First MVC shoot for the new SNPA of a car crashed through the Ravensdown fence at Awatoto.

Fire and Ambulance crews cut the driver free from a vehicle crashed through the fence of Ravensdown following a collision of SH2, Awatoto, Napier, New Zealand, Monday, September 05, 2011. Credit: SNPA / Kerry Marshall

Bad finish to 2010 with a fatal MVC at Whirinaki was followed by a bad start to 2011 with a fatal on Railway Road, Hastings, after a car left the road and ended up into a ditch.

Scene of a fatal collision between a truck and car, SH2, Whirinake, Napier, Friday, December 31, 2010. Credit: KAMPIC / Kerry Marshall

Police recover the vehicle at the scene of a fatal crash, SH2, South of Hastings, Hawkes Bay, Saturday, January 01, 2011. Credit:NZPA / Kerry Marshall

A long hike in blistering heat to photograph a fatal MVC as police examined the scene and cleared the wreckage. Photos are here on NZPA.

Police examine the scene of a fatal MVC, Westshore, Napier, Thursday, December 24, 2009. Credit: NZPA / Kerry Marshall

With the 2009 Art Deco weekend underway lots is going on in Hawkes Bay. Not all is related to Art Deco however….

Steam locomotive JA1211 was seen here running alongside Westshore Beach in the rain as it started a day trip to Wairoa.

JA1211 Excursion to Wairoa

Then in keeping with the train theme a truck and train came together in Ahuriri. Photos on NZPA.

Ahuriri Truck vs Train

The rain that had been falling all day contributed to a few MVC’s on the wet, slippery roads. A two car collision in Waiohiki Road caused congestion late this afternoon.

Links Road MVC

An early evening MVC left a shed demolished as a driver lost control of his car and crashed off the road in Avondale Road, Taradale.

Firefighters free the driver of a car that crashed through a shed in Avondale Road, Taradale, Napier. Friday 05 December 2008. Credit: NZPA / Kerry Marshall

Taradale and Napier fire appliances attended and cut the driver, who was complaining of neck pains, free from his car.

Images are also on NZPA here.