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Fatal single vehicle crash - Mellong

NSW Police·
Fatal single vehicle crash - Mellong
Mellong, New South Wales · NSW Police

The release

A woman has died following a single vehicle crash in the Hawkesbury area this morning.

About 1.35am (Sunday 27 September 2026), emergency services were called to Putty Road, Mellong, following reports of a crash.

Officers attached to Hawkesbury Police Area Command attended and located a single vehicle that had left the roadway and rolled onto its roof.

A passenger, a woman believed to be in her 40’s, died at the scene. She is yet to be formerly identified.

Three other occupants, aged 44, 38, and 20, were treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics for minor injuries, before being taken to hospital for further treatment.

A crime scene was established and an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash has commenced.

Police will prepare a report 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 Hawkesbury council area

Hawkesbury is a council area in New South Wales with about 69,299 residents. It has a Crime Score 37 out of 100 (low), 265th 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 sexual offences (64th percentile), assault (40th percentile), homicide (44th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 37.

Violent
1,017 per 100k
Property
2,146 per 100k
Break-ins
193 per 100k
Theft
834 per 100k

See the full Hawkesbury crime profile

2016-17: 868 per 100,0002017-18: 963 per 100,0002018-19: 903 per 100,0002019-20: 848 per 100,0002020-21: 954 per 100,0002021-22: 925 per 100,0002022-23: 1,041 per 100,0002023-24: 1,190 per 100,0002024-25: 1,136 per 100,0002025-26: 1,017 per 100,0002016-172021-222025-26
Recorded violent offences per 100,000 residents in Hawkesbury, 2016-17 to 2025-26 — up 17% over the period. Source: recorded crime published for New South Wales.

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