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Road death statistics are updated weekly on the Land Transport New Zealand website. (This page will open in a new window)

Road Deaths for the 5 years 2002-2006

The following tables give a brief summary of the road death statistics for the 5 years from 2002-2006.

Age group
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Unknown	7	7	8	5	7
0-4	8	10	10	8	6
5-9	8	8	10	10	11
10-14	15	9	5	13	8
15-19	54	73	81	84	61
20-24	47	56	56	49	41
25-29	38	41	27	27	20
30-34	37	45	33	20	29
35-39	27	40	24	20	26
40-44	22	28	34	35	33
45-49	19	25	26	27	30
50-54	29	20	16	25	21
55-59	18	15	30	13	11
60-64	15	18	13	13	17
65-69	13	16	12	14	13
70-74	15	14	16	11	11
75-79	15	14	16	11	16
80+	18	22	18	20	30
Total	405	461	435	405	391

Type of road user
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Driver	220	235	222	203	190
Passenger	96	133	133	123	107
Motorcyclist	30	28	34	36	38
Pedestrian	45	58	38	31	44
Cyclist	14	6	7	12	9
Other	0	1	1	0	3
Total	405	461	435	405	391

Month of year
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
January	34	38	41	30	40
February	40	35	36	52	26
March	39	44	40	37	31
April	25	46	30	37	27
May	41	35	27	44	35
June	40	33	42	32	32
July	34	39	37	30	27
August	29	43	42	22	36
September	23	38	31	25	31
October	29	35	25	27	40
November	32	33	33	28	21
December	39	42	51	41	45
Total	405	461	435	405	391

Local government regions
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Auckland	77	79	80	74	81
Bay of Plenty	30	52	35	23	36
Canterbury	45	54	45	45	36
Gisborne	4	5	1	9	4
Hawkes Bay	14	28	19	32	25
Manawatu/Wanganui	28	31	40	32	31
Nelson/Marlborough	22	15	18	8	10
Northland	36	33	30	23	29
Otago	11	19	18	16	14
Southland	21	15	8	6	10
Taranaki	13	10	15	13	12
Waikato	65	81	84	98	67
Wellington	23	34	32	20	32
West Coast	16	5	10	6	4
Total	405	461	435	405	391

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