Constable Andy Williams from Waitemata Police helped his Northland colleagues on State Highway 1 near Uretiti over the Easter weekend. Photo/Supplied
There were no fatal or serious injury crashes on Northland roads over Easter but police were called to 24 minor crashes over the four-day holiday period.
Nationally four people died in crashes over Easter, the highest number of road deaths for the period in three years.
Last Easter, three people died, while there were no deaths in 2012.
It was the second fatality-free Easter weekend for Northland.
A Far North man was lucky to suffer only minor injuries after hitting a cow on State Highway 1 near Wireless Rd about 5.35am on Monday.
There were 93 checkpoints held across the region but yesterday there were no results available from police about the number of drink drivers nabbed.
Northland Road Policing Manager Inspector Murray Hodson said police received 102 *555 calls and attended more than 50 per cent of those calls.
Motorists were dobbing in others for a variety of offences including speeding or cutting in and out of traffic when overtaking.
Mr Hodson was pleased to see the public was reporting poor driver behaviour and it meant police could deal with a situation before someone was hurt or killed.
"Many of the calls were received at least five to 10 minutes after the offence occurred and this also made it difficult to turn around and apprehend due to large volumes of traffic.
"The more serious ones were assigned to officers for immediate follow up," Mr Hodson said.
He said overall the motoring public was well behaved in what was a very busy weekend on the road.
"They showed patience and understanding when travelling in high volumes of traffic."
The 4km/h tolerance is in place until 6am next Monday to cover an extended holiday period that includes Anzac Day.