Western Bay of Plenty s road toll climbs, with 17 in 2020 and one in 2021
8 Jan, 2021 06:00 PM
6 minutes to read The number of people who died on Tauranga and Western of Bay roads in 2020 rose to 17 after a grim few months, recording the highest number of road deaths in the wider Bay of Plenty.
That s 17 families whose loved ones never made it home, despite police ramping up their enforcement measures and the Covid-19 lockdown being in force from March 25 to April 26.
This compared to 15 road fatalities from 13 crashes in 2019.
And already this year one person has died in another road fatality in the Western Bay of Plenty police district.