Written off: The true cost of road deaths

RNZ: Insight by RNZ

Aug 29, 201900:28:07News & Politics

At least one person is dying every day on our roads on average, and it's costing the country more than $5bn a year. Given that annual figure is more than we spend on transport infrastructure each year, Ben Strang investi...

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