The 19-year-old man killed when he was hit by a car in Taranaki this morning has been named.

A 10-year-old girl was last night in a serious condition in hospital after being hit by a car while riding her bicycle on a rural road - the latest in a series of bad cycling accidents.

The first officer on the scene of a crash, which police tried to blame on a truck driver for using his mobile phone, says there was never any suggestion the truckie was at fault.

Two people have been taken to hospital following a head-on collision outside Palmerston North this afternoon.

Army medics pitched in to help rescue services after a nasty head-on smash near their base outside Christchurch this afternoon.

Police have admitted a truck driver was wrongly blamed for causing a crash featured in a road safety campaign.

A driver has had what emergency workers dubbed a miraculous escape after surviving a 40-metre plunge off a bridge in his vehicle, which landed upside-down in a river.

An innocent victim who survived a crash featured in a new road safety campaign says police have misled people and unfairly blamed a truck driver involved.

A 3-year-old girl who suffered critical injuries in a Bay of Plenty road crash yesterday has been transferred to Starship Hospital.

A young Greymouth man says a car fleeing police would have smashed into him in his bedroom if he hadn't moved out earlier that day.

A horror highway smash has been caught on traffic video cameras and published by police in a hard-hitting new road safety campaign.

One person is dead and another seriously injured after a car fled police in Greymouth last night.

Ironman veteran Garth Barfoot is recovering in hospital with a broken femur after a car hit him while he was out cycling.

A Chinese man's holiday to NZ took an expensive turn when he crashed his $200,000 Aston Martin Rapide on Tamaki Dr, with another $14,000 bill for the light pole he hit.

Two people were seriously hurt when a light truck and car collided north of Wairao this morning, blocking State Highway 2.

A Dunedin man who lost control behind the wheel near Golden Bay this morning has been airlifted to hospital.

Forget rego plates and e-bikes - clever street design can save lives and money, writes Claude Lewenz.

A Northland community is mourning the loss of a family man, teacher and dedicated club volunteer in New Zealand's second cyclist death of the new year.

A cyclist was killed after colliding with a car on a rural road yesterday morning.

Symonds St is a nasty place for cyclists. It should have "cyclists not welcome" signs.

Another cyclist has died on New Zealand roads following a crash in the Bay of Islands this morning.

Patrick Morgan, of the Cycling Advocates' Network (CAN), will be joining us at midday for a live chat on cycle safety.

Three days into this automobile experiment and I'm loving it. I've hit my stride. I'm starting to feel like a real Aucklander, says Martin Johnson.

Auckland bus drivers were given the chance to see the road from the perspective of the city's cyclists this week, and find out what the real dangers of biking in the city are.

Cycling to work has gained popularity after a decade of declining, according to the latest census - and cycle advocates say it's time infrastructure changed to match.

Day two at the wheel and I've had my first minor incident - with a pedestrian, not a cyclist, writes Martin Johnston.

It was two seconds of indecision and bad judgment from a driver - but it may have cost a promising young cyclist his career.

We all have a story to tell about the time we were driving, and "Just didn't see him", writes Serafin Dillon.