Bystanders were powerless to save a cyclist at one of Auckland's busiest intersections as police reveal the truckie had a green light and was unaware he'd hit the rider.

The number of road deaths over the Christmas-New Year holiday period edged one higher than last year following a motorcyclist death yesterday afternoon.

A family friendly board game, Reach the Beach, has been created by police and the Accident Compensation Corporation to encourage safer journeys on the roads over summer.

A Facebook page which alerts members to police checkpoints is encouraging drunk drivers to take their chances with all of our lives, police say.

Changes will give riders and pedestrians more dedicated space, writes Phoebe Falconer.

Distinctive new road markings are being rolled out in an attempt to prevent cycling deaths - and video cameras will be watching how people react to them.

Think you're good at judging your own sobriety before you drive? Think again. A new NZ study finds drivers are extremely poor judges of their own sobriety.

Police have warned summer drivers caught over the reduced speed tolerance of 4km/h in December and January to be prepared for the consequences.

A vehicle has lost a load of metal and damp concrete on State Highway 2 this morning, between the intersection of Welcome Bay Rd and the Affco meat works at Rangiuru.

Middle-aged men appear to be the group most at risk of being killed cycling, and wearing high-visibility clothing is no guarantee of survival.

A cyclist's death on Auckland's Tamaki Drive has been blamed by a coroner on several factors including the woman's own actions and the road's layout.

New drink limits are far from a harsh crackdown. It is a step that finds the Govt in tune with the level of drink-driving that most people here and abroad think acceptable.

New laws for child seats in cars come into effect today, but police will be taking a discretionary approach while parents get to grips with the rules.

Texting, reading magazines, eating and applying makeup are among the top 10 driver distractions, an AA Insurance survey has found.

A zero road toll this Labour weekend would break a 36-year record, but police say it's not just the number of fatalities they want to cut.

Thousands of New Zealand cars have such poor rear visibility that drivers cannot see a small child unless the kid is standing more than 10m away from the vehicle.