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Record low holiday road toll
A record low holiday road toll has been welcomed but more efforts are needed to continue to improve road safety, say police.
A record low holiday road toll has been welcomed but more efforts are needed to continue to improve road safety, say police.
Kirsten Steinke has been able to welcome in the new year at her parent's home, three months after a collision claimed the life of her newlywed husband.
Last year New Zealand recorded its second lowest road toll in 50 years, with the deaths of young people significantly stemmed, police say.
The road toll for the year stands at 318 - more than 40 higher than the 2011 tally.
Two people were taken to Whangarei Hospital by ambulance following a road crash on State Highway 1 this morning.
A truck driver's come away from a crash in Counties Manukau unscathed.
Three men have been taken to hospital after a car rolled into the sea in Nelson.
Two cars have been involved in a serious crash south of Gisborne.
A 16-year-old is in critical condition in hospital after a car left the road and rolled down a bank on Christmas morning.
Heavy lifting cranes are on their way to the scene of a milk tanker crash that is blocking State Highway 3 in the lower North Island.
A young man has been killed following a serious car crash in Southland this morning.
A woman on a suspended driver's licence allegedly fled the scene of a crash which killed a 71-year-old woman who was travelling with her family on Christmas Day.
A three-year-old boy has died after being hit by a car in the driveway of a property near Taupo.
A middle aged man is dead and four others have been airlifted to hospital after two crashes in Central Hawkes Bay this morning.
Four farmhands who died in a horrific early morning crash were not wearing seatbelts and three were thrown from the "unsafe" vehicle when its roof was torn off.
A grandmother who pulled a young family from a crashed car moments before it burst into flames says she was "in the right place at the right time".
Once again, it will be easier to get a speeding ticket this Christmas.
One person has been taken to hospital following a crash between a car and a truck in Carterton this morning.
A Northland family have a quick-thinking passer-by to thank for saving their lives after a bizarre crash described by a policeman as the luckiest escape he has seen.
Statistically, Dunedin is New Zealand's worst city for motor vehicle crashes and casualties - but Palmerston North, Hamilton and Napier aren't far behind.
The family of the woman found dead along with her partner and three children in the wreckage of their crashed car near Tokoroa have spoken of their grief.