The NSW Police Force’s Operation Safe Arrival commenced on December 21 and and will conclude at 11.59pm on Tuesday.

Police have been targeting motorists doing the wrong thing on the road and double demerit points are in place for speeding, seatbelt, mobile phone and motorcycle helmet offences.

In Western NSW, 850 motorists have been caught speeding since Operation Safe Arrival commenced 10 days ago.

Across the Central West, most were caught in Dubbo’s Orana Mid Western Police District (167 infringements issued), followed by Bathurst’s Chifley (148), Central West (58) and Bourke-centred Central North (33).

Police also issued 64 infringements for drivers or passengers who were not wearing a seatbelt, with the most in Chifley (23), followed by Orana Mid Western (14), Central North (four) and Central West (one).

In addition, a further 764 infringements were issued to Western NSW motorists for a range of offences (other than speeding).

Of these, Chifley Police District recorded (200), followed by Orana Mid Western (122), Central North (56) and Central West (24).

While Traffic and Highway Patrol Command Inspector Ben Macfarlane said drink driving had been a major focus for general duty and highway patrol officers across Western NSW this festive period.

As of midnight on Sunday, 32,373 breath test had been conducted, of these Orana Mid Western recorded (7053), Chifley (6235), Central West (3532) and Central North (2239).

From those tests, 27 motorists were caught over the limit, including nine in the Chifley and Orana police districts, five in the Central North and four in the Central West.

This is down from 77 during the same period last year.

The number of major crashes in Western NSW has also dropped this festive period – from 81 to 56.

Insp Macfarlane said so far it had been a very successful operation by NSW Police with infringement notices and fatalities down compared to 2017.

“The number of drink drivers is way down so that tells me people are doing the right thing in general,” he said.

“We’d just like to thank them for their attention to driving and complying to the road rules, It’s meant less impact on emergency services.”