A man who died after his car crashed off a bridge and plunged down to a car park below has been named by police.

A student spent five months chasing compensation after a driving collision involving the boss of AA Smartfuel.

A woman has been killed after being hit by a car in Auckland tonight. The woman, in her 80s, was crossing the road when she was struck by a car driving out of the Z service station in Ash St, Avondale shortly before 10pm.

A man who allegedly hit a woman in the rental car he was driving, then fled the scene, has been named.

The man killed in a head-on collision on a Coromandel highway yesterday has been named by police.

A French tourist who backed her rental car over a cliff above Lake Wanaka early yesterday afternoon had a lucky escape from serious injury.

A seriously injured driver was trapped in his vehicle after it and an empty fuel tanker collided in Invercargill today.

It felt like half of Michele Foster-Chambers' body was crushed when she was hit by a car on an Auckland street.

The number of people killed on NZ roads so far this year is 20 per cent higher than at the same time last year, with a "spike" in the number of passengers killed.

One person is dead and another critically injured and trapped inside a car following a head-on collision in the Coromandel this morning.

After a year living in Mexico it's fair to say the roads were chaotic there. But, I truly believe Mexican drivers were better than Aucklanders, writes Sam Judd.

The learner driver of an illegally modified Honda has admitted killing two Mosgiel siblings, as further details of the horror crash emerge.

The crash took place on the Northern Motorway at Dairy Flat around 4.30am.

A Waikato man is dead and two others injured after a three-car pile-up on the outskirts of Hamilton.

A man has been charged after allegedly hitting a woman in the rental car he was driving and fleeing the scene afterwards.

A truck driver has been praised after deliberately steering his out-of-control truck and trailer into a bank as it hurtled down a steep bank.

The two truck collision took place on State Highway 1 near the intersection of Jordan Valley Rd, Hikurangi, around 6.45am.

The Chinese tourist responsible for the death of Oamaru 5-year-old Ruby Jay Marris has been told to prepare himself for jail.

An Australian tourist responsible for a three-car collision near Milford Sound in February must pay reparation to two women injured in the crash.

A man was rushed to hospital in serious condition this afternoon after a truck and car collided in Auckland.

Ten fire trucks are at the scene of a crash north of Wellington this evening after a car hit a gas main.

One person was extracted from their car and four others were injured after a vehicle crash in Whitford earlier today, leading police to warn motorists to take extra caution.

An Auckland couple who survived a serious crash in Canterbury are distraught over the death of their 4-year-old daughter.

The two women who died in a fatal road smash south of Auckland on Saturday morning have been named.

Waikato police are appealing for motorists to slow down after eight crashes in the district since 8am today.

The 20-year-old student who was killed when his car and a truck collided on State Highway 2 in Kerepehi on Friday morning has been named.

Crowds of out-of-control partygoers were stunned into silence when an 18-year-old's car plunged over the edge of a bank in Oropi as he fled police on Friday night.

The 18-year-old man who died in a crash after fleeing police near the scene of an out of control party in the Bay of Plenty last night was Levi Green.

A second person has died in Middlemore Hospital following a two-car crash at Karaka, South Auckland. Police said the crash happened about 6.40am on State Highway 22 near the intersection of Blackridge Road.