One person has been rescued from a car that went into a swamp in Avondale this morning.

A man is seriously injured following a crash between a cyclist and a truck in Wellington early this morning.

One person is in serious condition and two others injured following a crash in south Auckland early this morning.

A spike in the number fatalities on Northland roads has prompted police to call for motorists to slow down.

A meaty carcass has been scooped up off Auckland’s Southern Motorway this afternoon.

A 60-year-old's vehicle collided with a trailer being towed in the opposite direction, before colliding with a second southbound vehicle.

A car has crashed into a bus-stop on the corner of Albert Street and Wyndham Street in Auckland’s CBD this morning.

It was a tragic weekend on New Zealand roads with three people killed and a number badly injured in serious crashes.

A bus driver who was caught by strong winds and thrown under his bus is in a stable condition in hospital.

Police say the motorcyclist died after a crash in Rotokauri, Hamilton.

The former All Black flung himself across the car seat to save his baby's life, French officials investigating the crash believe.

A 25-year-old driver smashed into a fence, taking out a tree along the way, and was wedged against the fence with timber pinning his head down.

A truck, bus and a number of cars have collided at a busy intersection in Central Auckland.

A cow was killed when it wandered on to a South Auckland road today and was struck by a car.

The family of a Northland driver trapped in a car 100m down a ravine believe she might not have been found if a smartphone app had not traced her location.

Viraj Goonasekera has been sentenced him to 200 hours of community work and disqualified him from driving for six months for an April hit-and-run incident.

Man who went to the rescue of a driver described hearing the “big f***ing bang” that woke him, and how nobody realised the man was impaled for up to 30 minutes.

A Hamilton man crashed head-on into a truck then fell off his bike before it burst into flames in the Waikato.

Injured and dazed after crashing 100m down a bank, a Northland woman battled faltering cell phone reception and beeped her car horn to alert rescuers.

Dylan Chad was banned from driving for three years over the 2013 death of a mate. But he appeared in court last week on a charge of driving while disqualified.

A male motorcyclist who crashed head-on into a truck this morning became separated from his bike on impact before it burst into flames.

The accident occurred at the intersection of State Highway 57 and Waihou Rd about 8pm Sunday when a northbound and southbound vehicle collided.

A spate of weekend crashes has prompted a top road cop to urge motorists to think about the winter conditions before heading out onto the roads.

Four people were injured – one seriously – when two cars collided north of Auckland today.

An elderly man killed in a crash on State Highway 1 near Kaikoura last week has been named by police.

A bus and a car have crashed in Takapuna, Auckland but no one has been injured.

Two vehicles collided at the intersection of State Highway 57 and Waihou Road.

The crash happened on Constable Road, Waiuku, shortly before six.

A Kiwi woman's dream winter getaway to one of Europe's best holiday hotspots has ended in tragedy.

One person died and two others suffered serious injuries after a fiery two-vehicle crash in Manawatu yesterday.