Deaths and injuriesin crashes involving farm animals2011 0 deaths, 16 serious injuries, 47 minor injuries2012 1 death, 8 serious injuries, 51 minor injuries2013 2 deaths, 7 serious injuries, 51 minor injuries2014 1 death, 11 serious injuries, 47 minor injuries2015 2 deaths, 8 serious injuries, 39 minor injuriesTotal 6 deaths, 50 minor injuries, 235 serious injuries- NZ Herald Disputes tribunal decision, May 2013: a farmer is ordered to pay $3,690.04 after a car hit a cow in fog at 11.30pm. "Buckets of blood," said Peter Simpson, a retired professor of English, who still vividly remembers the time he was in a car which hit a cow near Kaikoura. A group of tourists had a lucky escape after crashing their car into a cow in Te Kuiti last week. "He came home," said his wife Jacqui Wilson, "and said, 'I hit a cow, and the car's written off.'

Source: New Zealand Herald June 24, 2016 16:52 UTC