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The number of serious injuries reported dropped significantly in 2020, down to 36 which was the lowest in the same five-year period. There were 58 people seriously injured in 2019, 59 in 2018, 68 in 2017 and 64 in 2016. The number of people who sustained serious injuries in Timaru dropped from 24 in 2019 to eight in 2020, in Waimate from 12 to two, and in Mackenzie from 11 to eight. Aoraki Area Commander Inspector Dave Gaskin said the telling statistics were the ones related to serious injuries. “I always think this figure is more important, as often the difference between a serious c...

John Bisset/Stuff An aerial view taken in March 2019 of the intersection of Winchester Geraldine, Tiplady, McKenzie and Coach roads that is set to change with the installation of a roundabout. A long-awaited road safety improvement project near Geraldine is set to commence in January after the Timaru District Council confirmed the awarding of a million dollar work contract. Fulton Hogan has been awarded a $1.352 million civil works contract to carry out the upgrade, which will include construction of a roundabout on Route 72 at the intersection Winchester-Geraldine, Coach, Tiplady and McKenz...