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.

Passengers flying on Air NZ will soon get road safety tips before touching down on New Zealand soil.

Police officers first on the scene at a fatal Hawke's Bay car crash were shocked to find a grim bumper sticker on the wrecked car.

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.

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

Two people have been seriously injured in an accident early this morning after the car they were travelling in rolled down a bank in the Awatere Valley.

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.

Road safety campaigners are calling for a ban on the use of wearable technology, including smartwatches, by drivers.

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.

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.

A woman died after trying to do a U-turn when a logging truck struck her vehicle outside of Te Puke this morning, police say.

Motorists are being warned to take care this Queen's Birthday weekend as holiday-makers hit the roads, winter draws in and 'Gypsy Day' stock moving takes place.

A wannabe stuntman who surfed atop a taxi as it went over the Harbour Bridge has argued his case should be thrown out because he did not endanger anyone other than himself.

New Zealand has recorded the sharpest increase in annual road deaths of a group of 28 countries in an international study.

Road safety operations will be carried out through the end of May and into June as part of “Operation Twistlock,” a trans-Tasman road safety initiative focusing on heavy vehicles.

There are actually two sets of road rules, it would seem.

Police have recovered a car in which a person died after it went down a bank and was engulfed in flames.