Whanganui-Manawatu has the fourth highest road toll in the country. Photo / File
The number of people killed on the roads in Whanganui and Manawatu in 2017 is double what it was the year before.
Road fatalities in the region soared from 16 in 2016 to 32 last year.
The nationwide toll peaked at 380, the highest it's been since 2009 and 16.2
per cent higher than the 2016 toll of 327.
Compared with other regions in New Zealand, Whanganui-Manawatu has the third-highest toll after Auckland with 64 road fatals, Waikato with 62 and Canterbury with 55.
Whanganui-Manawatu's neighbouring districts didn't come close, with Taranaki's toll sitting at only five and Wellington with a toll of 15.
