The woman who died in a head-on crash on the Rimutaka Hill road between the Wellington and Wairarapa regions yesterday has been named.

A motorist, who ignored warning lights and drove around level crossing barrier arms at a known blackspot, was seconds away from being hit by a train.

Robert Neale has hit three vehicles at level crossings, resulting in three deaths, in his nine years as a freight train driver.

Adrian Hailwood has had his own fashion label, Hailwood, for 14 years, with his range stocked throughout New Zealand, Australia, USA and UK. Driven Magazine caught up with him and his Citroen DS5.