Holding his only surviving daughter after a horror car crash, Donald Coulter says: "I thank my lucky stars I still have one. I still wish I had two."

A quiet ride for Claire van Schaik ended with her lying in agony on the road with a set of handlebars embedded 10cm into her stomach.

Police have named a woman and her daughter killed in a crash today. A two-year-old girl also in the car was rescued.

A disqualified driver who killed two passengers as he fled from police in Auckland last year was today jailed for at least three years.

Police have been cleared of wrongdoing in the pursuit of a serial drunk driver who sped through a red light and killed two people in Christchurch.

A 16-year-old boy died in an accident between a car and a truck in the Far North this morning.

Two motorcycle riders are dead after separate collisions yesterday.

Child pedestrian deaths are on the decline - but authorities say more can be done to save our youngsters on roads and driveways.

The cost of driving licences needs to drop before the Government tries to set time limits on each stage, say many Herald readers.