A Frenchman who moved to NZ to "make his dream come true" swerved to avoid hitting a portable toilet that had fallen from a truck before colliding head-on with another truck.

A Japanese tourist was critically injured when his rental car and a truck collided near Christchurch today.

A young driver who died in a head-on collision with a truck was swerving to avoid a portable toilet which fell from another passing truck and trailer.

Ruby Jay Marris, the five year-old killed in a crash involving a foreign driver in Otago, has been remembered as “cherished and loved” and a "fun-loving princess".

Four people have been injured in a collision between a logging truck and a car this morning.

Teenager's headmaster says girl had recently found a "new lease on life" as police question other the occupants of the car.

A number of people are believed to be injured following a crash in Christchurch this morning.

Advertising material covering the window of a Christchurch driver may have limited his visibility when his truck a cyclist in April last year.

A British tourist hopes his near-death experience at the hands of a foreign driver prevents a repeat of the crash that killed a 5-year-old Oamaru girl.

A Taiwanese tourist killed in a crash in Canterbury last week has been named.

Drastic action by a person who flagged down a tourist driving on the wrong side of the road and confiscated their car keys yesterday is being investigated by police.

Six overseas drivers have appeared in court over the past 24 hours after a series of crashes that have focused attention on tourist driving.

Five foreign drivers have appeared in court over the past seven days charged with dangerous driving in different parts of the country. How can we make tourists safer on our roads? Comment here.

A driver allegedly slammed another car off the road during a suspected road-rage incident yesterday, sending it careering into a bus shelter, seriously injuring a waiting teenager.

A heartbroken family are mourning the loss of 5-year-old Ruby Jay Marris after a car crash involving a foreign driver in Otago.

Government inaction has been blamed for "driving the tourist road toll" up, following two crashes involving Chinese visitors over the weekend.

A 32-year-old Chinese tourist will appear in court today after a 5-year-old Oamaru girl was killed in a North Otago crash on Saturday afternoon.

A five-year-old girl died in a fatal crash in North Otago last night.

Two people have been injured in a head-on collision on a country road.

A German man seriously injured in a crash that claimed the life of his wife and daughter has spoken for the first time about the tragedy.

A driver was swept more than 200m downstream and found clinging to a tree after his small truck went over a bank and into the Buller River.

A teenager in critical condition in Waikato Hospital last night has yet to learn of the deaths of his parents and sister in a head-on crash with a logging truck this week.

The road toll continued to rise yesterday with three more deaths in a grim week on New Zealand roads.

Two life-long friends who shared a "perfect" bond had been on the summer road-trip of their lives before they were killed in a crash.

The death of two tourists whose campervan was swept away in a slip was the result of a "tragic coming together of a number of events", a coroner has found.

One person has died following a collision between a rental van and a 4-wheel-drive in Christchurch this morning.