This website has been developed by the Northland Regional Council Transport Operations Team to promote Northland’s road safety issues and partners. Northland's strength is in working together to communicate and share responsibility for issues. Results are gained from a long term view and a consistent, evidence based approach that gradually builds awareness, along with effective interventions developing into lasting solutions.
Alcohol - Drugs - Pedestrians - Drive To The Conditions - Fatigue - Cyclists - Distractions - Heavy Vehicles
| Year to Date This Year |
Year to Date Last Year |
|
|---|---|---|
| Far North |
14
|
6
|
| Whangarei |
5
|
5
|
| Kaipara |
3
|
8
|
| Northland |
22
|
19
|
| National |
212
|
185
|
Unsealed roads are abundant across the Northland rural roading network and drivers need to remember to drive to the conditions at all times. Many motorists don’t adjust their driving styles when coming off sealed roads and this adds to the risk for their vehicles occupants and other road users that they might encounter if they lose control of the vehicle due to their inexperience or poor decision making.
| District | % Unsealed Roads in District Network |
% Fatal Injuries on Unsealed Roads |
% Serious Injuries on Unsealed Roads |
% Minor Injuries on Unsealed Roads |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Far North | 63.2% | 0.2% | 2.5% | 8.8% |
| Kaipara | 71.6% | 0% | 7.9% | 10.7% |
| Whangarei | 39.3% | 0.1% | 1.2% | 3.0% |
Northland has a challenging and at times an unforgiving road system. The need to reduce the severity and frequency of crashes is the driving force behind the internationally recognised 'Safe System' - a whole of system approach, which focuses on creating safe roads & roadsides, safe speeds, safe vehicles and safe road use.
See all statistics »Total in 2017
314
Total in 2016
1369
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