Nearly a thousand people have died on the roads in the past two and a half years. Those deaths are devastating families, but are also costing the country about 15-billion-dollars. Those working to halt the rise in the road toll say the huge social cost of crashes should be front of mind when planning for the future.
For Ben Strang's full investigation read Written off: The true cost of road deaths now, or listen to Insight on RNZ after 8am on Sunday.
