Two women have been seriously injured following a head-on collision in the Western Bay today.
The crash happened at the intersection of State Higway 2 and Minden Rd, Te Puna about 5am, Western Bay of Plenty head of road policing Senior Sergeant Ian Campion said.
''Three involved alcohol but the majority of the crashes were at intersections,'' Mr Campion said.
''It's really important for people to take extra care around intersections. We tend to be over represented in intersetion crashes in the Western Bay of Plenty.
''We need to make sure people are choosing good gap selection.''