Overview
- Police logged 139,065 crashes in 2025, a 0.5% dip that equals about 380 a day.
- Crashes with people hurt or killed rose 4.7% to 14,106, with police naming speeding and short following distance as the top causes.
- Road deaths climbed to 158, up 28 from the year before, with 11 crashes alone causing 27 deaths.
- Injuries also grew, with 2,521 people seriously hurt (up 4.4%) and 15,128 slightly hurt (up 2.7%).
- Interior Minister Michael Ebling called the figures an alarm signal and said checks and prevention are being intensified, adding phone-detection cameras and a new social media campaign while distraction remains hard to prove.