"A hippopotamus would be faster." Auckland Transport is being accused of dragging the chain in its provision of facilities to make cycling safer.

Cycling blackspots: Where needs improvement?

A driver 'made the right decision' to stay in his car after it skidded off the road in the wet - leaving him hanging on - literally - for help to arrive.

A 51-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man, both from Levin, were killed in a fiery three-vehicle crash, police have confirmed.

On Tuesday I arrived very early on the scene of a cycle versus truck fatality in Auckland, writes Lance Wiggs. The sight of a person lying motionless in the street with mangled bicycle in the background is chilling enough.

A van carrying eight members of a family plunging 15m from State Highway 5 near Te Haraoto on Jan 2 got the New Year off to a bad start.

The number of people killed in a fiery crash in Manawatu early today is still unclear due to the destruction of the wreckage.

Police have released the name of the cyclist killed in a collision with a truck at the intersection of Stanley St and Parnell Rise, Auckland yesterday afternoon.

Bystanders were powerless to save a cyclist at one of Auckland's busiest intersections as police reveal the truckie had a green light and was unaware he'd hit the rider.

A weed-spraying truck has crashed in Waikato, dumping up to 3000 litres of weed killer into a stream.

Police are amazed a head-on collision between two trucks - one carrying hazardous materials - didn't end up being a lot more serious.

A man who died when his motorcycle and a car collided in Waikato at the weekend was part of a larger group returning to Auckland from a tour of the South Island.

A person is dead after the car they were driving collided with a tree before bursting into flames in Bay of Plenty this morning.

A man is dead after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car in Waikato last night.

A woman was seriously injured in a crash near Taupo this morning.

A woman has died after the car she was driving collided with a tree in west Auckland this morning.

A man has handed himself in after a crash left live power lines dangling over the rear entrance of the Huntly Fire Station.

The number of people killed on our roads this year is the lowest since 1950, down 17 per cent on the previous year.

A motorcyclist has died just off State Highway 1 north of Bulls this morning, taking the holiday road toll to six.

One person is dead after a bus and car collided in Hamilton today, bringing the holiday road toll to five.

A mother trapped in a rolled van was asking rescuers about her baby daughter as she slipped in and out of consciousness. The 11-month-old girl died hours later.

As holiday revellers take to the roads today, police are warning motorists to take their time, be patient and steer clear of the booze.

Travellers are being urged to avoid the east coast of the Coromandel as heavy rain has brought flooding to many coastal communities, police say.

Police are urging holiday motorists to slow down following the second serious speed-related crash in Waikato in as many days.

An out of control car turned off a straight road, drove down some brick steps, through a barrier and into a Havelock North hairdressing salon.

A taxi driver feels lucky to have escaped death after his car was swept away by the swollen Silver Stream near Dunedin.