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2025

Road crashes in Christchurch City, 2025

1,866 crashes reported: 4 fatal, 115 serious-injury, 570 minor-injury and 1,177 non-injury. 5 people killed and 121 seriously injured. 2024: 1,837 crashes. Average of 2020โ€“2024: 1,911 a year.

Severity

Severity in 2025

Crashes by severity, Christchurch City, 2025
SeverityCrashesShare
Fatal40.2%
Serious injury1156.2%
Minor injury57030.5%
Non-injury1,17763.1%
All reported crashes1,866100%

Map

Locations in 2025

  • Recorded crashes (darker to brighter = fewer to more in each 5-pixel cell)
  • Cell with at least one fatal or serious-injury crash

Conditions

Road surface

  • Sealed99.1%1,849 crashes
  • Unsealed0.5%10 crashes
  • Not recorded0.4%7 crashes

Conditions

Natural light

  • Bright sun35.3%659 crashes
  • Dark30.2%563 crashes
  • Overcast27.4%511 crashes
  • Twilight4.9%91 crashes
  • Not recorded2.3%42 crashes

Conditions

Weather

  • Fine82.3%1,535 crashes
  • Light rain11.8%221 crashes
  • Heavy rain3.1%57 crashes
  • Mist or Fog1.0%19 crashes
  • Snow0.1%1 crashes
  • Hail or Sleet0.1%1 crashes
  • Not recorded1.7%32 crashes

Vehicles

Vehicles and road users involved

  • Car / station wagon86.7%1,617 crashes
  • Van / ute16.0%298 crashes
  • SUV11.4%213 crashes
  • Bicycle6.7%125 crashes
  • Pedestrian5.7%107 crashes
  • Truck5.0%93 crashes
  • Motorcycle4.9%91 crashes
  • Bus2.3%43 crashes

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