Police attend the scene of a fatal crash in 2018 involving three cars at Pūkaki on Tekapo-Twizel Rd, at the intersection with Mt Cook Rd. (File photo)The number of motor vehicle crashes causing injury has remained constant in the Mackenzie region of the South Island in 2020, despite tourism to the region dropping significantly due to Covid-19. Between January 1 and November 16, 2020 there have been two fatal, four serious injury, and 19 minor injury crashes, compared to three fatal, five serious injury, and 24 minor injury crashes in 2019. Since June 1, 2020, after the national lockdowns were lifted, there have been one fatal and five minor injury crashes in the Mackenzie. Male drivers were either primarily or partly at fault in 74 per cent of injury crashes.

Source: Stuff November 24, 2020 01:18 UTC