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Man dies in crash - Colebee

Where: Richmond Road, Colebee, the street the release names · See the street on the map

Man dies in crash - Colebee
Colebee, New South Wales · NSW Police

The release

About 5pm yesterday (Sunday 27 September 2026), emergency services were called to Richmond Road, Colebee, following reports of a crash.

Officers from Riverstone Police Area Command, with the assistance of Mount Druitt Police Area Command, Blacktown Police Area Command and Traffic and Highway Patrol Command, attended and found a sedan and SUV had collided.

The driver and passenger of the sedan were trapped in the vehicle.

NSW Ambulance paramedics attended and, with the assistance of two off duty police officers, treated the driver - a 19-year-old man – before he was taken to hospital in a critical condition.

Police were later told the 19-year-old driver died while on the way to hospital.

The passenger – also a 19-year-old man – was freed from the vehicle with the assistance of Fire and Rescue NSW.

He was treated by paramedics before being taken to hospital in a critical condition.

The driver of the SUV – a 28-year-old man – was treated by paramedics for minor injuries and taken to hospital for further treatment and mandatory testing.

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

As inquiries continue, anyone with information including CCTV or dashcam footage, is urged to contact 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 Police
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Crime in the Blacktown council area

Blacktown is a council area in New South Wales with about 449,385 residents. It has a Crime Score 44 out of 100 (moderate), 216th 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 assault (54th percentile), robbery (86th percentile), homicide (47th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 55.

Violent
1,322 per 100k
Property
2,500 per 100k
Break-ins
220 per 100k
Theft
1,124 per 100k

See the full Blacktown crime profile

2016-17: 1,308 per 100,0002017-18: 1,297 per 100,0002018-19: 1,322 per 100,0002019-20: 1,322 per 100,0002020-21: 1,365 per 100,0002021-22: 1,067 per 100,0002022-23: 1,173 per 100,0002023-24: 1,227 per 100,0002024-25: 1,251 per 100,0002025-26: 1,322 per 100,0002016-172021-222025-26
Recorded violent offences per 100,000 residents in Blacktown, 2016-17 to 2025-26 — little changed over the period. Source: recorded crime published for New South Wales.

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