{{Infobox television | image = SCU Serious Crash Unit title card.jpg | image_size = 260 | caption = | alt_name = | genre = Factual Television Series | creator = | developer = | writer = Sharon Bennett, Peter Clews, Jenny Williams, Paul Hagan, Nicola Griffin | director = Sharon Bennett, Peter Clews, Jenny Williams, Paul Hagan, Candace McNabb | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = | judges = | voices = | narrator = Shane Cortese, Craig Hall | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = Liquid Studios | country = New Zealand | language = English | num_seasons = 7 | num_episodes = 49 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Andrea Lamb | producer = Peter Clews, Jenny Williams | editor = Phil Holt, Jon Kirk | location = Auckland, New Zealand | cinematography = | camera = OPC, multi single-camera crews | runtime = 22 minutes (approx) | company = Greenstone TV Ltd - www.greenstonetv.com | channel = TV2, TV One (current) | first_aired = {{start date|2004|4|2|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|2015|5|26|df=y}} | related = Crash Investigation Unit }} '''''SCU: Serious Crash Unit''''' is a New Zealand documentary series that aired on TV2. The show was cancelled after seven seasons.
==Overview==
''SCU: Serious Crash Unit'' follows a New Zealand Police-based Auckland Serious Crash Unit as they investigate crashes and examine the evidence found at the crash scene to find out what happened, and what caused the accident.
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== Episodes ==
===Season 1===
{{Episode table |background=#449DFB |overall= |season= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Albany/Novotel | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003}} | ShortSummary = Two vehicles are destroyed in a fatal head-on accident on Albany Bridge. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Okura/Stanway | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003}} | ShortSummary = The SCU investigates a crashed four-wheel-drive. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Simpson Rd/Southern Motorway | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003}} | ShortSummary = Two West Auckland factory workers get into a crash on Simpson Road in Ranui. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Windy/Wellsford | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003}} | ShortSummary = A man loses control of his vehicle on his way to visit his children, and the SCU suspect his brakes may have been at fault. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Whangaparaoa/joe Dee | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003}} | ShortSummary = The SCU are called to two crashes on Whangaparaoa Road. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Bush/Dome | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003}} | ShortSummary = A young motorcyclist is killed in a collision with a truck. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Upper Harbour/titrangi | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003}} | ShortSummary = A bus veers out of control in Titirangi with fatalities. | LineColor = 449DFB }} }}
===Season 2===
{{Episode table |background=#449DFB |overall= |season= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Wainui Road | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005}} | ShortSummary = The police investigate the death of 27-year old Hamish MacDonald driving home from a night out with friends. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Golf Road | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005}} | ShortSummary = The police investigate a fatal crash that kills three people. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 10 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Lincoln/Newtown Road | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005}} | ShortSummary = The police investigate why a car ploughed through an intersection hitting another vehicle and critically injuring the driver, who is left in critical condition. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 11 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Kahikatea | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005}} | ShortSummary = The police investigate the death of a young man whose car has come off the road as he was heading home to a family emergency. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 12 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Oriel/Coatsville | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005}} | ShortSummary = The police investigate a crash where a car left the road and hit a tree. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 13 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005}} | ShortSummary = ... | LineColor = 449DFB }} }}
===Season 3===
{{Episode table |background=#449DFB |overall= |season= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 14 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Te Hana | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 15 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Muriwai/Rua Rd | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 16 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 17 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 18 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 19 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 20 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 449DFB }} }}
===Season 4===
{{Episode table |background=#449DFB |overall= |season= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 21 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 22 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 23 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 24 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 25 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 26 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 27 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 28 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 449DFB }} }}
===Season 5===
{{Episode table |background=#449DFB |overall= |season= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 29 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Mangatawhiri | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|6|6|df=y}} | ShortSummary = The SCU investigate a crash where a truck driver is killed after he swerves to avoid crashing into a line of traffic on a busy state highway. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 30 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Wellsford | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|6|13|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Two women are killed and three women are seriously injured after a multivehicle high speed crash south of Wellsford. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 31 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Pinewoods | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|6|20|df=y}} | ShortSummary = The SCU investigate a serious crash where a rugby star is killed when he is thrown from a car as it plunges over a 25-metre cliff at a camping ground north of Auckland. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 32 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Hobsonville | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|6|27|df=y}} | ShortSummary = The SCU investigate a fatal crash after a motorcyclist, who has just finished building his classic motorbike, is killed when he tries to avoid a car at an intersection. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 33 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Mill Road | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|7|4|df=y}} | ShortSummary = The SCU investigate a crash where the mother of three young children is seriously injured when she swerves into the path of an oncoming truck. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 34 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Wily Road | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|7|11|df=y}} | ShortSummary = A man is killed when his BMW fails to take a bend, rolling six times down a hill, leaving his partner and young daughter with moderate injuries. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 35 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011}} | ShortSummary = ... | LineColor = 449DFB }} }}
===Season 6===
{{Episode table |background=#449DFB |overall= |season= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 36 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Papakura | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|1|22|df=y}} | ShortSummary = The SCU investigates a single vehicle crash at a major intersection after reports of road rage earlier in the evening. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 37 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Lincoln Road | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012}} | ShortSummary = ... | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 38 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Kingseat | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|2|19|df=y}} | ShortSummary = The SCU investigate a fatality at an intersection that has been the site of many crashes. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 39 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Kaiaua | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012}} | ShortSummary = ... | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 40 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012}} | ShortSummary = ... | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 41 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012}} | ShortSummary = ... | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 42 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012}} | ShortSummary = ... | LineColor = 449DFB }} }}
===Season 7===
{{Episode table |background=#449DFB |overall= |season= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 43 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Kingseat | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|07|29|df=y}} | ShortSummary = The SCU investigate a double fatality at an intersection. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 44 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Port Waikato | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|08|4|df=y}} | ShortSummary = The SCU investigate a crash where an Australian tourist is killed while on a quad bike tour. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 45 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Birdwood | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|08|12|df=y}} | ShortSummary = The SCU investigate a fatal crash after a motorcyclist is killed. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 46 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Maramarua | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|08|19|df=y}} | ShortSummary = The SCU investigate a crash where an elderly woman is killed on a highway after colliding with a truck kilometres from home. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 47 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014}} | ShortSummary = Two young women are killed and three are seriously injured after a multi-vehicle high speed crash south of Wellsford. | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 48 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014}} | ShortSummary = ... | LineColor = 449DFB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 49 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014}} | ShortSummary = ... | LineColor = 449DFB }} }}
==Broadcasting== The following list is ordered by the date of the series premiere. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Country !! TV Network(s) !! Series Premiere !! Weekly Schedule !! Status |- |{{Flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand || TV2 || || N/A || All episodes aired |- |{{Flagicon|Australia}} Australia || Channel Seven || 17 March 2008 || Monday 8:00pm || All episodes aired |}
==Ratings==
===Australia=== In Australia, ''SCU: Serious Crash Unit'' was watched by 1.4 million viewers in its premiere episode, and received similar ratings in its second week.<ref>[http://blogs.smh.com.au/sit/archives/2006/12/first_day_of_th.html "Stay In Touch"], ''Sydney Morning Herald'', retrieved 14 December 2006</ref> In its premiere week in Australia, ''SCU: Serious Crash Unit'' was the third most watched program in the five mainland state capitals.<ref>Five mainland state capitals include Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.</ref>
The second series premiered Monday 8:00pm at 1.2 million viewers,<ref>[http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/whoweare/archives/2008/03/wthe_who_we_are.html "The Tribal Mind"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706112426/http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/whoweare/archives/2008/03/wthe_who_we_are.html |date=2011-07-06}}, ''The Sun-Herald'', retrieved 28 April 2008</ref> and ratings remained between 1.2 and 1.7 million viewers, following a strong lead in from ''Border Security: Australia's Front Line''.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/410965/597060 Official site]
Category:New Zealand documentary television series Category:2004 New Zealand television series debuts Category:2015 New Zealand television series endings Category:Documentary television series about policing Category:TVNZ 2 original programming Category:TVNZ 1 original programming Category:Television series by Greenstone TV