A 69-year-old Oamaru cyclist died in Dunedin Hospital yesterday after a collision with a car on Awamoa Rd.
The name of the woman had not been released last night as family members were still being contacted.
Her death brought to six the number deaths reported on New Zealand roads for the weekend period, including three people killed in one crash.
The woman and two other cyclists were cycling towards Oamaru when the crash happened about 10.30am.
A 73-year-old Oamaru woman was the sole occupant of the car and it appeared the car was travelling in the same direction as the cyclists, Sergeant Tony Woodbridge said.
The dead woman's two companions and the car driver were all in shock and were receiving support from Victim Support.
The woman was taken to Oamaru Hospital and then flown by rescue helicopter to Dunedin Hospital, where she died in the afternoon.
A section of Awamoa Rd just south of the town boundary was closed until shortly after 5.30pm and police were working with the specialist crash unit to establish what happened, Sgt Woodbridge said.
A Transit New Zealand employee was "very lucky" not to be have been hit by a van which drove through a barricade on State Highway 1, near Seven Mile Rd, on Friday night.
The man, who was speaking to a motorist, was "quite shocked" at how close he came to being struck.
The vehicle was struck on the rear door and no-one was injured.
Police were looking to speak to the driver of the van, Sgt Woodbridge said.
The road had been closed due to flooding and it was well signposted and lit, he said.
In other accidents, one person died when a car rolled in Northland about 9am yesterday.
Police were called to State Highway 12, 15km south of Dargaville, where a car had rolled leaving one person dead and a second seriously injured.
A 37-year-old man died when the car in which he was a passenger in was involved in a head-on collision on SH29, west of Tauriko, Tauranga, just after 8pm on Saturday.
Senior Sergeant Ian Campion said the car was travelling towards Matamata and failed to take a bend, crossing the centre line and colliding with a barrier before slamming into another car.
The driver and front seat passenger of the first car were taken to Tauranga Hospital with serious injuries.
The driver of the second car was in a critical condition in intensive care.
Three people died on Saturday night in a crash in the Waikato settlement of Rangiriri, just south of Huntly.
Senior Sergeant Peter Simpson, of Huntly, said the crash happened about 8.30pm on Glen Murray Rd.
"Initial indications are that a Toyota van being driven by a 47-year-old woman was struck by a red Honda Civic car that lost control on a moderate bend.
"Two 20-year-old males in the car and the woman driving the van all died in the crash," he said.
The three names will be released today.
Snr Sgt Simpson urged people to take care on the roads, particularly during heavy rain and strong wind.
"It's that little bit less pressure on the right pedal that may make the difference between arriving just a little bit later or not arriving at all," he said.
