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.

Trainee journalist Zac Fleming was on his way to work at the Herald on Sunday when he almost became the latest car fatality. He tells his story.

An expectant mum who miscarried after a car crash in Auckland is furious the driver at fault escaped with what she sees as only a slap on the wrist.

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.

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.

Papakura is Auckland's most dangerous suburb when it comes to injuries, while Howick is the region's safest spot.

The grandfather of a Hastings preschooler killed in a tragic mower accident says he is devastated by the death.

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 person has been critically injured after a truck carrying livestock rolled on their car north of Wellsford late this afternoon.

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.

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.

One person died and five others were injured in crashes across the country over the weekend.

A car slid 80m before smashing into two cars that had already crashed on a busy highway yesterday, leaving one passenger dead and three others injured.

A new twin-engined air force helicopter will need all its rotors repaired or replaced, at a cost of millions of dollars, after being hit by lightning.

They never saw it coming. Even if they had, they could never have survived it.

The family of missing Canadian tourist Connor Hayes are coming to NZ next week and hope to hold a memorial in the small South Island town where he was last seen alive.

A man received life-threatening back and head injuries after falling from a deck in Auckland last night.