The Northland (Te Tai Tokerau) Road Safety website has been developed to promote Northland’s road safety issues and partners. Te Tai Tokerau's strength is in working together to communicate and problem solve.
- Impairment - Motorcycling - Distractions - Young Drivers - Speed - Fatigue - Restraints
| Local Road fatalities This Year |
State Highway fatalities This Year |
Total fatalities This Year |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Far North |
7
|
6
|
13
|
| Whangarei |
6
|
7
|
13
|
| Kaipara |
2
|
0
|
2
|
| Northland |
15
|
13
|
28
|
| National |
298
|
||
Make it Click – Every Trip
Road safety is everyone's responsibility
Northland roads are challenging and unforgiving. The need to reduce the severity and frequency of crashes is the driving force behind the Road to Zero Strategy 2020-2030 and the Road to Zero Action Plan 2020-2022.
See all statistics »Total in 2020
935
Total in 2019
1769
"A pedestrian hit at 30km/h has a 90 percent chance of surviving. A pedestrian hit at 50km/h has a 30 percent chance. The risks for vulnerable pedestrians, such as the elderly or children, are higher again."
"'A designated driver helps you party another day'"
"'The driver is safer when the roads are dry; the roads are safer when the driver is dry' "
"Texting, while driving increases your crash risk 23 times."
"Nearly 80% of New Zealanders agree that compulsory breath testing enforcement helps lower the road toll"