NSW Labour Day road toll doubles

NINE people died on NSW roads this Labour Day long weekend, more than double the road toll for the corresponding holiday period last year.

NSW Police say speeding infringements recorded during Operation Slow Down, which ran from midnight Friday until 11.59pm (AEDT) on Monday, were also up on last year's figures.

But only 269 drink-driving charges were laid, a drop of 37 per cent on 2012, even though more breath tests were carried out.

The deaths bring the state's road toll for 2013 to 258, which is down 28 on the corresponding period last year.

"Our goal in every operation of this kind is zero fatalities, so we are disappointed and saddened that nine people have lost their lives in traffic incidents since Friday," NSW Police Traffic and Highway Patrol Commander John Hartley said.

"Our thoughts are with their families."

Assistant Commissioner Hartley said speed played a role in the 410 major crashes reported over Operation Slow Down 2013.

"While police are still investigating the cause of many crashes that occurred over the weekend, I can guarantee speed was a contributing factor in a high number of them," he said.

In one case, about 10.30pm on Monday, a 23-year-old foreign student was allegedly clocked driving 140km/h in an 80km/h zone.

He has had his visitor driving licence suspended for six months.

In another incident, an unlicensed Nowra man was allegedly caught drink-driving a stolen, unregistered and uninsured van.

The 19-year-old was due to face Wollongong Local Court on Tuesday, accused of blowing a 0.130 reading during a breath analysis test.

He's also been charged with taking and driving a conveyance without the consent of the owner, driving without having a licence, using an unregistered registrable car on a road and using an uninsured motor vehicle.

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