The crash happened at a major intersection in Addington, Christchurch.

A Hamilton woman has no memory of the moment a rock smashed through her windscreen.

Footage was released of a British cop in the US, along with other officers, saving a woman from a burning car. / Grand Prairie Police

Police say it's now a "battle zone" on New Zealand roads.

The man was flown to Christchurch Hospital by helicopter in a critical condition.

We are just two away from last year's tragic road toll with eight dead in nine hours.

The crash happened on Kaiwaitau Rd in Mahia about 8.45pm, police say.

Five die in car crashes and two more after being hit by a train in South Auckland.

Two people are also fighting for their lives after separate crashes.

German woman one of three people killed in fatal crash at Oakleigh.

Emergency services respond after a collision between a school bus and car in Queenstown. / James Allan

A witness said the man was put in a neck brace before being taken to hospital.

Elderly man seriously hurt after his fertiliser truck and sprayer unit crashes.

One person is dead and a second is in a critical condition after Christchurch crash.

The crash has been cleared but the NZTA is warning motorists to take another way home.

There has been a fatal crash on State Highway 29 at Lower Kaimai.

A woman is critical and a man seriously hurt after a car drove off a cliff this morning.

A gas main has been ruptured in East Auckland following a car crash.

Two people were trapped in their vehicle after a serious crash in Wellington.

A truck crash has left the Pahiatua Track closed this morning.

The holiday road toll has risen after five people died on New Zealand roads.

Madeline Lindsay Young, 21, was seriously injured in a motorbike crash in New Lynn.

Potential hold-up for people driving home from a long weekend in the Coromandel.

Drunk teen crashes vehicle with parent and two other passengers inside.

A car and motorbike collided in New Lynn.

The drivers were involved in two separate crashes in south Auckland, leaving four injured.

One person has been killed in a crash near Burnham Military Camp in Canterbury.

Boy and Pork Pie star tells of his struggle to recover in TV documentary.

Witnesses say the injured children pushed other kids out of the way of the oncoming car.

Fatal accident happened about 3.30pm - half an hour before holiday road toll begins.