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One person was seriously injured after crashing into a tree on Kippenberger Ave in Rangiora at 4.05am on Sunday. (File photo).
One person was seriously injured after crashing into a tree in North Canterbury.
Emergency services were called for the accident on Kippenberger Ave in Rangiora at 4.05am Sunday.
New Zealand Fire & Emergency Duty Manager Jonathan Ditmer said two teams from Rangiora were sent into the single-vehicle accident.
No one was caught and the teams assisted police and St John’s teams, he said.
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A police spokeswoman said early indications suggested the driver was the only person in the vehicle.
A spokesman for St John said the motorist was seriously injured and taken to Christchurch Hospital.
There have been at least 14 other accidents on Kippenberger Ave since January 2000, according to accident data from the New Zealand Transportation Agency. Of these, one resulted in serious injuries, six were minor, and the rest were non-injuries.
The accident follows two recent fatal accidents in North Canterbury.
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One person died and three others were injured after an accident involving three cars and a horse-drawn cart at the corner of Plaskett Rd and Oxford Rd in Fernside around 3.55 p.m. Saturday.
The most recent was an accident involving three cars and a horse cart at the corner of Plaskett Rd and Oxford Rd in Fernside around 3.55pm on Saturday.
One person died and three others were injured. One person had serious injuries and two other moderate injuries, and they were taken to Christchurch Hospital, a spokeswoman for St John said.
The police serious accident unit continues to investigate the accident.
Grant Raymond Dellow, 55, of Kaiapoi, was killed when his car collided with a tree on Omihi Rd, about 4 miles south of the Greta Valley settlement, on November 19.
Early indications were that he had been unable to turn a moderate curve while traveling south on the stretch of State Highway 1 and crashed into a large tree on the left side of the highway, the rural area police commander previously said. from Canterbury, Inspector Peter Cooper.
There have been at least 28 deaths on Canterbury’s roads so far this year, 15 fewer than at the same time last year, according to road death figures from the Department of Transport.
Nationwide, at least 289 people have died on the roads so far this year. During the same period last year, 306 people died.
