Road deaths in the past four days have contributed to a bad month on New Zealand's roads.

Japanese tourist caught cutting corners over Central Otago mountain range says he was just trying to minimise his wife's car sickness.

More than 80 per cent of drivers do not leave their details after crashing into a parked car, a new survey has found.

A repeat drink-driver's radical bid to avoid jail by having an anti-booze drug implanted into himself has been successful.

An Air New Zealand pilot caught riding a scooter without a helmet and more than two and a half times the alcohol limit has avoided conviction.

A man who can't use his legs has been charged with dangerous driving after being caught using a shortened walking stick to operate his car.

A Chinese tourist had her rental car contract torn up and rewritten by a rental company yesterday after she was pulled over for alleged dangerous driving.

Police have criticised a woman they say was drink-driving with an unrestrained child standing in the car for her "appalling and distressing" actions.

More than three months after a drunk woman allegedly caused a fatal head-on crash, driving the wrong way down an Auckland motorway, charges have been laid.

The man thought to be New Zealand's worst drink-driver has applied for leave to appeal against a jail sentence he has already served, so he can get drug and alcohol treatment.

The son of an Auckland councillor and former top athlete has been caught driving while disqualified for the third time, but will be back behind the wheel in weeks.

A bus driver who drove drunk with passengers on board says he's not the worst bus driver in the country.

An Auckland courier driver whose careless driving left a jogger's leg almost severed has been banned from driving and ordered to pay her $6000.

The following will surely attract hate mail, and the moderators of online comment will have a busy time of it. Parking wardens bring out irrational responses in sane people - and creepy responses in the slightly unhinged. But here goes.

One of the National-led Govt's final acts in Parliament this term will be to lower the legal drink-driving limit, which means motorists will face stricter rules before Christmas.

Under-fire politician John Banks has been accused of breaking the law again - this time for using a cellphone while driving.

Crash victim Shane Summerfield has been in “unbearable pain” since losing half his family, he told a court today.

Shane Summerfield is still "miles away" from being able to speak about the crash in which a Dutch driver ran a stop sign and killed his wife and daughter.

A teenage driver who crashed a stolen car during a police chase, injuring all three people inside, has been charged over the incident.

A 13-year-old and two 15-year-olds remain in hospital after crashing their suspected stolen car into a pole during a police pursuit.

A Dutch businessman who was involved in a crash which killed three people and left one seriously injured had been caught speeding hours before the collision, it has been reported.

A Russian multi-millionaire seeking New Zealand citizenship had a drink-driving charge dropped after his arrest was lost in translation.

Fatal crashes are becoming rarer and the reasons go beyond the safety messages we usually hear.

'At that level I'm surprised you were even able to get your keys in the car.' A Dunedin judge slams a woman for driving drunk with her 2-year-old in the car.

The Dutch businessman accused of causing a crash that killed a Christchurch woman and two 12-year old girls has pleaded guilty in a surprise court appearance today.

Parents who drive while disqualified or without a licence are passing on the illegal habits to their children, a study has found.

The Dutch businessman involved in a crash that killed three people near Rakaia had a previous crash in Canterbury, it has been revealed.