The road toll is at three for the Christmas holiday period so far.
The toll period began at four o'clock on Friday afternoon.
A man died after a car crash at Geraldine in South Canterbury yesterday evening.
He was identified as Gareth Toby Waller, a 29 year old local man.
The other fatalities on the roads on Christmas Eve were at Waitara, Christchurch, and Waiuku.
