A speeding vehicle has crashed, bringing down power lines, in an incident police say could have been fuelled by alcohol.

A man who died at the scene of a serious crash in Northland was an English tourist who had just arrived in the country with his wife.

Driver suffered head and abdominal injuries after car collided with logging truck.

The sister of a Turangi teenager killed in a serious crash in the town on Monday has posted an emotional online tribute to her "handsome brother".

Police have identified the woman who died in a motorcycle crash on the West Coast on Sunday.

One person is still trapped in a vehicle after a head-on collision on State Highway 1 south of Whangarei about 2pm.

Police investigating the death of a man who drove off a Coromandel bridge last week say they have "more questions than answers".

A 68-year-old man died after suffering a "medical event" while he was cycling on a Coromandel road yesterday.

One of three Turangi teenagers involved in a serious crash in the town on Monday has now died.

Two teenagers were injured after one broke his leg while motorbike riding - and the other was run over by the ute taking him to check on his friend.

A person has died after the car they were driving collided with a truck transporting a house today - a day after a coroner's recommendations on a similar incident were released.

Five tourists have been injured and taken to hospital following a crash on State Highway 8 near Omarama this morning.

A male cyclist suffered serious injuries while on an afternoon bike ride when he collided with a vehicle turning into a driveway north of Auckland.

A Christchurch motorcyclist was killed after colliding with a car while riding with a group of eight yesterday.

A St John ambulance crashed north of Otorohanga this morning after taking a patient to Waikato Hospital.

The teenager killed in a head-on car crash in Bay of Plenty last week will be farewelled at his high school.

Police have tasered and arrested a Christchurch man they say was involved in multiple car crashes that damaged seven cars today.

A woman has been taken to hospital with critical injuries following a crash in Auckland this morning.

The incident happened on Kenneth Small Place in Remuera.

The incident happened during a motorbike event near Taupo.

At least one person is seriously injured after a car and motorcycle collided near Ahipara in Northland.

A man is in a serious condition after a car and a cyclist collided in Helensville this afternoon.

The man killed in a fatal crash on Auckland's Southern Motorway overnight has been identified as a foreign national.

A man is in serious condition after a traffic accident in Kerikeri.

A driver has died after their car plummeted off a bridge in the Coromandel before 10pm last night.

A mini bus carrying 13 passengers has crashed after a puncturing a tyre on state highway 5 in Rotorua.

Official documents have revealed how many police were involved in crashes in the past year.

A man has died today after a motorcycle crash earlier this month.

Derek Douglas was on the state highway 39 in Pirongia, when he was run over by two milk tank trucks at about 1am.