The holiday road toll now stands at seven since Friday afternoon.

A truck has rolled on Desert Road, closing the route to traffic.

Tongan community mourns two visitors' deaths in bus crash after brakes failed to work, survivors say.

A Herald investigation reveals the most dangerous roads during the Christmas holiday period.

A young Kiwi missionary has died in a car accident in South Africa.

The shocking moment a three-year-old boy was hit by a truck in China has been captured on camera.

A woman wearing a moon-boot is understood to have flipped her car into a garden after her foot got caught on the accelerator.

An elderly woman has died from injuries after being hit by a car in Takapuna this evening.

A 77-year-old man suffered suspected fractured ribs when he was knocked off his push bike in Kilgour Road, Greymouth, this morning.

The family of a woman killed while walking outside an Auckland garden centre will go ahead with Christmas despite the pain of their loss.

Peng Wang, who allegedly crashed into Mediaworks journalist Karen Rutherford, has been denied the return of his Chinese passport.

A truck carrying a large amount of gravel rolled this afternoon on one of the main routes to Auckland Airport.

A truck driver is flown to hospital after a crash north of Auckland this morning.

Police name quad biker killed in Port Waikato crash.

A teen is in critical condition after the stolen car they were in with six others crashed during a police pursuit in Whanganui last night.

Cattle have died after a truck rolled, closing part of State Highway 23, Waikato.

One person has been left severly injured after they collided with a power pole.

Three people were trapped after a two-car crash on Dunedin's Northern Motorway this afternoon.

A male has been killed after the quad bike he was riding overturned in Port Waikato.

Dashcam footage has revealed a close call as an SUV and trailer spin out of control on a Nelson road.

Helicopter crews used night-vision goggles to rescue a man who had a car crash in Waihi.

The families of a crash driver who killed two and injured two others are disgusted he has been released on parole.

A Matamata pedestrian has had a miraculous escape from serious injury after being hit by a truck this morning.

Motorists should expect delays for the next two hours after two-truck crash injures two.

A Rotorua man described as an "exemplary leader" by late kaumatua Fred Whata and as an asset to his community by a judge has been

A man killed when a van and bus collided on a busy road on Auckland's North Shore has been described as a "gentle giant".

Facts about the christmas road toll such as the highest and lowest amount of deaths and the factors involved.

A police car involved in a crash with a truck on State Highway 1 this morning was on its way to provide urgent back-up in Hamilton.

A van has leaked battery acid over the Southern Motorway in Auckland.

Police are attending a serious crash where a car and truck collided near Palmerston North.