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Man dies following crash - Wilton

Where: Picton Road, Wilton, the street the release names · See the street on the map

Man dies following crash - Wilton
Wilton, New South Wales · NSW Police

The release

A man has died following a fatal crash in Sydney’s south west this morning.

About 6.30am (Saturday 10 October 2026), emergency services were called to Picton Road, Wilton, following reports of a crash.

Officers attached to Camden Police Area Command attended and were told two vehicles had collided head on, trapping both drivers.

A driver – a man believed to be aged in his late teens – was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics; however, died at the scene.

The other driver – a 26-year-old man – was freed from the vehicle by Fire and Rescue NSW and treated at the scene for head and leg injuries.

He was taken to Liverpool Hospital in a serious but stable condition.

An investigation into the cause of the crash is underway and 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 Camden Police Area Command or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Traffic diversions are in place – for the latest information go to livetraffic.com.

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 Wollondilly council area

Wollondilly is a council area in New South Wales with about 62,080 residents. It has a Crime Score 21 out of 100 (low), 333rd 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 (38th percentile), sexual offences (34th percentile), robbery (35th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 19.

Violent
664 per 100k
Property
1,300 per 100k
Break-ins
90 per 100k
Theft
343 per 100k

See the full Wollondilly crime profile

2016-17: 640 per 100,0002017-18: 650 per 100,0002018-19: 636 per 100,0002019-20: 619 per 100,0002020-21: 559 per 100,0002021-22: 629 per 100,0002022-23: 596 per 100,0002023-24: 720 per 100,0002024-25: 678 per 100,0002025-26: 664 per 100,0002016-172021-222025-26
Recorded violent offences per 100,000 residents in Wollondilly, 2016-17 to 2025-26 — up 4% over the period. Source: recorded crime published for New South Wales.

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