The family of a pregnant woman who was killed when her epileptic partner drove at speed into a Hamilton car yard are angry he has escaped a jail sentence. Riki Kelly admitted he had not taken his medication three days before the crash.
A hospital surgeon is fighting a drink-driving charge after driving home from a bar.
The threat of jail terms for drivers who flee police will not stop young offenders, a criminal psychologist says.
Roads and vehicles must be "more forgiving" to curb a road toll which averages more than one death a day, the AA says. Figures released by the Ministry of Transport today show 371 people died on the roads over the past year.
Police have named the 19-year-old who died when he was thrown out of a car as it plunged 25 metres down a cliff at the Pinewoods Motor Park in Red Beach, north of Auckland, early this morning.
The death of a 15-year-old driver who fled from police this morning was 'completely avoidable', say police. Timoti Mohi was driving a stolen car when he failed to stop for police and drove off at speeds of up to 180km/h.
Campers at a coastal campground north of Auckland are in shock after a teenager was thrown out of a car as it plunged 25 metres down a cliff at the campground early this morning.
Alcohol and speed contributed to more than half the 13 deaths on New Zealand roads over the holiday period.
The holiday road toll stands at 13, the same as last year, following two fatal crashes in Auckland overnight.
The prospect of routine imprisonment for drivers who flee from police patrols looms after 16 people died in police pursuits in 2010.
Superintendent Ted Cox was ticketed after he was clocked driving at 120km/h on Auckland's Southern Motorway, during a crackdown meant to cut the number of road deaths caused by speeding.
In the year to June 30, over 105,000 tickets were issued after drivers were snapped by fixed speed cameras.
A young man speeding at 174 km/h because he was 'late for lunch' is one example of some appalling driving in the holiday break.
Police are setting a new trap for speeding drivers who slam on their brakes at the last minute for roadside speed cameras. The point-to-point cameras record the time a car takes to travel between two points.
The family of a father-of-two hit by a car yesterday are grieving for 'a wonderful family man'.
Police have charged the 18-year-old driver of a van involved in a fatal crash near Rotorua in July.
The festive season is a time of excess. But as the country’s top traffic officer Paula Rose tells Alan Perrott, there is little cheer in counting its cost.