A father frantically smashed car windows to get to his young children after the vehicle, which he had been following, crashed head-on with a truck.

A young couple are in hospital after a horrific car accident that killed their unborn baby and left the mother fighting for her life.

One person has died after a collision between a car and truck on State Highway 2 near Mangatawhiri, just south of Auckland, tonight.

The unborn child of a woman who was seriously injured in a car crash in Whangarei last night has died.

Call for course funding as toddlers' safety skills improve with nine-week programme.

Two teenagers are in a serious condition following a two-car head-on collision near Whangarei which also put two others in hospital.

A man injured in a police shooting that killed teen courier driver Halatau Naitoko is suing the Crown for compensation.

A 10-year-old who crashed her bike into a car has shown the first signs of recovery after a week in a coma.

A spate of near-collisions between motorists and trains at level crossings have prompted a warning to drivers.

The trailer was packed, the wife and kids were waiting in the car and Mike Moth needed to run inside to get one last thing.

The most expensive claim filed with the Accident Compensation Corporation for an injury suffered around the home has cost taxpayers more than $1 million.

Particulates from the mystery object which killed a driver last year are now being studied by Otago University researchers after ESR tests weren't definitive.

A girl who crashed into a car as she rode her bike south of Auckland on Thursday is a "free and strong spirit" who is giving herself every chance of pulling through, her father says.

A 10-year-old girl who was critically injured when she crashed into a car had been riding her bike up and down a friend's driveway.

Ah summer. Icecream, jandals, BBQs, long hot days at the beach....and hundreds of thousands of injury claims to ACC.

A 10-year-old girl was last night in a serious condition in hospital after being hit by a car while riding her bicycle on a rural road - the latest in a series of bad cycling accidents.

A smashed Aston Martin sports car has sparked the attention of car enthusiasts after it was put up for auction.

The first officer on the scene of a crash, which police tried to blame on a truck driver for using his mobile phone, says there was never any suggestion the truckie was at fault.

Seasoned Auckland triathlete Garth Barfoot hopes to get back in the saddle after an emergency hip replacement following a serious bike crash, but admits his Ironman days are over.

Two people have been taken to hospital following a head-on collision outside Palmerston North this afternoon.

A coroner is calling for more safety measures at raceways after a 19-year-old motorcyclist died almost a month after he lost control at high speed and slammed helmet-first into a tyre barrier.

A smashed Aston Martin sports car, which was written off when a Chinese tourist crashed into a light pole last year, has been put up for auction.

A driver has had what emergency workers dubbed a miraculous escape after surviving a 40-metre plunge off a bridge in his vehicle, which landed upside-down in a river.

A West Coast family have been left devastated after losing the last of four sons at the weekend, with all of the young men being killed in tragic circumstances.

An innocent victim who survived a crash featured in a new road safety campaign says police have misled people and unfairly blamed a truck driver involved.