Two people have been taken to hospital following a head-on collision outside Palmerston North this afternoon.

Army medics pitched in to help rescue services after a nasty head-on smash near their base outside Christchurch this afternoon.

Police have admitted a truck driver was wrongly blamed for causing a crash featured in a road safety campaign.

A driver has had what emergency workers dubbed a miraculous escape after surviving a 40-metre plunge off a bridge in his vehicle, which landed upside-down in a river.

An innocent victim who survived a crash featured in a new road safety campaign says police have misled people and unfairly blamed a truck driver involved.

A 3-year-old girl who suffered critical injuries in a Bay of Plenty road crash yesterday has been transferred to Starship Hospital.

Motorists travelling north for the long weekend should expect delays, police say.

A motorcyclist has been killed on a rural Hawke's Bay road.

A young Greymouth man says a car fleeing police would have smashed into him in his bedroom if he hadn't moved out earlier that day.

Ironman veteran Garth Barfoot is recovering in hospital with a broken femur after a car hit him while he was out cycling.

A Chinese man's holiday to NZ took an expensive turn when he crashed his $200,000 Aston Martin Rapide on Tamaki Dr, with another $14,000 bill for the light pole he hit.

Two people were seriously hurt when a light truck and car collided north of Wairao this morning, blocking State Highway 2.

A Dunedin man who lost control behind the wheel near Golden Bay this morning has been airlifted to hospital.

Forget rego plates and e-bikes - clever street design can save lives and money, writes Claude Lewenz.

Glenn McIsaac plans to put cameras on his bike or helmet to film footage of dangerous drivers.

A crash involving a logging truck and a tractor has led to traffic delays on State Highway 1 near Balclutha today.

A Northland community is mourning the loss of a family man, teacher and dedicated club volunteer in New Zealand's second cyclist death of the new year.

Another cyclist has died on New Zealand roads following a crash in the Bay of Islands this morning.

Patrick Morgan, of the Cycling Advocates' Network (CAN), will be joining us at midday for a live chat on cycle safety.

Three days into this automobile experiment and I'm loving it. I've hit my stride. I'm starting to feel like a real Aucklander, says Martin Johnson.

Auckland bus drivers were given the chance to see the road from the perspective of the city's cyclists this week, and find out what the real dangers of biking in the city are.

Cycling to work has gained popularity after a decade of declining, according to the latest census - and cycle advocates say it's time infrastructure changed to match.

Day two at the wheel and I've had my first minor incident - with a pedestrian, not a cyclist, writes Martin Johnston.

It was two seconds of indecision and bad judgment from a driver - but it may have cost a promising young cyclist his career.

We all have a story to tell about the time we were driving, and "Just didn't see him", writes Serafin Dillon.

Fist-shaking cyclists who aggressively shout "open your eyes" to apparently bike-blind drivers are sharing in a problem that also worries motorists.

A bus union leader is leading calls for a bicycle registration scheme to discourage riders from running red lights and pedestrian crossings.

Cycling deaths on Auckland's roads reinforce a need for faster action on critical transport projects, says the city's chamber of commerce.