SCU: Serious Crash Unit: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Each week we follow the team of highly trained SCU investigators as they deal with the aftermath of a major incident. The team piece together clues from the forensic evidence at the scene and work backwards to discover what caused the crash. Filming this process is a major challenge and for five months the crew were on-call 24 hours a day with both the Waitemäta and Auckland City Serious Crash Units: "If the SCU were called out then so were we". says Producer Peter Clews. "That means a lot of late night and early morning phone calls but we have to be with them every step of the way in order to tell the full story". As well as the investigations, the series talks to people affected by the crashes. This includes family members struggling with the death of a loved one and occasionally a survivor who talks us through the harrowing events of a crash.

Series details

• Title: SCU: Serious Crash Unit
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2006-08-30
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-09-02
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TVNZ 1
• Network country: New Zealand
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 17772
• TVDB ID: 266255

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 2: premiered 2006-08-30; final listed air date 2007-01-09.
• Season 4: premiered 2011-06-06; final listed air date 2011-07-18.
• Season 6: premiered 2013-01-22; final listed air date 2014-08-05.
• Season 7: premiered 2014-07-29; final listed air date 2014-09-02.

Source and licence

Adapted from SCU: Serious Crash Unit on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.