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Pedestrian dies after being struck by cyclist - Moree

NSW Police·

Where: Heber Street, Moree, the street the release names · See the street on the map

Pedestrian dies after being struck by cyclist - Moree
Moree, New South Wales · NSW Police

The release

A man has died after being struck by a cyclist in Moree yesterday.

About 12.15pm (Wednesday 7 October 2026), emergency services were called to Heber Street, Moree, after reports an 82-year-old man was struck by a bicycle.

The man was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics for serious head injuries before being taken to Moree Hospital in a critical condition.

Officers attached to New England Police District commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Following inquiries, about 2.30am today (Thursday 8 October 2026), police were notified the 82-year-old man had died in hospital.

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 Moree Plains council area

Moree Plains is a council area in New South Wales with about 12,845 residents. It has a Crime Score 85 out of 100 (very high), 15th 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 (91st percentile), break-ins (95th percentile), sexual offences (92nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 83.

Violent
4,656 per 100k
Property
11,172 per 100k
Break-ins
2,110 per 100k
Theft
3,379 per 100k

See the full Moree Plains crime profile

2016-17: 3,801 per 100,0002017-18: 3,766 per 100,0002018-19: 2,921 per 100,0002019-20: 3,127 per 100,0002020-21: 4,104 per 100,0002021-22: 4,292 per 100,0002022-23: 4,292 per 100,0002023-24: 4,682 per 100,0002024-25: 4,375 per 100,0002025-26: 4,656 per 100,0002016-172021-222025-26
Recorded violent offences per 100,000 residents in Moree Plains, 2016-17 to 2025-26 — up 22% over the period. Source: recorded crime published for New South Wales.

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