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.
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.
A few weeks ago we raised concerns about the positioning of power poles after 3 people were killed in Christchurch when their car hit a power pole whilst travelling at low speed along an urban street. Just hours after the incident a young man was killed when his car hit a pole in South Elgin.…
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“Power lines should be put underground or power poles moved back from the road to prevent more tragedies like this week’s triple fatality in Christchurch, a relative says. Three members of an English family died when their car struck a pole after the driver fell asleep in South New Brighton. (see our blog post 3…
At least two more people have died on New Zealand’s South Island roads this morning in separate accidents. One of them hit a power pole, echoing the tragic deaths of 3 British tourists from Castle Donington, UK – 3 year old Iva Harper, her grandmother 60-year-old Sera Eades and Mrs Eade’s cousin, 68-year-old Valerie Bryan…
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