How does your car rate? Motorists can now assess the safety of their next used vehicle with the release of the 2015 Used Car Safety Ratings guide.

Police were called to State Highway One at Windy Ridge south of Warkworth shortly after 1.30pm. Officers arrived to find one person in a serious condition.

One person was cut from a car after a serious crash in south Auckland today.

A drunk driver who allegedly led police on a short but high speed chase had four children in the car with her.

Five teenagers who allegedly stole a car crashed into the front yard of a house and wrote off two other cars after a police chase.

A car has rolled on State Highway 7 near Hanmer Springs.

A woman is trapped in a car that was hit by a truck near Auckland International Airport this morning.

Lower breath-alcohol limit hits offenders in the pocket - and there has been a decrease in higher-level incidents

No serious road accident involving a visitor to this country represents good publicity for the tourism industry.

Major traffic delays are expected in the central North Island after the closure of two main traffic routes.

"We had multiple calls of a rental car driving on the incorrect side of the road and straddling the centre of the road," Acting senior sergeant James Ure said.

Three people were injured after a crash in south Auckland early this morning.

One person is in a serious condition after a crash in the Coromandel last night.

Justice David Gendall found no fault with the 18-month jail term handed to Jing Cao (32), of China, earlier this year.

Work to repair a slip on State Highway 1 south of Kawakawa is approaching completion after a year of work.

Hundreds of bottles of beer were left broken and strewn across State Highway 25 south of Auckland after a truck and car collided, injuring three people, early today.

An Australian parenting group has accused a ‘baby whisperer’ of risking babies’ lives by recommending unsafe car seat practices.

Adding speed bumps and mirrors to long driveways are among measures a child safety group has included in submissions to the Auckland Council's Unitary Plan.

Two people have been taken to hospital in a serious condition after a crash in Christchurch this morning.

Drivers are being urged to be careful after two recent crashes involving cars skidding on black ice.

A pedestrian has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after he was hit by a bus in Auckland this morning.

Police have not been able to identify the man who died in a car crash near Ruakaka yesterday.

Motorists have been urged to avoid travelling along rural highways in Manawatu and Whanganui unless it is essential, as heavy rain continues to cause havoc.

The Coroner has found the death of a tourist driver may have been caused by a combination of unclear signage and unfamiliarity with New Zealand road markings.

We think of death on the roads as something that happens to other people. But when that other person is someone we feel we know, it rams home the reality, writes Paul Thomas.

The tourist driver who caused the death of Oamaru 5-year-old Ruby Marris is appealing his jail sentence.

''Today Mr Cao has received his sentence, but it doesn't matter what it is, as nothing will bring our Ruby back,'' a statement from the couple said.

Dangerous and distracted drivers will be the focus of a police sting over the next few months in a bid to reduce the number of crashes over winter.

A teenage driver has been transferred to hospital following a crash in Dairy Flat, north of Auckland.