Man dies following crash - Tweed Heads
Where: Wharf Street, Tweed Heads, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
About 11.30pm yesterday (Saturday 10 October 2026), emergency services were called to Wharf Street, Tweed Heads, following reports of a crash.
Officers attached to Tweed-Byron Police District attended and were told a pedestrian had been struck by a car.
The pedestrian – a man believed to be aged in his 70s – was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics; however, died at the scene.
The driver – a 29-year-old woman – was not injured and has been taken to Tweed Valley Hospital for mandatory testing.
Police established a crime scene and have commenced an investigation into the cause of the crash.
A report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.
As inquiries continue, anyone with information – including CCTV, mobile phone or dashcam vision – is urged to contact Tweed Heads Police Station or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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 PoliceCrime in the Tweed council area
Tweed is a council area in New South Wales with about 101,044 residents. It has a Crime Score 45 out of 100 (moderate), 213th 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 homicide (61st percentile), assault (37th percentile), robbery (52nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 46.
- Violent
- 1,035 per 100k
- Property
- 3,154 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 339 per 100k
- Theft
- 1,496 per 100k
See the full Tweed crime profile
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