2014 Road toll

43 people died in motorcycle crashes on New Zealand roads in 2014.

Updated 29 October 2015

43 people died in motorcycle crashes on New Zealand roads in 2014, and a further 1,165 were injured in road crashes. This represents 15 percent of all road deaths and 10 percent of all reported road injuries.

Year to date comparison (1 January – 29 October)

 

2013

2014

2015

Motorcycle rider deaths 26 30 37
Motorcycle pillion deaths 1 1 5

 

 

Find out more about New Zealand’s road toll (NZTA website)

For more detail about the cause of crashes, and other crash statistics, read MoT MC Crash Factsheet 2015 (Ministry of Transport website)