Coroner recommends avoiding tinted visors after fatal teenage motorcycle crash

Wednesday 25 June 2025 · 3 outlets · 3 reports · updated Wed 25 Jun 2025, 11:23am

In this story Ian Telford

A coroner has recommended that motorcyclists avoid using tinted visors at night following the death of 17-year-old Phoenix Boltar. The teenager died in October 2024 in Dairy Flat after his motorcycle hit an embankment and a power pole. The crash occurred while the rider was speeding on a North Auckland road.

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1. StuffWed 25 Jun 2025, 5:00am

   Teen ‘made some bad decisions that night’, dad says after fatal motorbike crash (opens in new tab)

2. RNZWed 25 Jun 2025, 5:53am

   Death of teenage motorcyclist may have been prevented if he didn't have tinted visor - Coroner (opens in new tab)

3. 1News via RNZWed 25 Jun 2025, 11:23am

   Teen motorcyclist may not have died but for tinted visor — Coroner (opens in new tab)