Crushing blow to $330k Aston Martin
A late-model Aston Martin worth as much as $330,000 did not look so luxurious after crashing into a lamp post on Auckland's waterfront early yesterday.
A late-model Aston Martin worth as much as $330,000 did not look so luxurious after crashing into a lamp post on Auckland's waterfront early yesterday.
The number of fatal truck crashes has dropped over the past decade, from a peak of 81 in 2004 to 46 last year, a decrease the New Zealand Transport Agency is celebrating.
One person is dead and nine vehicles are damaged after a van collided with a truck and trailer unit in south Waikato this afternoon.
Three Boston University students who died after a car crash near Taupo would likely have survived were they wearing seatbelts, a coroner has found.
Statistics NZ data shows fewer ACC claims but union believes they are misleading.
The drowsy driver who caused a head-on smash that killed Timaru financier Allan Hubbard has been fined $2500.
New figures show which industries are most likely to land workers with injuries - some of the 200,000 that flooded ACC last year.
Almost 7000 people will injure themselves this week - and nearly all of these will be the result of sport or other recreational activities.
Expert crash investigators will go head-to-head this week, arguing in court whether a taxi driver is guilty of careless driving causing the death of his unborn baby.
It was a horrifying scene involving a terrified woman trapped on a railway line in a wheelchair - but two strangers didn't think twice when it came to helping her.
Papakura is Auckland's most dangerous suburb when it comes to injuries, while Howick is the region's safest spot.
A family still grieving over three youngsters killed in a horrific crash six months ago are again in mourning after another relative died when her car hit a power pole.
The grandfather of a Hastings preschooler killed in a tragic mower accident says he is devastated by the death.
A "terrible accident" that resulted in the death of a 4-year-old boy has left a veteran council tractor driver traumatised and distraught.
The driver of a council tractor-mower is 'very shaken up' after he hit and killed a 4-year-old described by his gran as 'full of joy and bounce.'
A 4-year-old boy has died after he was run over by a council tractor mower in a Hastings park this evening.
A pedestrian has been struck and killed by a train in the Auckland suburb of Takanini.
A coroner has slammed police's attempts to locate a troubled teenager who ran away from foster care before being killed in a car crash.
The instructor in yesterday's helicopter training crash has been praised for his quick actions in averting a double fatality.
Two pilots had a lucky escape yesterday when their helicopter crashed during a training flight near the Waimakariri River in Canterbury.
The family of a New Zealander who died when a branch fell on her in a London park says an investigation into why the branch broke could prevent future deaths.
A Kiwi who died instantly when a tree branch fell on her in London's Kew Gardens may not have been killed had the tree been pruned properly, an inquest hears.
Claimants battling ACC for entitlements say its $4.9 billion surplus is "ridiculous" and "obscene" given how difficult it has made it for New Zealanders to obtain compensation.
Police were en route to intercept a car driving the wrong way on Auckland's northwestern motorway this morning before the vehicle collided with another car.
Two children were injured in a head-on crash after a car drove the wrong way on Auckland's northwestern motorway this morning.
A team of "exceptionally gutsy" schoolgirl cyclists have won silver medals in a national competition less than three weeks after they were injured in a road smash.