The Easter long weekend traffic operation has now concluded with four lives lost on state roads.
NSW Police had a high-visibility presence across the state during Operation Easter 2026 from 12.01am Thursday, April 2 to 11.59pm Monday, April 6.
The police operation involved officers from Traffic and Highway Patrol Command with the assistance of general duties and specialist police from all commands and districts across the state.
A double demerit period targeting speeding, mobile phone use, seatbelt and helmet offences was also in place for the same time period.
Over this long weekend, four people lost their lives, which occurred in the northern and southern regions.
Across the state, police issued 15,711 Traffic Infringement Notices, including 4800 for speed-related offences, 558 for mobile phone usage, and 326 restraint offences.
Police conducted more than 317,891 breath tests, with 319 drink driving offences and conducted 11,646 drug tests with 935 drug driving offences detected, with 333 major crashes reported.
Among the incidents of note, reported by NSW Police, at about 3.50pm on Monday, April 6, police from Oxley Highway Patrol stopped the driver of a rigid truck on Blairmore Road, Boggabri, due to the registration allegedly being expired on Monday, March 30.
The driver, a 29-year-old man, allegedly returned a positive breath test. He was taken to a nearby police station where he allegedly returned a breath analysis of 0.155.
The man was issued with a field court attendance notice for high-range prescribed concentration of alcohol and is due to attend Narrabri Local Court on April 28. His licence was suspended.
NSW Police will conduct another traffic operation across the Anzac Day long weekend from Friday, April 24 to Monday, April 27, where a double demerit period will also be in effect.
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