The child was taken to Auckland City Hospital by ambulance.

One dead each day - but the holiday road toll is better than last year.

The collision has left one person with serious injuries.

Auckland man and his son thankful to be alive after crash with alleged drink driver.

The motorbike and a ute collided just before 5.20pm.

The holiday road toll stands at 11 after a man died in the first few hours of 2018.

Top road cop says we need to be better drivers if we want to stop the road carnage.

One person has died in hospital after a single-vehicle crash in Whangarei today.

Specialist firefighters rescue four trapped inside a car at bottom of a steep gully.

Four people have been injured, one critically, in a two-vehicle crash in Waitomo District.

All five have been taken to Rotorua Hospital, St John ambulance says.

Person taken to Auckland City Hospital after car ends up on other side of the barrier.

Abdul Raheem Fahad Syed's widow and baby son have also travelled there for his funeral.

Speed and alcohol were not a factor, police said.

The worst drivers don't come from overseas says a top Canterbury policeman.

Holidaymakers be warned, traffic could cause major disruptions to your plans.

Expect heavy congestion on the southbound motorway, NZTA says.

Smashed up car displayed alongside highway to reinforce road safety message.

Truckie was badly hurt after jumping from his truck when brakes failed.

Car crashes have ruined the holidays of many people.

Men would still be alive if not for 'incredibly' high speed of driver, inspector says.

The message of the map is clear - all roads in New Zealand have the potential for tragedy.

The woman who died in a crash in Clutha last week was 27-year-old Ebony Grace.

Horror day on Canterbury roads and second crash blocks highway.

Dad of Lily Moore who died in Boxing Day 2016 crash urges road safety

A van has rolled into a ditch beside a Waikato bridge.

Four people have been injured in a car pile-up in Dunedin Central this afternoon.

The family of a taxi driver killed in a crash have received over $50,000 in donations.

The young chef from India is one of five to die on the roads so far these holidays.

Five people are in Waikato Hospital after their car crashed into a ditch.