Journalist Karen Rutherford is recovering from a horrific accident in August, which killed her daughter's horse and caused her serious

Police took the unusual step of breathalysing a man who was tucked up in his bed at home.

The Bay of Plenty woman has spent two decades advocating road safety.

It should be a fine Labour weekend for most Kiwis, with a high set to arrive on Saturday.

The devastated sister of a 15-year-old quad bike victim Jossie Wetini says she "just wants to wake up from the nightmare".

A Taharoa teenager killed after the quad bike she was on crashed, also seriously injuring her passenger, was a safe driver, locals say.

Police frustrated over needless road deaths where staff have to "front up to someone's front door and tell them their loved one is not coming home".

The driver of the 13 tonne truck with a 4 tonne load of timber on the back was heading up Queen St when the brakes failed.

Sandra Conchie / Calls for State Highway 2 safety works on notorious Apata S-bend after head-on smash / Notorious road: Apata

A decision to slash the speed limit in rebuilding Christchurch's central business district to just 30km/h has been deemed a success.

The country's first official demonstration of an autonomous driving vehicle using New Zealand roads is set to take place in Tauranga

Watch NZH Focus: Over the last three years, fatalities on the road have risen across the country.

A Waikato motorist has been caught doing 182km/h tonight - and been charged with dangerous driving and had his license suspended for 28 days.

Three tonnes of debris including rocks, dirt and trees has blocked Scenic Drive in Titirangi this evening.

A High Court judge says the safety risk of foreign drivers is an issue of "widespread public concern".

Friends of an Auckland teenager who died in a central city crash have paid tribute to his memory in a film that serves as a reminder of grief that comes with unnecessary tragedy.

Safety on State Highway 2 will dominate a meeting tonight after a horrific crash that killed five people.

Anna Hickey, 23 who was hit off her bike by a man in an SUV on Friday afternoon. She received some minor cuts and bruises, but has a history of concussions so hitting her head again has caused headaches, dizziness, fatigue and of course thrown her confidence on the road.

Meet Graham - Australia's new road safety ambassador who is built to survive a car crash.

Trucks are involved in nearly a quarter of all fatal crashes but, most of the time, they are not at fault. The Ministry of Transport's

GRAPHIC WARNING: A young schoolboy was hit by a moving car and flung across a busy road when he ran into the street in Singapore.

Auckland drivers are being targeted under a police operation aimed at reducing dangerous behaviour on the roads.

A new device used by law enforcement in Canada could help enforce the legal distance between cyclists and cars on the road.

But Crown cars picked up only 13 speeding tickets.

Road Safety Week focused on heavy vehicle safety down South with 1000 heavy vehicles stopped and 104 infringement notices issued between May 16 and 22.

Police are advising pedestrians to watch their step after more than a hundred were fined last year for jaywalking.

Learner driver nabbed breaking speed limit, and a number of other laws.

Transport authorities are re-thinking whether it's alright to use mobile phones in cars.

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Six out of every seven New Zealanders aged 16 to 24 with driver's licences are breaching their licence conditions, an official study has found.