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A report by the Transport Accident Investigation Commission identified issues with KiwiRail's safety testing and training of train staff. [13] 13 May 2021, Marton – a freight train collided with a utility truck at the Saunders Road level crossing at around 3:30 p.m. [14] The truck caught fire as a result of the collision and the driver was ...
The Tangiwai disaster was a deadly railway accident that occurred at 10:21 p.m. on 24 December 1953, when a railway bridge over the Whangaehu River collapsed beneath an express passenger train at Tangiwai, North Island, New Zealand. The locomotive and the first six carriages derailed into the river, killing 151 people.
Clince poses next to a piece of wreckage from a P-51 Mustang that crashed in Taranaki. Errol Clince (16 February 1953 – 8 September 2014) was a New Zealand professional hunter and self-taught engineer. He is most well known for his discovery of the wreckage of a Royal New Zealand Air Force Airspeed Oxford, ending a 32-year New Zealand ...
The Shoe Store Building, a Victorian commercial building in the centre of Inglewood with a Category II heritage listing. Inglewood is a town in the Taranaki Region of New Zealand's North Island.
In comparison, in total in New Zealand in 2016, there were 286 fatal crashes, 2,099 serious injury crashes and 7,583 minor injury crashes. [11] Over the five years from 2012-2016, 6.2 percent of fatal and injury crashes involved an overseas driver. Over the same period, 4.1 percent of all drivers involved in crashes were overseas drivers.
In contrast, other developed countries tracked by the International Transport Forum saw a median decrease of 77% in fatal crashes, with Spain experiencing the largest reduction. On a population-adjusted basis, Spain had 86% fewer car crash fatalities in 2021 compared to 1991. [4] There are large disparities in road traffic death rates between ...
The Targa New Zealand is a tarmac rally held annually on public roads typically throughout the North Island of New Zealand. The main Targa each year begins in the last week of October and is a week-long event which covers around 1500 km of touring and 750 km of closed special stages. [ 1 ] Smaller one- or two-day events are usually run during ...
February 3 – Mexico – A regular route bus plunges 300 ft (90 m) off a cliff along the Mexico- Ciudad Juárez expressway on the outskirts of Zacatecas, killing 25 people and injuring 40. [33] February 10 – Egypt – A truck carrying 66 people plunged into a canal on the outskirts of El Ayyat, killing 36 people.