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Bowen Street

61 reports at 28 addresses in Upper Riccarton, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 58 separate days somebody filed something about it.

61 reports28 addresses58 days reported onfrom the air, thenthe 1146th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

9 Bowen Street, 12 reports8 Bowen Street, 5 reports28 Bowen Street, 4 reports15 Bowen Street, 4 reports33 Bowen Street, 3 reports25 Bowen Street, 3 reports13 Bowen Street, 3 reports7 Bowen Street, 2 reports38 Bowen Street, 2 reports35 Bowen Street, 2 reports33A Bowen Street, 2 reports29 Bowen Street, 2 reports1 Bowen Street, 2 reports6A Bowen Street, 1 report6 Bowen Street, 1 report36 Bowen Street, 1 report28A Bowen Street, 1 report26 Bowen Street, 1 report24B Bowen Street, 1 report24 Bowen Street, 1 report22A Bowen Street, 1 report21 Bowen Street, 1 report2/24 Bowen Street, 1 report2 Bowen Street, 1 report18 Bowen Street, 1 report11A Bowen Street, 1 report11 Bowen Street, 1 report10 Bowen Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

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

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Bowen Street in 13 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Street Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoStreet Light Outage, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoStreet Light Outage, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoRoad Signage, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photo more photographs
on the Upper Riccarton wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Bowen Street?

In Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Bowen Street?

61 reports at 28 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (34), roads & footpaths (13), water & drains (7).

When was Bowen Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 58 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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