Traffic fatalities

Date: 1965

From: Henderson, George Duncan, 1911?-1985:[Collection of cartoons by George Henderson (Hen). 1961-1984]

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: A-445-040

Description: Shows a wooden cross with smashed cars around it and bodies hanging off. Blood lies around. The cross is titled 'Road toll'. Context: comments on the rising road toll. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 180 x 210 mm

Date: 1964

From: Henderson, George Duncan, 1911?-1985:[Collection of cartoons by George Henderson (Hen). 1961-1984]

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: A-445-039

Description: Shows a graveyard labelled Permanent Motor Camp. Many of the graves have the date '1964'. Context: refers to growing road toll. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 160 x 210 mm

Date: 1986

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-362-139/159

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 21 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1967

From: Henderson, George Duncan, 1911?-1985:[Collection of cartoons by George Henderson (Hen). 1961-1984]

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: A-445-074

Description: Shows a hand holding a smoking gun in the shape of a car. A newspaper article notes that 850 may die on the roads in 1967. Notes the rising death toll on New Zealand's roads. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 160 x 210 mm

Date: 27 March 2005

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011

Reference: A-453-306

Description: Shows a fence line next to State Highway One covered in crosses. Refers to the high road toll during Easter. Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - 186mm x 133 (s/s) Leader page cartoon 28 CARTOON Pls scan and send to Pix on Hand (Production Pix) [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and felt-tip pen on paper, 230 x 340 mm

Date: 1987

By: New Zealand Alliance for the Abolition of the Liquor Traffic

Reference: Eph-C-ALCOHOL-Prohibition-1920/1999

Description: Includes: 1987: New Zealand Temperance Alliance. About these new liquor laws. Green light for more teenage deaths. Let's take some grassroots action; this election vote Prohibition as a protest [1987] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and letterpress, sizes varying up to 450 mm.

Date: 1990

From: Clark, Laurence [Klarc] :[Editorial cartoons] 1990-1992

Reference: A-295-086

Description: Death carrying a large bundle marked 'The road toll' on his shoulder. Refers to the high holiday road toll in January 1990 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on paper, sizes vary Provenance: Donation: Mr Lawrence Clark, Auckland, 20 January 1994

Date: 1980 - 1990

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[Original cartoons drawn 1980-1990, mainly for periodical publications].

Reference: C-136-028

Description: Shows a drunk driver who has just run over a pedestrian. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on sheet 455 x 532 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2003.

Date: 1920-1931, [ca 1950]-2000

By: Bailey, Margaret Lockhart (Dr), 1945-

Reference: ATL-Group-00562

Description: Collection comprises papers and photographs relating to interests and activities in science, conservation issues and road safety. Includes newspaper clippings on road safety and accidents collected into scrapbooks by Dr Margaret Bailey as part of the research by Dr John and Margaret Bailey into road safety, other papers related to environmental and conservation activities and groups concerned with issues such as the soil and water management of Porirua harbour and Pauatahanui inlet, Margaret Bailey's Doctor of Philosophy thesis and John Bailey's Doctor of Philosophy thesis. Slides, taken John Bailey circa 1950s-1991, showing scenes and events throughout New Zealand with a focus on the development of the Porirua City suburb of Whitby during the 1970s-1980s. Also includes are scrapbooks by the mother of Dr Margaret Bailey, Jean A Thomson. Title supplied by Library. Relationship complexity - Further items held in the Ephemera Collection (Eph-C-BAGS-Bailey and Eph-D-BAGS) During her career in government service, Margaret Bailey was noted for bringing the concept of cleaner production as part of waste management practices to prominence. She has published various works on this subject for the Commission for the Environment and Chemistry Division in Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Her other publications relate to research work done in conjunction with her husband Dr John Patrick Bailey as part of their research company Bailey Partnership Inc which focused on drink driving and fatal road accidents. Quantity: 97 volume(s). 106 folder(s). 0.38 Linear Metres. 2121 colour original transparency/ies. Transfers: From Ephemera Collection - MS-Papers-9701 were transferred June 2010 (A2010-108); MS-Papers-11879 were transferred January 2015 (A2015-007). Processing information: Formerly MS-Group-1478. This collection was merged with PA-Group-00546 in April 2021.

Date: 2015

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0030263

Description: Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Holiday road toll doubles, bringing into question the police's zero tolerance campaign'. Multiple versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2015

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0030469

Description: Jim informs The Politician that many think that his "zero speed tolerance" policy was more aimed at gathering revenue than saving lives. The Politician reacts indignantly to this accusation and then immediately asks "how much money have we made?" The 'Zero Speed Tolerance' policy was introduced by the New Zealand Police over the December-January holiday period of 2014-2015. Rather than reducing the road toll, there was an increase in accidents and fatalities over that period. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2015

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0030476

Description: Max tells The Politician "The Prime Minister says your road safety campaign has been a complete disaster!" Using boy-racer terminology he wants The Politician to "do a u-ey, put your foot down and get the hell out of there." Refers to the road safety and speeding campaign launched by the New Zealand Police over the summer of 2014-2015. Many found the campaign messages on speeding confusing and ineffective, particlularly in view of the high road toll which occurred. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2015

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0030480

Description: The Politician approaches Max with a document 'Here's my one point plan to reduce the holiday road toll'. Max asks 'One point?', to which The Politician responds 'Stay home'. The holiday road toll was prominent in the media in January 2015, particularly the percieved failure of the New Zealand Police's zero-tolerance on speeding campaign. There were 17 road deaths over the 2014-2015 summer holiday period. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0026770

Description: Two people are driving in a car. One tells the other 'The highway patrol police will have less tolerance over the next two months'. The other replies 'Everyone feels a bit that way in the silly season'. On 27 November 2013 the Police warned that from December 1 to January 31 2014, they would allow a tolerance of only 4kmh above the official speed limit. The move marked the first time that the reduced speed tolerance would be applied beyond an official holiday period. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0024171

Description: Depicts a sad face in which is a cross titled 'too many'. Text concerns death of young drivers while being pursued at high speed by police cars. Refers to death of four teenage girls in a crash following a one minute police pursuit in Kohimaramama (New Zealand Herald 4 March 2013). Commentary from the cartoonist reads 'The death of young drivers during police chases is like a festering wound in our society. Is the answer not obvious? Is an answer not neccessary?' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Smith, Hayden James, 1976-:[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025158

Description: Death, who now rides a spectral car rather than a white horse, curses at a closed road, which means that he can no longer wreak havoc among the holiday drivers. The heavy rain and bad weather over the Queen's Birthday Weekend on 3 June 2013 resulted in fewer motorists on the road; their caution in the bad weather meant that there were no deaths on roads for the weekend - an unusual occurrence. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 3 July 2022

From: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-: Digital cartoons published in The Press, Sunday Star Times, Dominion Post, and other publications

By: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-; Stuff Limited

Reference: DCDL-0042326

Description: Digital cartoon by Sharon Murdoch on political and social issues in New Zealand and internationally. Cartoon depicts a family of ghosts on a curving country road at night. One of the ghosts says "?". The caption reads: "Waiting for road safety improvements". Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020826

Description: Two versions of cartoons about the number of Easter drownings. The Grim Reaper says the road toll was not a priority this year - there were zero deaths on the roads over Easter but five drownings. Two versions of this cartoon are available Title from file name Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020825

Description: Shows a template of an Easter egg which the cartoonist invites readers to decorate, thus avoiding possible accidents. He suggests that to break the monotony the reader could switch on his computer and receive 6,800 confidential ACC client files so that he could review the accidents he is avoiding. Context: Refers to the usual Easter road toll and also refers to an embarrassing incident when an ACC staff member sent by accident a spreadsheet of confidential information to a client. This arguably has been the greatest breach of privacy in New Zealand history, with confidential information relating to almost 7,000 people being leaked. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0020895

Description: Refers to the fact that there were zero deaths on the roads over Easter but five drownings. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).