It was expected the roads would be busy with this the last long weekend through to October and the Lions tour well under way.
Mr Farquharson said despite the busy roads other than the fatal on Friday there had been nothing too serious with just a minor crash at a roundabout yesterday.
On Friday night 22-year-old Jonathan Knuiman from Napier was hit by a car on State Highway Two north of Napier Airport and died.
The driver of the vehicle had been speaking with police and the Serious Crash Unit had been investigating but there were no further updates last night.
The second fatal came on Saturday but was outside the region.
A 17-year-old woman died after a car rolled down a bank on State Highway 35 north of Te Araroa near Gisborne.
A 1-year-old was also taken to Waikato Hospital in a critical condition.
Last night one person died in a two-car crash in Waimate, South Canterbury.
Mr Farquharson said from what police had seen during the weekend drivers were behaving well and it had been much better than last year.
Last night two patrol cars were placed along the Napier-Taupo road watching the end of the holiday traffic.
Mr Farquharson said it was pretty busy with some tough weather conditions.
"There has been a lot of traffic on that stretch of road and it was raining right from Te Pohue through to Taupo, so wasn't easy out there."
If there are no fatal crashes overnight this year's national road toll is the best since 2013 when there was none.