Road casualties

Definition: The number of people killed or injured in motor vehicle crashes per 100,000 of the population.

This image is a visual representation of the data for this indicator. See the table below this image for the information.

Region		2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
1	Northland	320	358	505	514	468	499	512	444	437
2	Auckland	277	300	318	306	298	319	298	289	287
3	Waikato	428	432	468	465	457	453	481	464	456
4	Bay of Plenty	266	330	350	307	281	303	331	290	290
5	Gisborne	321	409	323	307	380	375	272	467	316
6	Hawke’s Bay	363	452	442	434	499	468	473	383	457
7	Taranaki	405	417	417	375	380	401	424	426	363
8	Manawatu-Whanganui	361	408	383	369	410	405	396	385	349
9	Wellington	236	246	250	251	252	265	328	307	262
10	Tasman	367	448	463	349	296	314	434	430	335
11	Nelson	268	343	297	316	263	279	300	291	273
12	Marlborough	341	421	321	371	354	412	434	389	333
13	West Coast	522	435	521	461	518	610	543	556	626
14	Canterbury	332	320	319	292	313	339	394	354	334
15	Otago	583	747	660	658	689	648	652	572	551
16	Southland	683	770	707	604	708	809	659	606	582
New Zealand		333	364	370	353	362	376	389	364	346

Source: Ministry of Transport, Statistics New Zealand. Rates derived by Ministry of Social Development