The Ministry is responsible for officially recording road toll information. This page contains information on the daily, quarterly and annual road toll.
On this page:
- Daily road toll update
- Monthly road toll statistics
- Quarterly road toll report
- Historical road toll information
- Quantative analysis of the road toll
- Holiday road toll information
- 5 year road toll comparison
Daily road toll update
The Ministry monitors the national road toll on a daily basis and records this on our website.
More detailed information on regional road toll information can be found on the NZ Transport Agency website .
Monthly road toll statistics
Table showing number of deaths each calendar month from 1965 .
Quarterly road toll report
This summary reports on New Zealand's road toll by quarter, with breakdowns of features, historical trends and possible factors.
Statistical data and analysis is made available (via an Excel spreadsheet) in March, May, September and November for the preceding quarter. This spreadsheet contains detailed information and graphs.
View the latest data
Mid and end-of-year report
A report is produced on a 6-monthly basis. The mid-year report will summarise the first 6 months of a calendar year, the end-of-year report will summarise the full year's data. These reports will be available in September and March of each year.
Download the latest report
Road Toll Report - December 2015Road Toll Report - June 2015
Annual road toll historical information
The data within this section dates back to 1921, which is as far back as the Ministry has records available.
View the Annual road toll historical information .
Quantitative analysis of the road toll
The New Zealand road toll decreased 24 percent - from 375 deaths in 2010, to 284 deaths in 2011. A mathematical and statistical analysis of the 2011 road toll decrease was prepared.
View the analysis of potential factors behind the 2011 reduction in New Zealand road fatalities .
A statistical anlaysis of longer term trends in the road toll has been done to help identify the contribution of different factors to the decrease in the road toll since 1990
View the results of the preliminary analysis of road toll trends
Holiday road toll information
Data has been collected on the road toll during set holiday periods throughout the year. This data is collected due to the high number of extra road users there are during this time. For more information on specific holidays, please follow the links below.
Further information on the Christmas/New Year Road Toll
Further information on the Easter Holiday Road Toll
Further information on the Queen's Birthday Holiday Road Toll
Further information on the Labour Weekend Holiday Road Toll
Road deaths for the 5 years 2010-2014
The following tables give a brief summary of the road death statistics for the 5 years from 2010-2014.
| Total Killed During: | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38 | 28 | 35 | 18 | 19 |
| February | 30 | 17 | 16 | 27 | 22 |
| March | 32 | 25 | 33 | 21 | 26 |
| April | 42 | 26 | 11 | 17 | 32 |
| May | 38 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 35 |
| June | 19 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 16 |
| July | 34 | 20 | 27 | 21 | 17 |
| August | 21 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 15 |
| September | 24 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 16 |
| October | 30 | 26 | 31 | 19 | 32 |
| November | 35 | 19 | 28 | 24 | 37 |
| December | 32 | 33 | 39 | 23 | 27 |
| TOTAL Killed For Each Year | 375 | 284 | 308 | 253 | 294 |