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Police estimates that 10 more people will die and 120 will be injured on the roads before the new year are unacceptable, the Candor Trust road safety organisation says.
The estimates reflect a failed government road safety policy, Rachael Ford, spokeswoman for Candor (the Campaign against Drugs on Roads), said yesterday.
"Our crash rate, serious injuries and hospitalisation have steadily trended upwards if you take a close look - parallel to the closure of drug rehabilitation centres," she said.
The holiday road toll last night remained at three.
* A woman was in a serious condition in North Shore Hospital last night after the car she was in and a truck collided on Upper Harbour Drive on Auckland's North Shore. The accident happened near Greenhithe around 8.40pm.
