 Queen Elizabeth II Drive, 1 report510 Queen Elizabeth II Drive, 1 report310 Queen Elizabeth II Drive, 1 report153 Queen Elizabeth II Drive, 1 report

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Queen Elizabeth II Drive, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Marshland.

From the air, then

Queen Elizabeth II Drive from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Queen Elizabeth II Drive from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Queen Elizabeth II Drive from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Queen Elizabeth II Drive 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

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history.

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

The named ground

the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Queen Elizabeth II Drive in 18 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 1 seriously hurt.

The corner the record returns to: Marshland Road & Queen Elizabeth II Drive, 57 crashes pinned to the pairing, 1 killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Queen Elizabeth II Drive?

In Marshland, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Queen Elizabeth II Drive?

4 reports at 4 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (2), water & drains (1), graffiti & vandalism (1).

When was Queen Elizabeth II Drive first reported on?

2026, the record covers 4 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Queen Elizabeth II Drive?

Marshland Road and Queen Elizabeth II Drive, 57 police-reported crashes at the pairing, 1 of them fatal.

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