No serious crashes had been reported in the region last night, although the official holiday period ended at 6am today with one fatality nationally.
A 16-year-old boy was killed in Bay of Plenty when the car he was in crashed on Hikurangi Rd in Tahawai, north of Katikati, about 1am yesterday. Two other passengers, both young men, were injured.
One had minor injuries while the other was taken to hospital with spinal damage.
The car's 18-year-old driver fled the crash scene on foot despite also suffering injuries.
In and around Dunedin yesterday there were three road incidents involving minor injuries.
Five people were involved in a collision between two vehicles at the intersection of Blackhead Rd and Tunnel Beach Rd about 11am.
Ambulance personnel took two people with minor injuries to Dunedin Hospital for assessment.
Milton firefighters were called to a motorcycle crash along Finlayson Rd at Taieri Mouth just after 2pm.
Deputy Chief Fire Officer Robbie Phillips said the motorcyclist had minor injuries after failing to take a corner and hitting a fence.
At Momona, police attended a single-vehicle crash in which a car ended up on its roof in a paddock alongside Allanton Saleyards Rd about 3.30pm.
No-one was seriously injured, Sergeant Ben Butterfield said.
Elsewhere in the country police were mostly pleased with driving over the holiday period.
National road policing manager Superintendent Carey Griffiths said reduced speed tolerance and more visibility police on roads made motorists drive slower and be more attentive.
''Staying under the speed limit gives you time to react to hazards and potential mistakes of other drivers on our roads.
"No driver is perfect, mistakes are inevitable, but if you are minding your following distance and are driving at a safe speed then you buy yourself a life - you will have time to react and evade,'' he said.
Last year six people died and 112 were injured in road incidents at Labour Weekend.
Supt Griffiths said motorists were particularly at risk towards the end of the holiday period, when drivers were more likely to be tired.
''If a driver has had less than six hours' sleep, the risk of a crash triples,'' he said.
Police urged slow-moving drivers, including those towing trailers, to regularly pull over to allow others to pass.
''Impeding traffic can cause frustration and prompt other drivers to undertake risky overtaking manoeuvres,'' Supt Griffiths said.
