How safe are our roads?
Deaths and serious injuries since 2006
Deaths
Serious injuries
Where
Deaths and serious injuries a year per 100,000 people, 2023–2025
Highest and lowest districts
Districts with at least 20,000 people. Crashes are counted where they happen, so districts on busy highways count crashes involving people from elsewhere.
What kind of road
| Deaths | Serious injuries | Deaths per 100 crashes |
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Who was involved
| Crashes involving | Deaths | Serious injuries | Deaths per 100 crashes |
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Everyone killed or injured in those crashes, not only the pedestrian, cyclist or rider. A crash can involve more than one, so rows overlap.
About these numbers
Road crashes come from NZTA's Crash Analysis System, which records every crash reported to police. Deaths count people who died within 30 days. Serious injuries are as recorded by police at the scene, so some are later reclassified. Crashes without injury are often not reported.
2026 is still being recorded: 238 deaths so far. It's left out of the charts.
For hospital-based injury figures, including road injuries, see injuries and courts.
Sources: NZTA Waka Kotahi Crash Analysis System, open data (fetched 2026-11-12); Stats NZ population estimates.