FED: National Christmas road toll at 13

AAP General News (Australia)
12-24-2006
FED: National Christmas road toll at 13

Police in New South Wales are pleading with drivers to exercise care as the state's
five road toll deaths this holiday season push the national total to 13.

Police say motorists have been ignoring their pleas to watch their speed .. with more
than 3,580 motorists caught speeding since Operation Stay Safe began on Friday.

One man from Sydney has had his licence suspended after police clocked him travelling
at 181km/h in a 110km zone.

Three deaths in barely more than 24 hours in the state include a 17-year-old P-plater
in Sydney's north-west .. and a man who died in his 30s in the state's central-west.

A 50-year-old man was killed last night when his motorcycle hit a tree south of Grafton.





New South Wales leads the national holiday road toll tally with five deaths .. while
three people have been killed on Queensland roads.

Two people have died in both South Australia and Tasmania, and there's been one death
in Victoria.





(Eds: National road toll figures are for the period 0001 December 22 to 2359 January
5. Some states and territories have different periods.)

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