Evans Pass Road
88 reports at 35 addresses in Sumner, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 77 separate days somebody filed something about it.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Evans Pass Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Sumner.
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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
- 200 Evans Pass Road, 14 reports
- 120 Evans Pass Road, 12 reports
- 203 Evans Pass Road, 7 reports
- 191 Evans Pass Road, 6 reports
- 5 Evans Pass Road, 4 reports
- 177–189 Evans Pass Road, 4 reports
- 69 Evans Pass Road, 3 reports
- 34 Evans Pass Road, 3 reports
- 160 Evans Pass Road, 3 reports
- 8 Evans Pass Road, 2 reports
- 6 Evans Pass Road, 2 reports
- 30 Evans Pass Road, 2 reports
- 21 Evans Pass Road, 2 reports
- 136–184 Evans Pass Road, 2 reports
- 12 Evans Pass Road, 2 reports
- 6A Evans Pass Road, 1 report
- 55 Evans Pass Road, 1 report
- 4 Evans Pass Road, 1 report
- 38–118 Evans Pass Road, 1 report
- 36 Evans Pass Road, 1 report
- 32 Evans Pass Road, 1 report
- 28 Evans Pass Road, 1 report
- 25 Evans Pass Road, 1 report
- 23 Evans Pass Road, 1 report
- 20 Evans Pass Road, 1 report
- 194–200 Evans Pass Road, 1 report
- 19 Evans Pass Road, 1 report
- 15 Evans Pass Road, 1 report
- 145 Evans Pass Road, 1 report
- 138 Evans Pass Road, 1 report
- 132 Evans Pass Road, 1 report
- 130–134 Evans Pass Road, 1 report
- 127 Evans Pass Road, 1 report
- 11 Evans Pass Road, 1 report
- 10 Evans Pass Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Roads & footpaths, 27 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 18 reports
- Water & drains, 17 reports
- Trees & parks, 9 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 8 reports
- Animals & pests, 4 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 3 reports
- Everything else, 1 report
Year by year
- 2019, 2 reports
- 2020, 5 reports
- 2021, 7 reports
- 2022, 12 reports
- 2023, 18 reports
- 2024, 12 reports
- 2025, 16 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history.
- LABOUR MATTERS (Otago Daily Times 3-7-1920)
· Papers Past,
…North island, arranged with the Public Works Department to take up a separate contract on Evans Pass road, between Lyttelton and Sumner. They reached Christchurch on Tuesday, and instead of calling at…
- WORLD OF LABOUR (Grey River Argus, 03 July 1920)
· Papers Past,
…auckland arranged with the public works department to take up a separate contract on the evans pass road between lyttelton and sumner they reached christchurch on tuesday and instead of calling at th…
- Aerial photomosaic of Richmond Hill and Evans Pass Road
· Canterbury Stories,
Aerial photomosaic of Richmond Hill and Evans Pass Road. Christchurch 1926 aerial photomosaics…
- Aerial photomosaic of Evans Pass Road and Richmond Hill
· Canterbury Stories,
Aerial photomosaic of Richmond Hill and Evans Pass Road. Christchurch 1926 aerial photomosaics…
- Aerial photomosaic of Evans Pass Road
· Canterbury Stories,
Aerial photomosaic of the junction of Evans Pass Road, Summit Road, and Sumner Road. Christchurch 1926 aerial photomosaics…
- Aerial photomosaic of Summit Road, Evans Pass Road, and Sumner Road
· Canterbury Stories,
Aerial photomosaic of the junction of Evans Pass Road, Summit Road, and Sumner Road. Christchurch 1926 aerial photomosaics…
- Aerial photomosaic of Harbour and Summit Road junction
· Canterbury Stories,
Aerial photomosaic of Lyttelton Harbour, the junction of Evans Pass Road, Summit Road, and Sumner Road, and the surrounding Port Hills. Christchurch 1926 aerial photo…
- RUNAWAY CAR (Evening Post, 16 February 1935)
· Papers Past,
…ssenger injured a runaway motor-car crashed into the rocks at the side of the hill on the evans pass road about half a mile from the school for the deaf on thursday afternoon and after shooting most o…
- DAMAGES CLAIM (Evening Post, 16 August 1938)
· Papers Past,
…owned by mrs kempthorne and driven by her authorised agent the accident took place on the evans pass road between sumner and lyttelton the plaintiff alleged negligence in that harold kempthorne had ei…
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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 Evans Pass Road in 34 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 people killed, 13 seriously hurt.
The corner the record returns to: Evans Pass Road & Summit Road, 26 crashes pinned to the pairing, 1 killed.
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.
- REPORT. (Lyttelton Times, 16 May 1855) · Lyttelton Times,
- PUBLIC OPINION ON THE ROAD QUESTION. (Lyttelton Times, 26 November 1856) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 17 April 1858) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 05 May 1858) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 08 May 1858) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 15 May 1858) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1858) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 26 May 1858) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 28 July 1858) · Lyttelton Times,
- The Lyttelton Times. (Lyttelton Times, 14 September 1859) · Lyttelton Times,
- Sumner Town Board. (Star, 31 October 1890) · Star,
- EARLY PROVINCIAL DAYS. (Star, 13 February 1901) · Star,
- CHRISTCHURCH DAY BY DAY. (Ashburton Guardian, 28 June 1912) · Ashburton Guardian,
- INDIAN LABOR RESENTED. (Taranaki Daily News 3-7-1920) · Taranaki Daily News,
- GENERAL TELEGRAMS. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 03 July 1920) · Hawera & Normanby Star,
- UNWANTED STATUE (Evening Post, 23 August 1937) · Evening Post,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Dumped Rubbish, 191 Evans Pass Road,
- Fallen Tree, 28 Evans Pass Rd,
- Animal - General, 136–184 Evans Pass Rd,
- Animal - General, 200 Evans Pass Road,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 120 Evans Pass Rd,
- Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 191 Evans Pass Road,
- Damaged Road, 194–200 Evans Pass Rd,
- Damaged Road, 191 Evans Pass Road,
- Dumped Rubbish, 130–134 Evans Pass Rd,
- Dumped Rubbish, 120 Evans Pass Road,
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 38–118 Evans Pass Rd,
- Dumped Rubbish, 136–184 Evans Pass Rd,
- Damaged Street Sign, 191 Evans Pass Road,
- Fallen Tree, 69 Evans Pass Road,
- Pothole, 6A Evans Pass Road,
Questions, answered briefly
In Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand.
88 reports at 35 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (27), rubbish & dumping (18), water & drains (17).
2019, the record covers 77 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
Evans Pass Road and Summit Road, 26 police-reported crashes at the pairing, 1 of them fatal.
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