Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway has been cleared following a five-car crash earlier this morning.

An Auckland mum-of-three who walked away from a crash that killed a man yesterday has described seeing headlights swerve on to her side of the road.

Rescuers have described the extensively damaged vehicle involved in a fatal road crash in Auckland this morning as unsurvivable.

A Taiwanese tourist driver and widow who killed her own father after running a stop sign has today been shown mercy by a judge.

Traffic is backed up in Wellington after a truck and trailer unit jack-knifed and crashed into the motorway medium barrier on State Highway 1 in the Ngauranga Gorge.

A woman who crashed into three cars and a traffic light while driving drunk had sold her home to pay for the $25,000 accident damage.

The heartbroken father of Ruby Jay Marris wants the Government to get tough on tourist drivers.

A Papamoa teenager who died after becoming trapped in a car following a crash near Tauranga on Wednesday has been named by police.

A man charged with dangerous driving following a dramatic crash on the Auckland motorway earlier this year has failed to appear in court today.

A tourist has been found dead on a Hamilton road, but police say there was no foul play involved.

A French tourist who almost killed his wife has been ordered to pay almost $19,000 reparation to two of his victims before he can leave the country.

No amount of reading or reviewing prepares one for sliding into the seat behind the steering wheel and making that first leap into traffic, Theresa Philbrick writes.

A French tourist who drove on the wrong side of the road, colliding with an oncoming car, must pay $19,000 to his victims before he can leave the country.

A Mosgiel family wants to thank those who supported them while their son was recovering from a car crash.

A teenager who died when a car he was travelling in crashed down a steep bank has today been named by police.

Police have released the name of two men who died after separate crashes in the Waikato last week.

She came to New Zealand to recover from depression brought on by her partner's death in a motorcycle crash.

A spate of accidents involving tourist drivers this summer has led to several incidents in which South Island residents have stopped drivers and confiscated their keys.

A woman lying unconscious on the road after a serious crash in the Kaimai Range yesterday was assisted by a doctor who, by chance, was in the traffic queue.

The road zigs left, then right, like a river winding around the mountain. There's only a ruler length between you and the edge, Heather du Plessis-Allan writes.

A tourist driver has been punched in the face after being pulled over by another motorist, as tension over foreign drivers and crashes escalates.

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.