New Zealand has recorded the sharpest increase in annual road deaths of a group of 28 countries in an international study.

Road safety operations will be carried out through the end of May and into June as part of “Operation Twistlock,” a trans-Tasman road safety initiative focusing on heavy vehicles.

There are actually two sets of road rules, it would seem.

Police have recovered a car in which a person died after it went down a bank and was engulfed in flames.

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Artistic and computer wizardry has given insights into what children might have looked like today had they not been cruelly snatched in road crashes.

Five deadly crashes in Mercer, New Plymouth, Rotorua, and in Whakatane claimed six lives over the long weekend.

New technology will let the country's leading road safety researchers at the University of Waikato get into the minds of motorists.

A man who took his case all the way to the Court of Appeal has failed in his bid to challenge an $80 speeding fine.

One person was extracted from their car and four others were injured after a vehicle crash in Whitford earlier today, leading police to warn motorists to take extra caution.

Members of a family injured in a crash which killed a young girl on Friday night remain in hospital.

This Easter weekend had the second lowest road toll on record and was the first with the new lower alcohol limits for drivers in effect.

Easter commuters are being urged to be patient and drive home safely, with the road toll on track to be close to the record low after one fatal crash over the long weekend.

Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy was advised to ignore calls and don't answer the phone following concerns raised over foreign drivers.

Drivers don’t divert to alternative routes unless they can see the queue, even if they’ve already been warned of a blockage.

Traffic heading both north and south out of Auckland has slowed to a crawl in places, as holiday-makers head for their favourite Easter spots.

Police are vowing to focus on preventing "risk-taking" behaviour from motorists on the roads this Easter.

The development of a code of practice to better screen and educate tourist drivers is being closely watched by the Government.

Tempers are boiling over at an Auckland school's gates as a neighbouring retired police officer takes on drivers he believes are endangering children's lives.

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Facing a parliamentary select committee at the age of 10 and under the gaze of television cameras caused a few nerves, Sean Roberts admitted afterwards.

Moves to prevent crashes involving foreign drivers have been encouraging but need to go further, say two boys who lost their father in such an accident.

A teenage driver who allegedly sped along Auckland motorways against traffic flow has been caught by police using CCTV.

Name suppression has lapsed for the Chinese man charged with causing the death of an Oamaru 5-year-old in a crash near Moeraki.

Two new South Otago initiatives aim to help visiting international drivers negotiate New Zealand roads safely - and neither involves key-snatching.

The driver of a Toyota Starlet who died in a crash at Maraetai early yesterday morning has been named by police.

An Auckland mum-of-three who walked away from a crash that killed a man yesterday has described seeing headlights swerve on to her side of the road.

The man who took the car keys from a tourist on a narrow, winding South Island road did not hold a valid New Zealand driver licence, it has been revealed.

Police say it is pure luck no one was killed south of Hokitika over weekend after three motorists were caught speeding in separate incidents of more than 160km/h.