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Fatal crash - Moonbi

NSW Police·
Fatal crash - Moonbi
Moonbi, New South Wales · NSW Police

The release

A woman has died following a single-vehicle crash in the state's northeast last week.

About 5pm on Tuesday 13 October 2026, emergency services were called to the New England Highway, Moonbi, about 20km northeast of Tamworth, following reports of a crash.

Officers attached to Oxley Police District attended and located a utility had left the roadway before crashing into a rock wall.

NSW Ambulance paramedics attended and treated the passenger – a woman in her 80s – with suspected internal injuries.

Both the woman and the driver – a man in his 80s – were taken to Tamworth Base Hospital in a stable condition for further treatment. The man was released from hospital the following day.

Inquiries commenced into the circumstances surrounding the crash.

Police were informed the woman passed away in hospital yesterday afternoon (Sunday 18 October 2026).

A report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au . Information is managed on a confidential basis. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.

— NSW Police
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Crime in the Tamworth council area

Tamworth is a council area in New South Wales with about 66,403 residents. It has a Crime Score 72 out of 100 (high), 53rd of 362 councils nationally.

The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (82nd percentile), sexual offences (81st percentile), break-ins (81st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 70.

Violent
2,434 per 100k
Property
5,831 per 100k
Break-ins
1,010 per 100k
Theft
2,467 per 100k

See the full Tamworth crime profile

2016-17: 1,563 per 100,0002017-18: 1,491 per 100,0002018-19: 1,599 per 100,0002019-20: 1,583 per 100,0002020-21: 1,604 per 100,0002021-22: 1,588 per 100,0002022-23: 1,677 per 100,0002023-24: 2,147 per 100,0002024-25: 2,349 per 100,0002025-26: 2,434 per 100,0002016-172021-222025-26
Recorded violent offences per 100,000 residents in Tamworth, 2016-17 to 2025-26 — up 56% over the period. Source: recorded crime published for New South Wales.

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