A section of State Highway 25 in the Coromandel is closed after a crash in which three people were injured, one critically.

Police are urging motorists to practise safe-driving procedures in a bid to keep down the number of crashes, injuries and deaths.

Police said the teen died when his car left the road and struck a bank.

A crash involving five cars has closed off a section of State Highway 1, south of Christchurch.

A male has been flown by helicopter to hospital in a critical condition following a two car crash on State Highway 6 between Havelock and Renwick.

Sober drivers must remain completely alcohol-free this festive season, says a charity that works with crash victims.

The deaths of three foreign tourists should act as a catalyst for an increased safety focus at known danger areas on Southern roads, a Coroner has recommended.

The man has been disqualified from driving for two months and ordered to do 120 hours of community work.

Former King's College prefect killed in a motorbike accident, 12 years after his sister was tragically hit and killed by a motorcyclist on the tiny Pacific Island.

It's an experience that can cause many top public servants a touch of dread - and hours in PR-coached preparation.

Kevin Raymond Ambler, 60, from the Coromandel, died when his car hit a bridge on the Thames Coast Road on Thursday.

David Hills was killed on Saturday travelling back to Palmerston North with friends in a crash with a truck that left their car barely recognisable.

Three young lives ended when their car collided with a truck on State Highway 1.

Police are pleading with motorists to take care after at least seven people died over the weekend taking the year's road toll to 303.

At least seven people have died on the country's roads this weekend, with a crash near Carterton the latest.

A woman has been hospitalised after a fire truck rushing to a job crashed into the back of a car she was driving in South Auckland.

One man has died after driving off a stretch of Waikato Highway early this morning.

A car was mangled beyond all recognition after it was wedged beneath a truck in a horrific central Taupo crash, claiming three lives.

A cyclist who was badly injured in a hit-and-run in Highland Park is still in a serious condition in hospital a week later.

A car has crashed into a tree after police say the driver deliberately tried to run a motorcyclist off the road.

A man has suffered head injuries after being thrown from his vehicle in an early morning police chase in Queenstown.

One man is dead and two people are injured, one seriously, after a car crash in Christchurch last night.

A person has died after being thrown out of their car in a crash on the Coromandel Peninsula this morning.

Seven people have been injured after two vehicles collided in National Park overnight.

An elderly woman has died after a crash on the Coastal Highway last week.

The man who received life threatening injuries after being struck by a van in South Auckland remains in a critical condition this morning.

The 4-year-old critically injured in a crash on State Highway 16 near Riverhead is now in a stable condition.

Driver who allegedly shunted into an Auckland mother's car remembers very little.

An entire family has been rushed to hospital after a two-car crash northwest of Auckland.

The moment Auckland mayor Len Brown's executive assistant ran over a pedestrian in the CBD was a "split-second thing" that she will not lose her licence over, a judge ruled.