Road Safety
Four-year-old killed in Southland truck crash
A child was killed and three other people injured when a truck carrying bobby calves rolled into a paddock.
Woman injured in Northland crash
A woman has been airlifted to Whangarei Hospital in a serious condition after her car crashed into a ditch near Kaipara in Northland.
100 road victims wore no seatbelt
Police say they will focus on seatbelt use this year after 100 unrestrained people died on the roads in 2016.
Mother warned for letting nine-year-old behind wheel
An Auckland woman who let her nine-year-old daughter drive has been let off with a warning.
One dead, five injured in Waikato crashes
One person is dead and several others have been badly injured after two crashes in 15 minutes near Thames.
One dead, one badly hurt in car-truck crash
A person died and another person was critically injured when a car collided with a truck on SH3 south of Feilding.
Holiday road toll ends at 19
Nineteen people died on New Zealand's roads over the Christmas holiday period this year - the highest holiday road toll in four years.
Two badly injured in separate crashes
Two more people have been seriously injured, south of Auckland and near Palmerston North, with the holiday road death toll now at 19.
NZ's worsening annual road toll 'disappointing'
The provisional road toll for 2016 is 326, seven more than the previous year and 30 more than the year before that.
Teenagers killed in Southland crash named
Two young people who died in a collision in Southland on Friday have been named.
8000 vehicles a day could hit inland highway this summer
Thousands of holidaymakers could face a summer of highway misery because of earthquake damage to top-of-the-south roads. Video
Moeraki road toll 'just adding up'
A council in North Otago is calling on NZTA to urgently upgrade the safety of a deadly stretch of SH1.
Truck driver sentenced for second cyclist death
A truck driver has been found guilty of dangerous driving causing the death of a cyclist, for a second time. Video
Govt to spend $15m on South Island highways
The government has given the green light to improving the safety of South Island highways for tourist drivers.
Tourist driver to pay $30,000 over fatal crash
A tourist driver who killed a Dunedin motorcyclist has been sentenced to community work and reparations. Video
Thousands of drivers on long-term learner licences
More than 14,000 drivers in New Zealand have stayed on their learner's or restricted for more than 20 years.
Drivers could face on-the-spot saliva tests
Drivers could soon have to provide police with saliva samples for immediate screening for illegal drugs.
Homemade motor-bicycles raise safety fears
Police in Nelson are cracking down on the use of motorised bicycles, with one rider nabbed travelling at more than 60km/h in a 50km/h zone.
New measures only one part of the puzzle
Road safety campaigners welcome the government's plan to spend six hundred million dollars to make black spots on rural roads safer. We talk to the head of the road safety charity Brake. Audio
Transport Minister announces 600m road package
More than 90 blackspots on roads deemed to be high risk around the country will get safety improvements over the next six years. Audio
