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Derby Street

120 reports at 41 addresses in Saint Albans, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 110 separate days somebody filed something about it.

120 reports41 addresses110 days reported on2 on the registerfrom the air, then78 documents carry the namethe 639th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

16 Derby Street, 9 reports11C Derby Street, 9 reports21 Derby Street, 8 reports28 Derby Street, 7 reports19 Derby Street, 6 reports10 Derby Street, 6 reports80 Derby Street, 5 reports39 Derby Street, 5 reports56 Derby Street, 4 reports5 Derby Street, 4 reports12 Derby Street, 4 reports67c Derby Street, 3 reports62 Derby Street, 3 reports53 Derby Street, 3 reports51 Derby Street, 3 reports47 Derby Street, 3 reports26 Derby Street, 3 reports9 Derby Street, 2 reports78 Derby Street, 2 reports73A Derby Street, 2 reports72 Derby Street, 2 reports69 Derby Street, 2 reports59 Derby Street, 2 reports54 Derby Street, 2 reports4E Derby Street, 2 reports49 Derby Street, 2 reports22 Derby Street, 2 reports15 Derby Street, 2 reports77 Derby Street, 1 report74 Derby Street, 1 report70A Derby Street, 1 report67 Derby Street, 1 report63 Derby Street, 1 report61 Derby Street, 1 report57 Derby Street, 1 report32 Derby Street, 1 report31 Derby Street, 1 report24 Derby Street, 1 report22-10 Derby Street, 1 report14 Derby Street, 1 report11 Derby Street, 1 reportDwelling and Setting: registerDwelling and Setting: register

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Derby Street, not the street’s surveyed line. Register places with a known pin sit on it too. The strong outline is Saint Albans.

From the air, then

Derby Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Derby Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Derby Street 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

On the register

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 78 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 Derby Street in 3 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

Its file in the papers

Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for the street’s name, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call, at the link.

As it was reported

Hazard, vehicle, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoAbandoned Vehicle, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoPavement - General, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoLitter, a report photoAccessibility, a report photo more photographs
on the Saint Albans wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Derby Street?

In Saint Albans, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Derby Street?

120 reports at 41 addresses, most often water & drains (31), roads & footpaths (23), vehicles & parking (18).

When was Derby Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 110 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What heritage places are on Derby Street?

Dwelling and Setting, Dwelling and Setting.

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