A driver who crashed into a bank and rolled their vehicle on Pyes Pa Road is lucky to have escaped the crash without injury.

Police were called to the scene, near Oropi Road, at about 5.15pm after the car rolled on its roof.

A driver lost control and crashed into a bank on Pyes Pa Road last night. Photos: Daniel Hines.

A reporter at scene says the driver was lucky not to have been seriously injured in the crash. Police are still investigating the cause of the crash.

With more heavy rain predicted for the Bay and reports of flooding on the main highways, police are warning drivers to pay more attention.

'Please take extreme caution. Knock your speed down a bit, concentrate on what you're doing, give yourself that extra room behind the vehicle ahead; and leave the mobile phone alone,” says Western Bay of Plenty road policing manager Senior Sergeant Ian Campion.

'We did a sting on at Turret Road on Tuesday and in the space of 35 minutes, we issued infringements to 15 drivers for using their cell phones.

'Then people wonder why there are nose to tails around the city, because people just aren't concentrating,” says Ian.

'The vast majority of people drive sensibly in these conditions. If the small percentage that insist on using mobile phones or not concentrating just modify their behavior, then we are all going to get where we want to go safely.”

Flooding on State Highway 2, between the Maketu and Pukehina turnoff. Photo: Supplied.

Surface flooding has been reported on:

• State Highway 5, near Earthquake Flats, south of Rotorua,
• State Highway 30, between Rotorua and Whakatane, and
• State Highway 1, North of Tokoroa.

MetService has issued a weather warning for the area which is experiencing significant amounts of rain.