Official road toll zero
PA Wellington No road death had been reported to the Ministry of Transport by 9 p.m, yesterday for the official Christmas-New Year holiday period. A Ministry spokesman in Wellington said drivers’ behaviour so far had given “few problems” although he was not able to say how many drivers had had their keys taken from them or had had their breath tested. The Ministry’s count for the holiday period begins at 4 p.m. on Christmas Eve and ends at 8 a.m. on January 3. However, 12 persons died on New Zealand
roads at the week-end. bringing the total for December to 51 compared with only 34 at the same time last December. The toll for the year so far is 540 compared with 633 at the same time last year. In Christchurch the Ministry and the St John ambulancemen attended only three injury accidents in the city between midnight on Monday and 10.30 p.m. yesterday. None involved serious injury. A Ministry spokesman said traffic had been very light. Six drivers had bee t stopped and given breath tests on Christmas Eve. Four of the tests had been positive and one person had been arrested.
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