Lowest road toll in 100 years

Do you recall Labour MPs and others saying that the changes National made to speed limits (basically reversing Labour’s across the board reductions, and replacing them with case by case limits) would kill many more NZers.

Well the 2025 road toll was the lowest per capita in 100 years and the second lowest in gross terms in 73 years.

New Zealand's provisional 2025 road toll of 272 was the second-lowest since 1952. The per capita fatality rate was the lowest in over 100 years.
Australia has had a lower fatality rate than NZ since the early 1980s, but the gap is now the smallest in 43 years. pic.twitter.com/FCjx5euaKf

— Charted Daily (@Charteddaily) December 31, 2025

Of course the road toll is about more than speed limits. It is car safety, drink driving etc. But Labour MPs insisted that the changes would kill people.

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