The Northland (Te Tai Tokerau) Road Safety website has been developed by the Northland Regional Council Transport Projects Team to promote Northland’s road safety issues and partners. Te Tai Tokerau's strength is in working together to communicate and share responsibility for issues and problem solving. Results are gained from a long term view and a consistent, evidence based approach that gradually builds people’s awareness, behaviour change along with effective interventions developing into lasting safety outcomes.
- Distractions - Alcohol - Speed - Seat-belts -
| Local Road fatalities This Year |
State Highway fatalities This Year |
Total fatalities This Year |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Far North |
3
|
2
|
5
|
| Whangarei |
4
|
3
|
7
|
| Kaipara |
2
|
0
|
2
|
| Northland |
9
|
5
|
14
|
| National |
116
|
||
SEAT-BELTS – IF WORN – SAVE LIVES
Road safety is everyone's responsibility
The Safe System differs from traditional approaches to road safety. Rather than always blaming the road user for causing a crash, it acknowledges that even responsible people sometimes make mistakes in their use of the roads.
The Safe System focuses on creating safe roads, safe speeds, safe vehicles and safe road use. Explore the Safe System diagram to learn more about these elements, or view the complete strategy here.
Northland roads are challenging and unforgiving. 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. The Road to Zero Action Plan 2020-2022 continues this focus with emphasis on - safety treatments, unsafe speeds, walking & cycling, vehicle safety standards, best practice for work-related travel, prioritise road policing, enhance drug-driver testing, motorcycle safety, review road safety penalties.
See all statistics »Total in 2020
527
Total in 2019
1769
"On average, texting drivers take their eyes off the road for up to 5 seconds at a time. At 90kph, that’s travelling the length of a football field completely blind."
"Honk if you love Jesus. Text while driving if you want to meet him."
"'The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it'"
"In a crash, bicycle helmets reduces the risk of severe brain by as much as 74%."
"Despite popular belief, hands-free and Bluetooth operation aren’t safer—that cognitive load is still present"