The police have patrolled the roads and streets throughout the Easter long weekend.
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As of Tuesday two people had lost their lives on NSW roads.
A 76-year-old male cyclist died at the scene after a collision with a car in Mosman, Sydney on Saturday.
A 71-year-old man died after colliding with a truck at Tyndale in northern NSW before 12.30pm on Saturday. The truck driver and his passenger were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
NSW Police Traffic and Highway Patrol Commander, Assistant Commissioner John Hartley said the police were saddened and disappointed that after a good start to the Easter period there were two deaths on Saturday.
NSW Police conducted 294, 421 breath tests across the state with 369 drivers charged.
Assistant Commissioner Hartley said it's disappointing that some people continue to get caught drink-driving despite consistent warnings from the police.
"If you're going to have a drink, you need to find another way home, driving is simply not an option," he said.
NSW Police conducted 294, 421 breath tests across the state with 369 drivers charged.
"Drivers need to be aware that RBTs can happen anywhere, at any time so if you choose to drink and drive you will be caught."
Other charges include 7418 people charged with traffic infringement notices (not speeding), 5184 people were charged with speeding and there were 619 major crashes.
NSW Police are also working on Operation Unite.
In the Sydney City Local Area Command five people were taken to hospital between 9pm on Sunday, April 20 and 2am Monday morning and treated for drug overdoses.
A total of 130 people were arrested during the third night of operation (Sunday April 20 to Monday April 21) with 198 charges laid.
There were five people charged with assaulting police with a further 21 charged with common assault.
There were 827 business inspections conducted with 136 licensing breaches and 13 security breaches identified.
More than 200 move-on directions were made, with four people receiving infringements for failing to comply.
Ten people were arrested for breaching bail conditions and 46 people charged with possession of a prohibited drug.
Operation Unite Commander, Superintendent Michael Fitzgerald said overall he was pleased with the results of the operation but was concerned people continued to make poor choices.