UPDATE: 2.30pm – SH75 reopened after serious crash

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi | 7 Jan 2026 2:30pm | Canterbury

State Highway 75/Curletts Road, between State Highway 76 and Lincoln Road, has reopened after a serious crash this morning.

Road users are asked to take care traveling through the area.


2.33pm:

Road users are being asked to delay their journeys or to avoid State Highway 75/Curletts Road in Christchurch following a serious crash.

SH75 is closed between State Highway 76 and Lincoln Road.

Police say the crash, reported to emergency services about 11am involved a car and a motorcycle, and a person has been taken to hospital in a critical condition.

An update will be provided as the situation changes.