New Zealand's horror road toll will continue unless driver attitudes change - AAMARTIN DE RUYTER/STUFF A young man was killed in a head-on crash near Blackbyre Rd at 9pm on New Year's Eve. MARTIN DE RUYTER/STUFF This unassuming stretch of road was the scene of the high-speed fatal crash on the Appleby Highway. GRANT MATTHEW/STUFF Police are continuing investigations into a head-on crash that left a young man dead. This year's road toll was likely to be just as bad unless driver attitudes changed, he said. Fifty-five people lost their lives in crashes on Canterbury roads last year, the highest road toll since 2007 when 56 people died.

Source: Stuff January 02, 2018 06:44 UTC