Coinciding with the public holiday, police will be conducting Operation Stay Alert.
Deniliquin officer in charge Detective Inspector Jy Brown said it will specifically target factors which contribute to road trauma.
‘‘Local police will be targeting factors such as excessive speed, alcohol and drug driving, fatigue and mobile phone offences,’’ Det Insp Brown said.
‘‘After the easing of COVID-19 restrictions we expect more people to be travelling, and I urge all road users to obey road rules and be mindful of other road users and fatigue.’’
The state-wide Operation Stay Alert will begin at 12.01am on Friday, and conclude at 11.59pm on Monday.
Double demerit points will apply during this period.
‘‘Road trauma on New South Wales roads remains a matter of significant public, government and media concern,’’ Det Insp Brown said.
‘‘A state priority is ‘Safer Communities’, which aims to reduce road fatalities by at least 30 per cent from 2011 levels by 2021.
‘‘As a result Deniliquin Police will be focusing on prevention, disruption and responding to road trauma through enforcement activities.’’
According to a Transport for NSW report, there were 42,953 recorded crashes in NSW in 2011. Of those, 336 resulted in fatalities, 19,905 were recorded as ‘‘injury crashes’’ and 22,712 were non-casualty crashes.
These crashes resulted in 354 deaths and 26,366 being injured.
So far in 2020, according to data last updated on May 31, there have been 116 fatal crashes in NSW so far this calendar. There have been 129 resulting deaths.
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