News | Motoring
3 Oct 2025 16:18
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Motoring

    A young cyclist's fatal collision with a turning concrete truck has prompted calls for change, from the Coroner

    A young cyclist's fatal collision with a turning concrete truck has prompted calls for change, from the Coroner


    Nineteen-year-old Fyfa Dawson died in a crash during the construction of the Christchurch motorway at Halswell in October 2019.

    Coroner Ruth Thomas found the temporary traffic management plan was vehicle-centric, forcing cyclists to use the pedestrian pathway - a blind spot for truck drivers.

    She says there was also no one stationed at the work site gate and warning sensors weren't used.

    Thomas recommends NZTA provide heavy vehicle users a free lens to help them see in their passenger side blind spot.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Motoring News
     03 Oct: Liam Lawson's Formula One future is again under scrutiny ahead of this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix, as Red Bull consider yet another driver reshuffle for 2026
     03 Oct: Christchurch Police have arrested three 14-year-olds linked to commercial burglaries, dangerous driving, and vehicle thefts across the city this week
     01 Oct: A new flyover in Auckland's Reeves Road will have two lanes opened five months ahead of schedule
     30 Sep: A coastal Christchurch community are fed up the Police aren't doing enough about boy racers
     30 Sep: Police are investigating after a vehicle was driven into an Auckland business, and the premises set on fire
     30 Sep: Dunedin's Three Mile Hill Road is closing for five days to repair an accident-prone section
     28 Sep: A strange environment hasn't stopped Kiwi cyclist Niamh Fisher-Black becoming the first New Zealander to podium at the Road World Championships...finishing second in the elite road race in Rwanda
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    All Blacks prop Tyrel Lomax's stop-start season could be over after re-injuring his thumb More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    AEC launches legal action against man accused of distributing unauthorised pamphlets attacking Allegra Spender More...



     Today's News

    Entertainment:
    KISS musician Ace Frehley recovering after suffering "minor fall" that forced him to cancel a scheduled performance 16:13

    Living & Travel:
    Understanding the grief of euthanising a pet after Lewis Hamilton's dog's death 16:07

    Politics:
    Manchester Police name UK synagogue attacker as Israel calls for action on antisemitism 15:47

    Entertainment:
    Daniel Day-Lewis was too "inside" the work on his latest film to get distracted by the fact it was being directed by his son 15:43

    Living & Travel:
    Eight athletes have been conditionally selected to represent New Zealand at the 20-26 Winter Olympics in Italy 15:27

    Entertainment:
    Princess Diana is said to have secretly arranged to have tabloid newspapers delivered to her inside the royal residences 15:13

    Sailing:
    New Zealand SailGP star Blair Tuke is confident the Black Foils will bounce back from a dismal showing in Switzerland 14:57

    Entertainment:
    Bonnie Blue's trademark "Bang Bus" ground to an abrupt halt outside a Cambridge University building when security officers intervened 14:43

    Business:
    AEC launches legal action against man accused of distributing unauthorised pamphlets attacking Allegra Spender 14:27

    Entertainment:
    Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have reportedly separated after nearly two decades together 14:13


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd