Road casualties
The number of people injured or killed in motor vehicle crashes per 100,000 of the total population.
Road casualties - injured
| Region | Injuries per 100,000 population | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
| 1 | Northland | 301.8 | 333.6 | 482.9 | 493.2 | 453.6 | 479.9 | 492.2 | 425.3 |
| 2 | Auckland | 271.5 | 293.9 | 312.0 | 299.6 | 292.0 | 312.8 | 294.0 | 285.3 |
| 3 | Waikato | 402.4 | 414.9 | 446.3 | 442.8 | 431.9 | 436.0 | 457.6 | 445.3 |
| 4 | Bay of Plenty | 248.5 | 318.3 | 329.1 | 293.9 | 272.0 | 289.6 | 317.5 | 279.7 |
| 5 | Gisborne | 316.7 | 400.4 | 311.9 | 305.1 | 360.2 | 366.3 | 257.1 | 450.0 |
| 6 | Hawke's Bay | 350.6 | 442.6 | 422.9 | 421.6 | 477.6 | 451.0 | 455.1 | 373.7 |
| 7 | Taranaki | 388.9 | 404.7 | 407.8 | 361.1 | 367.6 | 389.5 | 413.2 | 419.5 |
| 8 | Manawatu-Wanganui | 341.3 | 395.9 | 369.6 | 351.4 | 396.1 | 391.5 | 377.7 | 371.7 |
| 9 | Wellington | 229.5 | 240.5 | 242.7 | 244.5 | 247.2 | 258.5 | 324.5 | 302.2 |
| 10 | Tasman | 344.7 | 434.5 | 447.4 | 336.2 | 291.8 | 303.0 | 423.0 | 412.9 |
| 11 | Nelson | 265.7 | 340.2 | 295.0 | 311.9 | 258.2 | 274.3 | 297.3 | 288.6 |
| 12 | Marlborough | 333.3 | 384.4 | 304.6 | 347.5 | 346.6 | 405.1 | 425.0 | 386.5 |
| 13 | West Coast | 465.8 | 383.1 | 504.9 | 428.1 | 498.4 | 596.7 | 524.8 | 530.9 |
| 14 | Canterbury | 322.2 | 310.8 | 309.0 | 283.5 | 305.1 | 332.0 | 383.8 | 345.1 |
| 15 | Otago | 570.6 | 740.8 | 650.4 | 649.1 | 680.1 | 640.8 | 640.6 | 562.2 |
| 16 | Southland | 667.0 | 747.3 | 690.5 | 595.1 | 701.1 | 798.5 | 647.3 | 593.5 |
Road casualties - deaths
| Region | Deaths per 100,000 population | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
| 1 | Northland | 18.5 | 24.8 | 22.5 | 20.3 | 14.8 | 19.4 | 19.5 | 18.7 |
| 2 | Auckland | 5.4 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| 3 | Waikato | 25.3 | 17.4 | 21.4 | 22.3 | 25.5 | 17.3 | 23.8 | 18.6 |
| 4 | Bay of Plenty | 17.6 | 12.0 | 20.5 | 13.6 | 8.8 | 13.7 | 13.4 | 10.7 |
| 5 | Gisborne | 4.3 | 8.8 | 11.1 | 2.2 | 20.1 | 9.0 | 15.3 | 17.4 |
| 6 | Hawke's Bay | 12.4 | 9.5 | 18.9 | 12.7 | 21.4 | 16.7 | 18.4 | 9.2 |
| 7 | Taranaki | 16.5 | 12.3 | 9.5 | 14.2 | 12.4 | 11.4 | 10.3 | 6.5 |
| 8 | Manawatu-Wanganui | 19.8 | 12.3 | 13.6 | 17.6 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 17.9 | 13.5 |
| 9 | Wellington | 7.0 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 3.2 | 4.4 |
| 10 | Tasman | 21.8 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 13.1 | 4.3 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 17.2 |
| 11 | Nelson | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 12 | Marlborough | 7.5 | 36.5 | 16.8 | 23.6 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 9.1 | 2.2 |
| 13 | West Coast | 55.9 | 51.9 | 16.3 | 32.7 | 19.7 | 13.1 | 18.6 | 24.7 |
| 14 | Canterbury | 9.3 | 8.9 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 6.8 | 10.2 | 8.7 |
| 15 | Otago | 12.3 | 5.8 | 9.9 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 11.4 | 10.3 |
| 16 | Southland | 16.2 | 22.5 | 16.0 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 10.8 | 11.8 | 12.9 |