A Napier truck driver negotiating the steep Otira Viaduct for the first time probably experienced brake failure, a coroner has ruled.

A crane arrived this afternoon at the scene of a truck crash on the Kaikoura coast in which the driver has been missing since this morning.

Four people were trapped when a bus rolled near Clarks Junction, inland from Outram near Dunedin, this morning.

Just over two months ago, a battered Phoenix Ruddell lay in an induced coma at Starship Hospital with injuries so serious that doctors expected a long road back to recovery.

An 18-year-old woman who was thrown 15 metres in a crash in Apiti on Friday died in hospital.

The first of a series of new fixed speed cameras has gone live today.

A man was killed on the Moutere Highway, Nelson, after being struck by a vehicle.

A young woman was thrown 15 metres from a vehicle following a crash in the Manawatu region early today.

A woman is in hospital on life support following a crash in the Manawatu region in the early hours of this morning.

What was meant to be the start of a long-awaited family holiday turned into every parent's nightmare.

Three teenage boys are in hospital following a police pursuit which ended with the car they were in slamming into a pole on Auckland's North Shore.

The daughter of a cyclist killed after being hit by a courier van on Monday said her mother was "very safety conscious" and would be "incredibly missed".

The young man whose vehicle collided with a train on Northpark Rd, just north of Ashburton, has died in hospital.

A truck driver involved in a collision that killed a cyclist says he hadn't had an eye examination in at least five years at the time of the accident.

A 7-year-old boy was flown to Auckland's Starship Hospital in a serious condition last night after being hit by a car in Tauranga's Welcome Bay.

A 7-year-old boy hit by a car in Welcome Bay last night remains in a critical condition at Auckland's Starship hospital this morning.

A Courier Post driver says a fatal accident with a cyclist yesterday was over in an instant.

A truck driver was “within arm’s reach” of a group of cyclists seconds before his vehicle fatally collided with one of them, an inquest has heard.

Police are calling for witnesses to a fatal crash between a cyclist and courier van at an intersection near Hillcrest this morning.

Clayton O'Brien's death has broken the hearts of his family, says a distraught aunt.

A motorcyclist has been pinned between a car and a letter box in Tauranga.

A 46-year-old woman who died after her motorcycle and an oncoming car collided near Napier has been described by a close friend as a "special, true and powerful woman".

A Dunedin driver who crashed into a cow woke up in a smoke-filled car with an 18-wheeler truck bearing down on her.

NZ has enjoyed a record fall in the road toll but road safety campaigners say there’s plenty of room for improvement.

The picturesque Scenic Drive was the scene of two car crashes Saturday morning.