Police were notified of the single-vehicle crash on Main Rd in Hope, southwest of Nelson, around 6.15pm on Wednesday night.
“The sole occupant of the vehicle died at the scene.Inquiries into the circumstances of the crash are under way,” a statement from police said this morning.
A section of Main Rd was closed last night with motorists advised to avoid the area.
The victim is the 161st person to die on New Zealand’s roads since the start of 2024, according to daily provisional crash data from the NZ Transport Agency.
By comparison, in 2023 the road toll stood at 200 by August 8. In 2022 there were 212 road deaths by August 8 and in 2021 there had been 200.
