A driver crashed through a wall and into Kapiti Coast District Council’s debating chamber yesterday – just a day after a health and safety meeting was held in the same room.

Speed limits on some open roads could be lowered because road safety officials believe they are too dangerous to drive at 100km/h.

A logging truck has rolled on the Lewis Pass this morning, spilling logs across the road and completely blocking State Highway 7.

Darren Lee Wilson, the motorcylist killed while fleeing police in Christchurch today, has left behind a young son, his distraught friends say.

The motorcyclist killed while fleeing police in Christchurch today has left behind a young son, his distraught friends say.

Two men dragged an injured forestry worker from his car as it burst into flames after crashing into wandering livestock on a Far North rural road.

Mac Robinson drove past a fatal crash in Matamata on Monday night before glancing back and realising the car involved was his wife's.

One person has died in a crash in Canterbury this morning. The crash occurred on Bealey Rd, near Darfield, around 8.20am, police said.

A man died after what police describe as a "highly modified trike" crashed in Napier yesterday.

A major crash involving two large trucks damaged traffic lights in Christchurch this morning.

A digger driver who was critically injured after being hit by a train this morning was carrying out work for KiwiRail.

The toddler who was killed in a crash in the Bay of Plenty on the weekend has been formally identified by police.

Two weeks after a wrong-way driver killed Karen Yong, her mother and sister can't bear to pack up her life into cardboard boxes.

Three people are believed to be injured after a car flipped on a highway north of Auckland.

A truck carrying prestressed concrete walls crashed south of Katikati at 7am, bringing down power lines.

A man has died after crashing his distinctive vehicle into a tree in Auckland yesterday.

A 32-year-old man has died after his vehicle and a truck and trailer unit collided near Tokoroa early today.

Auckland Transport is upgrading a Parnell intersection where a pedestrian was hit and killed by a truck this morning.

The driver of a car has died in a head-on collision with a truck and trailer unit in Bay of Plenty.

Kiwi ad agencies are pretty good at road safety messages - but Volkswagen may have trumped all our previous efforts with a brilliant ad campaign to fight mobile phone use in cars.

Stories of fatal crashes are told too often in New Zealand, and in the past six months there has been no shortage of examples.

Car rental companies and airlines could do more to advise tourists about driving in New Zealand, say a visiting American couple.

Four people have been injured in a collision on Dunedin's southern motorway, in which one of the vehicles may have been travelling in the wrong direction.

The first areas to get new digital speed cameras have been revealed by police. So where will the first 12 be located?