A study for Auckland Transport has calculated the "social cost" of cycle crashes for the region's biking routes.

Two young girls in trouble last week after crashing their parents' cars are unlikely to face charges.

Dozens of drivers have been ticketed by police after they were snapped on the wrong side of the road on busy South Island tourist route the Devil's Staircase near Queenstown.

Parents are being urged to hide their car keys after two young sisters took their parents' cars and crashed into each other.

Roads up and down the country are moving relatively smoothly as holidaymakers head home following the Christmas and New Year break.

One woman is dead after a car she was a passenger in left the road and crashed into a tree this afternoon.

Overseas drivers were involved in more than 400 crashes on New Zealand roads last year, and failure to keep left, poor handling and fatigue the leading causes of deadly crashes.

Police are reminding drivers to refrain from driving if they have been drinking and drive within the speed limits after a 22-year-old man was killed last night on the roads.

A 23-year-old man from North Canterbury is in a critical condition after being thrown from his vehicle when it crashed into a pole. The accident happened in Harwarden, near Lake Sumner Forest Park, just after midnight on Thursday.

A motorist travelling at 135km/h in the central North Island is among bad drivers caught by a police "eye in the sky".

New Zealanders are dying and being seriously injured in crashes that could have been avoided with a lower drink-drive limit.

Greg Reynolds has seen too many young, inexperienced drivers, older drivers and those who should know better crash outside his business.

A 22-year-old man is dead and three others seriously injured after an overloaded car lost control and landed in a ditch in Northland early this morning.

Today is the last day or the public to comment on proposed changes to the warrant of fitness system.