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Madras Street

4 reports at 3 addresses in Sydenham, the first in 2016, the latest 2025. 4 separate days somebody filed something about it.

4 reports3 addresses4 days reported onfrom the air, then1,494 documents carry the namethe 4466th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

120J Madras Street, 2 reports120FB Madras Street, 1 report118 Madras Street, 1 report

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Madras Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Sydenham.

From the air, then

Madras Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Madras Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Madras Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Madras 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

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 1,494 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 Madras Street in 24 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 6 seriously hurt.

The corner the record returns to: Bealey Avenue & Madras Street, 30 crashes pinned to the pairing.

The crashes it names, each one →

Heard on the wire

Public posts that name the street: relayed, not verified.

As it was reported

Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, a report photoGraffiti somewhere else, a report photoGraffiti, a report photo more photographs
on the Sydenham wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Madras Street?

In Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Madras Street?

4 reports at 3 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (4).

When was Madras Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 4 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2025.

What is the busiest corner on Madras Street?

Bealey Avenue and Madras Street, 30 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

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