Car Crash
Should online driver training programmes be mandatory?
The number of fatal car crashes caused by a learner driver has dropped by more than 70 percent in 10 years, and a leading researcher says an online driver training programme could reduce it even… Audio
Three foreign nationals dead in car crash
Fire crews had to cut four foreigners - three of them dead - from their car after it crashed into a truck on the Desert Road. Audio
Hitchhiker killed in car crash named
Police have named the hitchhiker who was killed in a car crash in Hawkes Bay this morning, as they continue to search for the driver.
One killed, two others injured in Northland crash
A person has died, another has life-threatening injuries and a young child has been injured in a Northland road crash this afternoon. A car hit a bridge in Pouto Road,...
Several people injured in Lindis Pass crash
Lindis Pass in Central Otago has been partially reopened, after a crash closed the road earlier tonight.
People trapped in car after two vehicles collide
One person has been killed in a crash on State Highway One north of Taupo, bringing the holiday road toll to nine.
17 injured in multiple car crashes
More than a dozen people have been injured in multiple crashes in the upper North Island.
Collision kills three Hong Kong tourists - coroner
Driving home from Wanaka, Adrienne Gaston had a feeling the two vans up ahead weren't going to stop for an oncoming truck - she pulled over, closed her eyes and heard a massive bang. Audio
Electric shocks turn crash into tragedy
A low-speed crash into a power pole turned to tragedy when five young people from two cars got electric shocks with one of them dying. Audio
Friends of Muriwai crash victims just learning of their loss
Friends of the four men killed at Muriwai beach are still coming to terms with their loss. Audio
US tourists killed in last night's horrific car crash
The Latter Day Saints Church in Utah is in mourning following the death of three of its members in an horrific car crash just south of Hamilton last night. Audio
