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Man dies after being struck by vehicle - Chatswood

Where: Alleyne Street, Chatswood, the street the release names · See the street on the map

Man dies after being struck by vehicle - Chatswood
Chatswood, New South Wales · NSW Police

The release

A man has died after being hit by a vehicle in Sydney’s north this morning.

About 7.50am (Tuesday 15 September 2026), emergency services were called to Alleyne Street, Chatswood, after reports of a pedestrian hit by a vehicle.

The pedestrian was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics, however died at the scene.

Officers attached to North Shore Police Area Command commenced an investigation into the circumstances of the crash.

Motorists are urged to avoid the area as localised traffic diversions are in place.

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 Willoughby council area

Willoughby is a council area in New South Wales with about 80,520 residents. It has a Crime Score 24 out of 100 (low), 320th 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 robbery (45th percentile), homicide (37th percentile), sexual offences (27th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 26.

Violent
589 per 100k
Property
2,425 per 100k
Break-ins
215 per 100k
Theft
1,405 per 100k

See the full Willoughby crime profile

2016-17: 430 per 100,0002017-18: 477 per 100,0002018-19: 445 per 100,0002019-20: 414 per 100,0002020-21: 456 per 100,0002021-22: 471 per 100,0002022-23: 546 per 100,0002023-24: 581 per 100,0002024-25: 541 per 100,0002025-26: 589 per 100,0002016-172021-222025-26
Recorded violent offences per 100,000 residents in Willoughby, 2016-17 to 2025-26 — up 37% over the period. Source: recorded crime published for New South Wales.

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