The Pakuranga College community is in mourning after the death of one of its senior students in a motorcycle accident.

Automobile Association road safety spokesman Dylan Thomsen said the that was "puzzling", although the toll was on a long-term downward trend.

The three-car collision occurred at the intersection of State Highway 1 and Tauroa St in Raumanga just before 4pm.

A motorcyclist who was seriously injured in a crash on the Pakuranga Highway in Auckland has died at the scene.

A 37-year-old woman was high on methamphetamine [P] when she ploughed into the back of a car, killing its driver who was waiting in line for roadworks.

Family and friends mourn the loss of a much-loved wife, mother and athlete.

A man at the scene said the driver of the car "was hysterical, saying if the girl is dead she couldn't live with herself".

The father-of-two's partner of six years shared her grief on Facebook saying, "It's not ok that you left us so soon and especially without saying goodbye."

Drivers were bumper-to-bumper for up to two hours after a motorbike crash on the Southern Motorway in Auckland this morning.

Police have released the name of the cyclist who died in a downhill crash in Christchurch on Thursday.

A woman died after a crash between a motorcycle and a car on Sunday afternoon, taking the weekend's road toll to five.

Two people were injured after a disqualified teen driver fled police and crashed into another car in Invercargill.

A man has been seriously injured after a car accident in the Hawke's Bay this evening.

A power pole crashed down onto a South Island highway after a car lost control and ploughed into it.

The driver attempted to run away, but was located by police.

This weekend's road toll now sits at five, after a fatal motorcycle crash. It was the third accident involving a motocycle this weekend.

One person has been killed in a car crash in Mount Roskill.

Three cars involved in collision which killed one person and injured another.

The crash on the Southern Motorway between the Ellerslie-Penrose and Mount Wellington interchanges has been cleared and all lanes are now open.

The Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter has been called to transport the victims to hospital.

A motorcyclist who died in Upper Hutt on Wednesday has been named by police as 37-year-old Koro Robin Peachey of Wainuiomata.

Unlicensed driver had three young passengers in the car when he lost control.

Emergency services were called to Central Park Drive in Henderson at 12.10pm after the crash involving two cars, a bus, a van and a truck.

Man believed to be in his 50s was seen cycling downhill before fatal smash.

It was possible the man had suffered a heart attack before the crash, police said.

Police have named the three people killed in separate road crashes in Canterbury.

Thomas Evans was following his dad across the road when he was hit by a car.

DRAMATIC PHOTO: Ambulance involved in a crash in Manukau this morning was going to a call-out when it collided with a car at a busy intersection.

Award-winning architect pleads guilty to careless driving after he dragged cyclist 20 metres along road and left tyre marks on helmet.

A van was captured on CCTV footage speeding the wrong way along Salisbury St in Christchurch before the driver was killed in a collision with a car, police said.