Forty per cent of NZ's highways have a 2-star safety rating, which the AA wants improved.

It appears no one else was injured in the crash, which happened about 2.30am, police say.

Man was fleeing police after failing a breath test.

"If I have a guardian angel, it is probably taking a well-deserved break now."

One dead after truck, car collide on one-way bridge.

3-year-old boy hit by car in a driveway to be transferred to Starship Hospital.

A 3-year-old is in a critical condition after being hit by a car in Papakura, Auckland.

It's not too late to come forward, family of Nelson Hari says to driver.

Police chase along Wellington motorway ends in crash and arrest near Belmont.

Three people were injured in a crash on Auckland's northwestern motorway today.

Traffic heavy on Southwestern motorway after a three-car collision.

Michael Fairclough was so distraught after a fatal crash he ended his own life.

A man has not been seen since crashing his car near a North Taranaki stream

Investigators are piecing together what led to an horrific crash that claimed 2 lives.

The driver crashed, then drove another kilometre before his car reportedly caught fire.

It was too dangerous to enter the fast-flowing Rangitikei River yesterday.

A woman has moderate injuries after being hit by a vehicle on Fanshawe St this afternoon.

Kiwi pleads not guilty after allegedly pushing man into the path of an oncoming truck.

Small town grieves brothers and best mate killed after car slams into parked truck.

One person has been killed in a motorbike crash near Wellsford.

Friends and family pay tribute to three young men who died in a fiery crash.

One person is dead and two are injured after a two-vehicle crash near Whangarei.

Woman escapes serious injury after being pushed into railing by car involved in crash.

Two people were injured when a truck, van and car crashed at an Auckland intersection.

A man has been airlifted to hospital after his car rolled down a bank near Little Akaloa.

Sione Tuaino had been celebrating with family the evening before his tragic death.

Five Tongan men died in Katikati last year. The pain for their families is still raw.

A Southland man who crashed on a South Otago road, killing his wife, has been convicted.

Two crashes and a breakdown are slowing journeys to work today.

A man is facing a devastating recovery after a horror car crash killed his wife.