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Motorist dead after crashing into parked truck
A road has been closed while the crash is investigated.
Two crashes on Waikato Expressway cause significant delays
The crashes are about 400 metres apart.
Double fatal crash scene 'didn't look real'
One witness says the scene in Shannon this week was difficult to comprehend.
Halloween horror: Driver drank and took drugs before killing cousin, injuring seven
One victim dead, one paralysed and one cannot remember the death of his girlfriend.
Bad driving: Where Northlanders are failing when it comes to the road code
A driving instructor feels most Northlanders are out of touch with the road rules.
Do lower speed limits increase congestion? The stats don’t lie
OPINION: The data show these steps make sense.
Picton crash passenger feels 'empty' after crash kills 7 in his family
'Sometimes I have flashbacks. I get really scared. Sometimes I can't breathe.'
Two trucks crash on SH2 north of Napier
A person is taken to hospital as a crash blocks one lane of the state highway.
Rare sportscar damaged: Car driven by teen 'was going like the clappers'
A teenage driver abused family after he crashed into their rare American performance car.
Gloriavale leader Peter Righteous suffered punctured lung in crash after local fundraising event
Three people were involved in a car crash on the South Island's West Coast.
Gloriavale leader allegedly injured in West Coast car crash
Three people were involved in a car crash on the South Island's West Coast.
Person critically injured after crash in Kaipara Flats
One person sustained critical injuries in a crash this afternoon.
'Grab a blanket and come with us': Cop's words to mum after horror crash critically injures two kids, dad
'I don’t know how I could ever go through this alone', mother says as community rallies.
Children who lost parents in fatal crash remain in hospital
Three people were killed in the crash in Otago on Monday.
West Auckland road closed after pedestrian hit by vehicle
Person taken to hospital with moderate injuries, road closed, public transport affected.
Multi-car crash on Northern Motorway as truck rolls, causing massive congestion
Waka Kotahi said the truck rolled about 4.10pm between Oteha Valley Rd and Silverdale.
12-year-old hit by car in Dunedin
Girl suffers moderate injuries after being hit by a car.
One dead after being hit by vehicle in workplace incident
WorkSafe and the police's Serious Crash Unit have been advised.
Businessman third person killed in crash that killed couple
A 'well-respected accountant' is the third person to have died in the Otago crash.
‘Devoted parents’ killed in crash, three of their kids critically injured
The couple posted a photo together on Facebook two hours before the crash.
'Dangerous' hit and run driver going 100km/h on wrong side of road
Chad Clark hit the pedestrian with 'extreme force', with no attempt to swerve or brake.
Community reeling from double road death, amateur theatre mourns actor
Victim's mother and sister were following in car behind and were among first on scene.
Otago crash: Police investigating what led to double-fatal crash
Two people were killed, and four others were critically injured.
Man charged with driving under influence of drug after fatal crash
Graham Louis Rouse, 76, died in the February road accident.
Man without a seatbelt dies in Karikari Peninsula crash
A man in his 20s has died after crashing his car into a bank in the Far North.
Six injured in crash on SH3 in Waikato
Police responded to the crash on State Highway 3 near Troopers Road, Te Mapara at 3.45pm.
Person critically injured in Lower Hutt motorcycle crash
One person is being taken to the hospital with critical injuries.
Deadly weekend on the roads: Four killed and six injured in weekend crashes
One dead in Christchurch and crashes in Ohakune, Abel Tasman National Park and Lake Ohia.
'Once met, never forgotten’: Families of two young men killed in crash wait four years for answers
Part two: The families of two labour-hire workers killed in a road smash, have spoken up.
Police seek witnesses to fatal Ōtaki crash
The crash happened about 8pm on Friday, August 18.
Company sentenced over ski bus crash that killed schoolgirl
The ski field company earlier admitted two charges brought by WorkSafe over the crash.
Major delays on Auckland’s SH20 after multi-vehicle crash
According to Google Maps, traffic is backed up for more than 11km.
Man seriously injured after being struck by car on Auckland’s North Shore
The westbound lane of Taharoto Road is blocked following the incident.