One person is seriously injured and three others have moderate injuries after a car crossed the centre line and crashed into another vehicle in Upper Hutt.

A 27-year-old man was hit and killed by a truck and trailer unit on SH3 in the Rangitikei last night.

Six people have died in accidents involving motor vehicles over the weekend, three of them motorcyclists.

A seven-year-old boy died after being struck by a reversing vehicle in a driveway in Southland yesterday.

A motorcycle rider has died in a crash with a truck in Waikato today.

This year's death toll on Waikato roads has risen to twice the number at the same point last year with the death of a pedestrian yesterday.

Traffic is backed up after a crash involving a school bus and car this morning at Welcome Bay in the Bay of Plenty.

Poor weather and excessive speed in a notorious black spot were the cause of a two-car crash that killed a man and his stepdaughter, an inquest into their deaths has found.

A principal says her college will keep promoting safety messages to young people after seven teenagers were involved in a serious crash.

Two teenagers who were sitting in the boot of an old car packed with young people and driven by a boy with no licence suffered critical injuries when they were thrown from the vehicle when it crashed.

A highway in Tasman district is partially blocked after a truck and trailer rolled this morning.

A spate of motorcycle fatalities has prompted police to warn riders to reduce speed, with an expert claiming motorists can be 'twits' after four riders were killed.

A coroner is recommending public education on the dangers of driving with dipped headlights on rural roads, after a wedding guest was killed by a vehicle at night in rural Waikato.

A Dunedin driver who lost his leg after his truck collided with a cow holds no grudge against police, despite them being faulted in an IPCA finding.

A car with reportedly five people inside has crashed north of Rolleston.

An advertisement in which police falsely accused a truck driver of causing a crash is unlikely to cause widespread offence, the ASA rules.

The extension of the cycling network along the busy Dominion Road in Auckland has come one pedal rotation closer, with the New Zealand Transport Agency's approval to spend $3.2 million on the project.