One man is in intensive care after a head-on crash on the main road between Blenheim and Nelson that injured seven people.

City bound traffic is heavily congested on the Northwestern Motorway back to Hobsonville after a crash near Rosebank Rd.

The thought of never meeting his unborn son fuelled Peter Redmond's fight for his life when he was hit and dragged 20m by an SUV.

A woman remains in a critical condition this morning after crashing her motorcycle in Hawkes Bay.

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested following a hit-and-run incident in the Wellington region last week.

A driver has walked away uninjured after the car they were driving in crashed into a tree in west Auckland this afternoon.

A motorcyclist is in critical condition after colliding with a car on State Highway One in Northland.

A person died after the car they were driving collided with a truck in west Auckland.

A former Whanganui family is fundraising to bring their daughter's body home from Western Australia after the 18-year-old was killed in a car crash.

An elderly driver of a car has smashed through the front window of a medical lab in a Torbay shopping area.

Waikato police have released the name of an American woman who was killed in a car crash near Matamata on Monday.

A woman is in a serious condition in hospital after the car she was driving crashed into a taxi in central Auckland.

Police are on the lookout for the driver of a vehicle that was found crashed into a fence in Auckland this evening.

A friend of the mother who died in a crash along with her 8-month-old son said she was a very careful driver.

The two people who died in a two-car smash near Twizel in the South Island have been named.

A logging truck became airborne and shunted a hatchback 20m off the road in a collision that left a 22-year-old dead and her parents injured near Matamata.

The force of the impact between a car and a logging truck which crashed was so intense the truck and trailer unit briefly became airborne.

A fuel tanker driver escaped without major injuries after his vehicle rolled in Southland this morning.

The death of a 5-year-old girl, killed while out riding her bicycle yesterday, could have been prevented, her family says.

A young Tauranga girl has died when she was hit by a four wheel drive while riding her bike.

A car has crashed down a bank off Maraetai Dr in east Auckland, injuring five people.

A truck which broke down on the centre northbound land on the harbour bridge has now been cleared and congestion is easing.

Woman cyclist in serious but stable condition after being pinned under a truck.

A motorcyclist has been taken to Wellington hospital in a critical condition after being hit by a car on Customhouse Quay.

A Singapore man last month admitted charges of aggravated careless driving causing death and injury, after the death of a motorcyclist near Oamaru.

A multi-vehicle crash is causing major problems on Auckland's north-western motorway today.

A motorcyclist has died after striking a road barrier on State Highway One in the Waikato this morning.

A driver was thrown several metres from his car after colliding with a four wheel drive in Christchurch this afternoon.

A dog walk may have saved the lives of a mother and daughter who had just left their home when a car crashed into the side of it.