Latest NZTA & MOT Media/News Releases |

	Local Road fatalities This Year	State Highway fatalities This Year	Total fatalities This Year
Far North	0	0	0
Whangarei	0	1	1
Kaipara	0	0	0
Northland	0	1	1
National	9

"'The driver is safer when the roads are dry; the roads are safer when the driver is dry' "

— Author Unknown
"Drivers talking on the phone can miss up to 50 percent of what’s in their driving environments."

— 2014 book A Deadly Wandering
"'Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts'."

— Tommy Lasorda
"Driving hands-free is no safer than holding a phone while talking, since the workload on the brain is the same."
"In the event of a car crash, booster seats reduces the risk of injury by 59%."

— SafeKids Aotearoa