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	Local Road fatalities This Year	State Highway fatalities This Year	Total fatalities This Year
Far North	3	7	10
Whangarei	5	10	15
Kaipara	1	2	3
Northland	9	19	28
National	324

"'Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts'."

— Tommy Lasorda
"7.1% of Injury Crashes involved trucks in Northland (only 3.9% truck driver at fault)"

— Northland Road Safety Issues Report 2011-2015
"A Moment of Distraction Can Last Forever"

— Bumper Sticker
"It’s not safe to use a device even when stopped at a traffic light; University of Utah researchers have found that drivers can take up to 27 seconds to regain full attention after sending a text."

— 2014 book A Deadly Wandering
"Drivers talking on the phone can miss up to 50 percent of what’s in their driving environments."

— 2014 book A Deadly Wandering