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Police are crediting Operation Open Roads for the reduction in road deaths for the third year in a row.
In a statement, police said the provisional number of road deaths in 2025 was 272. In 2024, 292 people died on New Zealand roads.
As of 7am on 1 January 2026, at least one person had already died in a crash.
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