A woman who fled an alcohol checkpoint and caused a crash that killed Penelope Phillips, above, has been sentenced to home detention.

The dangerous combination of a weekend of drinking and a sleeping pill resulted in Jarrad Hoeata going on a reckless drive that ended when motorists blocked him off the road.

England test cricketer Graeme Swann has told a court his cat was to blame after being caught drink-driving by police earlier this year.

An 18-year-old was left with multiple fractures to his legs when he was hit by a car while crossing a pedestrian crossing in Porirua yesterday.

A man's arm was amputated on a Sydney road after he was hit by a drunk driver.

A man caught travelling at 164km/h in the BOP had other motorists to blame after he was found with a breath alcohol reading over twice the legal limit.

Almost two-thirds of New Zealanders support lowering the drink-driving limit, a survey has revealed.

National MPs might be allowed a conscience vote on a Labour Party bill that proposes lowering the drink driving blood alcohol limit, John Key says.

Jeri Knight might be 80 years old but it didn't stop her beating the might of the Manukau City Council over a wrongly issued car warrant of fitness fine.

Thirty-four soldiers from just one army base have faced drinking-related court charges in the first six months of this year.

Auckland City is refusing to say where on its 36km network of bus lanes it will put new signs and markers today.

An ESR report that shows 48 per cent of road deaths over five years involved drugs or alcohol is a 'wake up call'.

A woman police constable was attacked by a motorist she pulled over for drunken driving.