One person was taken to hospital and another two treated for injuries after a crash on State Highway 1 this morning.

The scene of a fatal car crash in Thames has reopened to traffic this morning.

A 20-year-old man who died in a fiery road accident had managed to turn his life around and become a caring young father, a youth worker says.

One person was seriously injured when a car crashed into a powerpole in Wellington early this morning.

John Tangiia never usually cycled, but in a bid to become fitter so he could do more with his disabled son, he biked to an appointment on Tuesday.

Gruesome images of the mangled bike on which an Auckland man died under a truck will be followed by an advertising campaign designed to "humanise" cyclists.

"A hippopotamus would be faster." Auckland Transport is being accused of dragging the chain in its provision of facilities to make cycling safer.

A 51-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man, both from Levin, were killed in a fiery three-vehicle crash, police have confirmed.

On Tuesday I arrived very early on the scene of a cycle versus truck fatality in Auckland, writes Lance Wiggs. The sight of a person lying motionless in the street with mangled bicycle in the background is chilling enough.

A van carrying eight members of a family plunging 15m from State Highway 5 near Te Haraoto on Jan 2 got the New Year off to a bad start.

The number of people killed in a fiery crash in Manawatu early today is still unclear due to the destruction of the wreckage.

Police have released the name of the cyclist killed in a collision with a truck at the intersection of Stanley St and Parnell Rise, Auckland yesterday afternoon.

Bystanders were powerless to save a cyclist at one of Auckland's busiest intersections as police reveal the truckie had a green light and was unaware he'd hit the rider.

A truck driver did not know a cyclist had gone under the wheels of his truck until he was alerted by other motorists some 70 metres away, police say.

A weed-spraying truck has crashed in Waikato, dumping up to 3000 litres of weed killer into a stream.

A person is dead after the car they were driving collided with a tree before bursting into flames in Bay of Plenty this morning.

A man is dead after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car in Waikato last night.

A woman was seriously injured in a crash near Taupo this morning.

A woman has died after the car she was driving collided with a tree in west Auckland this morning.

The number of road deaths over the Christmas-New Year holiday period edged one higher than last year following a motorcyclist death yesterday afternoon.

Eight family members, including a six-month-old boy and two young girls, were injured in a horror van crash today after the driver is believed to have fallen asleep.

A man has handed himself in after a crash left live power lines dangling over the rear entrance of the Huntly Fire Station.

The number of people killed on our roads this year is the lowest since 1950, down 17 per cent on the previous year.

A motorcyclist has died just off State Highway 1 north of Bulls this morning, taking the holiday road toll to six.