Campervan driver sentenced for headbutting driver on State Highway 1

Monday 9 June 2025 · 4 outlets · 4 reports · updated Tue 10 Jun 2025, 7:53am

Daniel Juan Daly, 39, has been sentenced in Nelson District Court after pleading guilty to dangerous driving and assault. The incident occurred on State Highway 1 in North Otago when Daly headbutted a 71-year-old man who had stopped to confront him regarding dangerous driving.

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1. StuffMon 9 Jun 2025, 3:10pm

   Man sentenced following ‘astonishing’ road rage incident (opens in new tab)

2. NZ HeraldMon 9 Jun 2025, 8:00pm

   Campervan driver Daniel Daly fined for head-butting 71-year-old, dangerous driving on SH1 in South Island (opens in new tab)

3. RNZMon 9 Jun 2025, 10:59pm

   Campervan driver assaults elderly man on South Island highway (opens in new tab)

4. Otago Daily TimesTue 10 Jun 2025, 7:53am

   'Astonishing road rage': Campervan driver head-butts man on SH1 (opens in new tab)