Man dies following motorcycle crash near Dungog
The release
A motorcycle has died following a crash in the state’s north yesterday.
Just after 11.50am yesterday (Saturday 12 September 2026), emergency services were called to Bingleburra Road, Bingleburra, approximately 17km west of Dungog, following reports a motorcycle rider sustained serious injuries.
Officers attached to Port Stephens-Hunter Police District were told a rider – a 69-year-old man – was travelling along with riding group members before he crashed into a safety barrier and was ejected from the motorcycle.
He was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics at an oval however, he died before being airlifted to a hospital.
The damaged motorcycle was seized to be forensically examined.
A crime scene has been established, and police have commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash and his death.
A report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.
— NSW PoliceCrime in the Dungog council area
Dungog is a council area in New South Wales with about 10,102 residents. It has a Crime Score 24 out of 100 (low), 317th 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 (60th percentile), assault (30th percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 33.
- Violent
- 812 per 100k
- Property
- 1,554 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 208 per 100k
- Theft
- 574 per 100k
See the full Dungog crime profile
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