Fatal accident: name of the police after the Napier tragedy

Police released the name of the man who died after an accident on State Highway 51, Napier, on Thursday.

It was David Allan Trousdell, 37, of Napier.

It is understood that Mr. Trousdell’s car collided with a truck in Te Awa. The accident on SH51, just south of the intersection with Ellison St, occurred around 11.10 a.m.

Two fire trucks and an ambulance attended the incident, with the road closed between Ellison St and Awatoto Rd. It finally reopened at 7 p.m., nearly eight hours later.

On Friday, the New Zealand Transportation Agency said there are likely to be more safety improvements to State Highway 51 between Napier and Clive after the fatal accident.

Waka Kotahi / NZ Transport Agency Regional Manager for Transportation Systems Oliver Postings said he was currently investigating how to make the 100km / h stretch of road along the southern Napier coast safer.

“We look forward to providing more details on this in the coming months,” he said.

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Publications say the first step in transforming the highway is the announced removal of the northbound lane from Clive and the creation of a new right-turn bay in Waitangi Regional Park, which is expected to resume soon.

He said that while the work is being completed, the investigation will seek to establish speed limits that are safe and appropriate for the level of risk on each highway, investing in proven infrastructure improvements and investing in safety improvements around railroad level crossings. .

“These safety interventions carried out through the program will help create a road transport system that forgives human error and reduces the number of people killed or seriously injured along this stretch of road and others.”