Statement on road fatalities

These are five people who are not coming home and five families who are now dealing with terrible grief.

Our thoughts are with their loved ones and our thoughts are also with the police and other first responders who attended these horrific crashes. It is deeply traumatic to be confronted by such scenes.

We implore everyone to make safe choices on our roads this Anzac Day long weekend - take your time, stay focused, don't drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs and don't drive tired.

Double demerits are in force and police are saturating the roads right across the state, however they cannot be everywhere 24/7.

Every driver has a responsibility to themselves, their passengers and other road users every time they get behind the wheel. We all have a responsibility to make smart, safe choices on our roads.

Incidents include:

• A male learner motorcycle rider aged in his 20s died on Coomba Road, Coomba Park.
• A male motorcyclist in his late teens died in a collision with a ute at Mount Thorley.
• A woman in her 70s died after her car hit a tree and caught fire near Wauchope.
• A man aged in his 60s died after his 4WD crashed and rolled in South Kempsey.
• A single car crash on Berremangra Rd, Berremangra resulted in one death.

This follows the deaths of three people during the Easter long weekend, bringing the number of lives lost on NSW roads this year to 112, which is five more than the same time last year.

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