For the purposes of compiling regional crime statistics NSW Police report results according to three area groups, Northern Region, Southern Region & Western Region.
The Northern Region runs from the Central Coast up to the NSW-Qld border and inland as far as the Moree Plains, Narrabri District & Liverpool Plains.
Over the festive holiday period NSW Police conducted Operation Christmas/New Year 2024 which commenced at 12.01am Friday (20 December 2024) and concluded at 11.59pm yesterday (Wednesday 1 January 2025).
During that 12-day period state police on duty in the Northern Region recorded the following:
Restraint Infringements – 89
Mobile phone infringements – 117
Speed infringements – 2,527
Breath Tests – 66,421
PCA charges – 203
Drug-driving detections – 367
Fatal Crashes – 4
Lives Lost – 4
Reported major crashes – 226
People injured – 104
One of the incidents included in the 2,527 speeding infringements recorded and mentioned in Operation Christmas/New Year 2024 media release was:
About 5pm Monday 30 December 2024, officers attached to Brisbane Water Traffic and Highway Patrol were patrolling Peats Ridge Road, Somersby, when they detected a motorcycle allegedly speeding. Police followed the motorcyclist which they allege was being ridden at 177km/h in a 110km/h zone. After a short time, the rider - an off-duty police officer attached to Northern Region - stopped in Tuggerah and police issued him a traffic infringement notice for exceed speed over 45km/h. The man’s licence was also suspended. An internal review will be conducted.
Sadly during this 12-day period 12 people died on New South Wales roads - four more than during the same police operation last year.
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