KiwiRail has ruled out installing a barrier on a rail level crossing near Auckland where a woman and three girls were injured after their car collided with a train this morning.

One person died and five others were injured in crashes across the country over the weekend.

A car slid 80m before smashing into two cars that had already crashed on a busy highway yesterday, leaving one passenger dead and three others injured.

Who in our picture should always ride in a booster seat? According to new laws due in four weeks, just a couple of them.

Alcohol is thought to have been a factor in this morning's crash that injured eight people and blocked the main route to Auckland airport for hours.

A vehicle's collision with a cow north of Huntly has closed a section of road running adjacent to the Waikato expressway.

One person had died and another is injured following a road crash in central Hawke's Bay.

A two-year-old boy has died in a farm accident inland from Gisborne after falling from a utility vehicle.

One person was seriously injured when a ute and a milk tanker crashed in the Bay of Plenty this morning.

One in three aspiring drivers are failing their learner licence theory test, new figures reveal, but that's actually an improvement.

The 14-year-old killed in a crash near Turangi on Sunday has been name as Roman Biddle from Taupo.

A father wants to thank those who tried to save his son's life after a crash early on Saturday.

At least one person has been taken to hospital after a crash between a car and a truck in Dunedin this morning.

Police believe a 14-year-old boy killed in a road crash in Turangi was driving at the time.

A 7-year-old Nelson boy is in a critical condition after being hit by a school bus he walked in front of this morning, police say.

A young woman dragged more than 50m by a hit-and-run driver early yesterday faces a long road to recovery but was able to speak to police this morning and is recovering "better than expected".

A 5-year-old girl was hit by a car outside a school in Rangiora, north of Christchurch, this morning.

Fifteen-year-old Brigitte Allan watched helplessly as her older sister and fellow cyclist Maggie collided with a van during a training ride, followed by four of their friends.

A young woman dragged for more than 50 metres by a hit-and-run driver in south Auckland kept calling for her mum as two good Samaritans tried to comfort her.

A young woman may have been dragged 50 metres by a hit and run driver early this morning, police say.

It was truly miraculous that a series of accidents involving some 130 cars on a fog-shrouded bridge in Kent did not result in deaths, British police said.

As Father's Days go, Robyn Cameron cannot remember one more low-key, or more precious.

Six people have been injured during two crashes near Huntly, one of them seriously. Traffic has been backed up on State Highway One for 14 kms.

Hugh Foster faces an eight-week hospital stay after two alleged bank robbers in a stolen car smashed into the back of his ute on the Southern Motorway.