Just over halfway into January the road toll for the year is more than what it was at the same time last year.

Teenager was passenger in car that lost control and smashed into a tree.

One person has died and two have been injured after a crash in central Auckland this afternoon.

One person has died after crashing their car in Fielding in the early hours of this morning.

Emergency services are at the scene of a fatal car crash near Dunedin International airport. Police said the only occupant of the vehicle has died after the vehicle rolled and came to a rest on its roof on Centre Road in the Momona area.

The road toll has risen to 17 following the death of an elderly woman after a crash in Motueka.

Police said the only occupant of the vehicle has died after the vehicle rolled and came to a rest on its roof on Centre Road in the Momona area.

Ten people have been injured after a collision involving three cars and a truck near Taupo.

Police are desperate to prevent further deaths and have appealed to people to make smart decisions to ensure they are driving responsibly.

The man who died after his car plunged into a Southland river was a family man, his brother says.

A 7-year-old boy suffered serious injuries in a fall from a motorcycle in Otago this evening.

One person has been seriously injured in an accident in rural Canterbury tonight.

A Dunedin man was "very lucky" to escape serious injury after his car rolled down a bank at Lee Stream near Outram this morning.

One person is injured after a crash in the Kauaeranga Valley, behind Thames.

Seven people have been injured in a car crash in central Christchurch at lunchtime today.

Truck crash spills waste onto Southern Motorway.

Friends and family have made heartfelt tributes to the three young victims of a fatal crash.

Police have confirmed that a two-year-old girl has died following a crash on the HB Expressway.

The man was one of 16 people injured -- two of them critically -- in the accident on New Year's Eve.

A man was airlifted to hospital with neck and back injuries after his car rolled in the Tasman region this afternoon.

A man who had a leg severed in a horrific crash last week in Auckland remains in critical condition.

A pregnant woman and two children were among the injured after a bus and a car collided on Auckland's Hibiscus Coast this afternoon.

The family of a motorcyclist killed in Hamilton this week has paid tribute to a loved husband and treasured dad.

A 13-year-old Oamaru girl involved in a fatal crash has described the harrowing moment a car hurtled down the footpath towards her.

A police investigation has been launched after a man's body was found in a car submerged in a Southland river.

Bystanders have described as "horrendous'' the scene after an elderly driver's car mounted a kerb at speed and hit three pedestrians before colliding with two cars.

The man who died after his motorbike and a car collided at an intersection in Waikato is from Hamilton.

Girl, 13, reveals terrifying moment Oamaru crash car struck her before killing another pedestrian.

A 67-year-old man died and five others were injured after a vehicle drove on to a footpath and then collided with two cars in Oamaru.