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One man dead after three-vehicle crash - Corrimal

Where: Memorial Drive, Corrimal, the street the release names · See the street on the map

One man dead after three-vehicle crash - Corrimal
Corrimal, New South Wales · NSW Police

The release

A man has died following a multi-vehicle crash on the state's Illawarra region overnight.

About 8.40pm (Sunday 20 September 2026), police were called to Memorial Drive, Corrimal, following reports of a three-vehicle crash.

Officers attached to Wollongong Police District attended and were told a sedan and a station wagon had collided at the intersection of Memorial Drive and Rothery Street before the station wagon left the roadway and crashed into trees.

Following the initial collision, the sedan collided with a third vehicle. Both vehicles then left the roadway and crashed into trees.

The driver of the sedan, a man believed to be aged in his 30s, was assisted by members of the public; however, he died before the arrival of emergency services.

The driver of the station wagon, an 18-year-old woman, was treated at the scene before being taken to Wollongong Hospital in a stable condition.

The driver and passenger of the third vehicle were assessed by NSW Ambulance paramedics; however, neither required hospital treatment.

A crime scene has been established and an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash has commenced.

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 Wollongong council area

Wollongong is a council area in New South Wales with about 224,327 residents. It has a Crime Score 45 out of 100 (moderate), 208th 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 (69th percentile), sexual offences (57th percentile), assault (37th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 49.

Violent
1,099 per 100k
Property
2,948 per 100k
Break-ins
316 per 100k
Theft
1,440 per 100k

See the full Wollongong crime profile

2016-17: 917 per 100,0002017-18: 953 per 100,0002018-19: 897 per 100,0002019-20: 863 per 100,0002020-21: 936 per 100,0002021-22: 843 per 100,0002022-23: 978 per 100,0002023-24: 1,029 per 100,0002024-25: 1,034 per 100,0002025-26: 1,099 per 100,0002016-172021-222025-26
Recorded violent offences per 100,000 residents in Wollongong, 2016-17 to 2025-26 — up 20% over the period. Source: recorded crime published for New South Wales.

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