Emergency services were called to the single-vehicle collision at the intersection of Waimā Valley Rd and Pūhā Rd about 6.20pm. The Serious Crash Unit is investigating.
The official Christmas-New Year holiday road toll period started at 4pm on December 22. It finished this morning at 6am.
The number of people killed this holiday period is down from last year, when 21 people died during that same period.
Information from the Ministry of Transport shows of those killed on our roads this holiday period, nine people were drivers and nine were passengers. One victim died in a motorcycle crash.
Majority of fatal crashes in Waikato
The majority of the victims were male (13) and six female. The majority of the fatalities were in Waikato, where seven people were killed.
Two people died in crashes yesterday - the first in a crash reported shortly before 3.30am on State Highway 25 near Russek Rd, south of Keretā, on the Coromandel Peninsula.
A section of the highway had to be closed for several hours as authorities worked at the scene.
Just after 2pm, emergency services were called to a crash involving a motorcyclist on Tainui Rd in Tauhei, Waikato.
First responders worked to save the rider, but they were pronounced dead at the scene.
Police have started to release the names of those killed on roads over the holiday road toll period.
Brayden Tawa. Photo / Facebook
They include 27-year-old Brayden Tawa, of Pāpāmoa, Louise Quinn, of Hamilton, and 22-year-old Wenxuan Li, of Auckland.
Tawa was a passenger in a vehicle that was involved in a crash with a truck in Mt Maunganui two days after Christmas. He had been riding in the front seat at the time.
The driver of the vehicle and another passenger survived with minor injuries.
Tim O'Dwyer, 20, died in car crash in Ashburton on Christmas Day. Photo / Facebook
Two road deaths were reported in Christchurch and Te Puru, in the lead-up to New Year’s Eve, and two other people died in a crash between a car and petrol tanker west of Kaimai Summit on December 28.
Another fatality was reported in the Buller District in the early hours of December 29, when a single-car crashed on SH69 in Inangahua about 12.43am.
Other fatal crashes were reported on Boxing Day in Prebbleton - southwest of Christchurch - and on the morning of Christmas Day.
The 20-year-old had moved to New Zealand from Ireland in September.
Another person died in a crash in Whangārei hours after the holiday toll road period started on December 22. Police said the vehicle fled officers conducting a checkpoint. The person inside the vehicle died at the scene.
Friday, Dec 22: (6.40pm): Driver of vehicle killed in crash in Whāngārei.
Saturday, Dec 23: (12.45pm): One dead in crash between car and motorbike on SH25 at the 25A turnoff on Coromandel Peninsula between Hikuai and Whangamatā. (1.30pm): Wenxuan Li, 22, killed in crash on Whakamaru Rd, Whakamaru. (8.08pm): Driver dies in crash in Waimate North.
Monday, Dec 25, Christmas Day: (12.45am): Tim O’Dwyer, 20, killed in single-vehicle crash on Methven Highway, Allenton, Ashburton.
Tuesday, Dec 26, Boxing Day: (6pm): One person killed in crash in Prebbleton, Selwyn District, in Canterbury.
Wednesday, Dec 27: (Just before 5pm): Louise Quinn, 39, dies in a quad bike accident in Marokopa, Waikato. (10.17pm): Brayden Tawa is killed in a crash between a car and a truck at Mt Maunganui.
Thursday, Dec 28: (12.16pm): A person is killed in a crash between a car and a petrol tanker on SH29, Lower Kaimai. Police later announce the death of a second person involved in the crash, who succumbs to their injuries in hospital.
Friday, Dec 29: (12.43am): One dead in single-vehicle crash on SH69 in Inangahua, Buller District. (11.39am): Driver dies in single-vehicle crash near Russell.
Saturday, Dec 30: (8.45pm): Person killed when a vehicle crashes into the water on Te Puru Creek Rd in the Coromandel. (Just before midnight): Two people are killed in a crash involving two cars and a motorbike on Tunnel Rd, Christchurch.
Monday, January 1, 2024, New Year’s Day: (2.30pm) Person died in a crash on SH30 at Okataina, east of Rotorua.
Tuesday, Jan 2, 2024: (Just before 3.30am): One dead after a car hits a powerpole and crashes into water on SH25, south of Keretā. (2.10pm): Motorcyclist dies in a crash on Tainui Rd in Tauhei, northeast of Hamilton. (6.20pm): Baby boy dies in a crash on Waimā Valley Rd in the Far North.
