Accident Blackspots
This is what a few of NZ’s more infamous and unforgiving black spots look like. They can take both visitors and local residents by surprise.
Goose Bay, Cantebury. Notorious for truck accidents -as many as 20 truck crashes happened here every year.
Glenda Drive/ SH6 intersection near Frankton. Named as a “death trap” is now due for a $4million upgrade
Junction of Jackson’s Road and Old Renwick Road, Marlborough. The intersection is dangerous because trees on its southwestern corner block views of approaching vehicles.
Dome Valley, north of Auckland hs claimed at least 19 lives since 2001, the Warkworth to Wellsford stretch of road is ranked the 5th most dangerous in the country.
SH2 near Te Puke has been called one of the country’s most dangerous roads, notorious for being “dark and dangerous”
Numerous accidents occured at around the Petone Esplanade / Horokiwi turnoff.
State Highway 2 from the bottom of the Bombay Hills to Mangatarata, called a “killer road”
Centennial Highway between Paekakariki and Pukerua Bay a “notorious accident blackspot“
Stretches of State Highway 2 near Mangatawwhiri are also a “notorious accident blackspot“
Cable Bay Road / SH6 Intersection in Nelson described as “a notorious accident blackspot”
The ‘Notorious Akerama Bends‘, Coroner Brandt Shortland – conducted an inquest into the deaths of two Korean tourists at the Akerama Bends in September 2007 – called on roading authorities to straighten the S-bend or put up clear warning signs. (no street view available)
There are many theories explaining the shockingly high death and injury rates on New Zealand’s roads. Whilst the young driving age and drink-driving plays a not inconsiderable part there are some locations where road design and layout are so unforgiving that the smallest driver error could potentially result in disaster.
According to the AA
* New Zealand’s Road Safety to 2010 strategy forecasts that 42 lives a year could be saved by improvements in road engineering.
* Installing rumble strips on roads can reduce crashes by up to 27% by preventing run-off-road and head-on collisions.
* Installing a barrier along an embankment can reduce run-off-road casualty crashes by as much as 45%.
KiwiRAP (NZ Road Assessment Programme) gives safety rating figures for a number of NZ’s roads, this is a table showing the ranking for roads on the basis of high collective risk (click for a larger image)
Further information may be found here: KiwiRAP risk tables
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