Drivers failing to control their vehicles on corners, or crashing head on with another vehicle, accounted for nearly 35 percent of fatal and injury crashes on Otago roads in the past five years.
Drivers failing to control their vehicles on corners, or crashing head on with another vehicle, were the major causes of deaths and injuries on West Coast roads in the past five years.
Loss of control, head-on and intersection crashes were the three major causes of death and injuries on roads in the Canterbury region over the last five years.
NZ Transport Agency wishes to advise that Orams Road Bridge that crosses the Southern Motorway [SH1] in Manukau City is now closed to traffic for urgent repairs.
The Automobile Association and the New Zealand Transport Agency say they are disappointed with the poor results for three new utility vehicles in the latest round of crash testing by the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP).
The NZ Transport Agency is pleased to announce it will reopen State Highway 36 at Pyes Pa Road between Tauranga and Rotorua from Monday afternoon for restricted hours.
This weekend, residents interested in planned improvements to Auckland's Northwestern Motorway (State Highway 16) are invited to attend the first of four community information days being held by the NZ Transport Agency.
The NZ Transport Agency today thanked the people of Bay of Plenty for getting involved in consultation on a proposal to bring forward construction of the Tauranga Eastern Link through tolling.
A new stock-truck effluent disposal facility in Wellsford - for Northland livestock transporters using State Highway 1 - was opened today by Rodney District Mayor Penny Webster and the NZ Transport Agency's Regional Director for Auckland and Northland, Wayne McDonald.
The NZ Transport Agency advises that night works will be starting next week at the State Highway 1/3 intersection of Kahikatea Drive, Lorne Street, and Ōhaupō Road in Hamilton City.
Long-planned improvements to Auckland's Northwestern Motorway (SH16) have moved a step closer today with the NZ Transport Agency announcing plans to widen the route.