A dashcam has captured a collision between a Queenstown local and a tourist on a road previously described as a "death trap".



The dashcam footage shows Gary Strangman rounding a corner on the remote Glenorchy-Paradise Rd in Central Otago around 11am on Tuesday and meeting a vehicle coming the other way. The cars collide, injuring passengers in both cars and causing major damage to both vehicles.



A line producer in the advertising industry, Strangman had been heading to the set of a commercial.



Police had confirmed the people in the other vehicle were Chinese visitors from Shanghai, Strangman said.

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Dashcam screenshot.

While he had concerns about tourists with little driving experience renting vehicles in the Queenstown area, Strangman said the condition of the road was a key factor in this crash. The man driving the other vehicle "was probably an OK driver".

The state of the road after it had been graded had "forced" the other driver to be in the middle of the road.

"Had the council fixed the road and had it like it used to be, he probably would have been on the left hand side," Strangman said.

Dashcam screenshot.

"It was because of the way the road was graded that he (the other driver) was forced to drive in the middle."

Strangman believed the other driver had instinctively turned right before turning left, and by then it was too late. "The high verge left me nowhere to go and the round river stones meant that our ABS brakes didn't slow us down."

Strangman and others have publicly raised concerns about the state of the road, as increasing numbers of tourists drive along it to get to locations used in the Lord of the Rings. He had previously told a local publication the road was "very, very dangerous" and "will cause serious injury or death over the upcoming Chinese New Year".

Dashcam screenshot.

Strangman, who was alone in his car, said he received a broken sternum and bruising in the crash, while the other driver's teenage son was briefly knocked out.

Police had charged the other driver with two counts of dangerous driving causing injury, he said.

Queenstown Lakes District Council general manager - infrastructure Peter Hansby said an engineer had inspected the Paradise Rd after Strangman raised concerns in January. Audits were also carried out of work done by contractors on the roading network.

Dashcam screenshot.

"My preliminary review of that audit doesn't indicate any cause for concern, but as charges have been laid in this case, I am not able to comment further."

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