When questioned by police at the time of the incident Matthew Quinn Luxford, 31, of Tantallan Road, Belgravia, denied he was the vehicle's driver.

Luxford, who was the sole occupant of the car, lost control of the vehicle while driving up the Mitchell Highway towards Molong.

According to facts presented to the court he lost control of the vehicle while navigating a sweeping right-hand bend, with the car falling into a gully on the eastern side of the road and rolling "an unknown number of times".

Luxford then attempted to drive the vehicle away along a fenceline to get it back on the road, but only managed to get 50 metres before the car came to rest against a fence.

A member of the public stopped to help, with Luxford exiting the vehicle through the passenger side door as the drivers' side door was jammed shut.

Police attended the scene and he spoke with the officers, with the conversation recorded on body camera.

According to police statements provided at the time, Luxford was "seriously affected by alcohol, unable to maintain any balance or remain on his feet without support", was slurring his speech and smelt heavily of alcohol.

Luxford told officers "this is a private driveway" and said he hadn't been in town.

He was breath tested on the scene, with a negative result, and then arrested to be taken back to Orange for further breath analysis.

He continued to tell police he wasn't the driver, but prior to being placed in the police cage he said "I wasn't at the Royal. I was driving pissed, but I wasn't at the Royal".

Luxford told officers he'd consumed six 375ml cans of Badlands IPA full strength between 4.30pm and 8pm, and he had not eaten any food in that time.

Magistrate David Day said it was "miraculous" Luxford was still alive following the crash.

"The fact he's still alive with a high-speed rollover and the damage to the vehicle is a miracle," he said.

"He was lucky no-one was killed.

"We don't know how fast he was going and the fact he survived is a miracle."

Pointing to prior convictions for lower-level drink-driving offences, Mr Day said Luxford "should know better".

"Hopefully this has terrified you, I'm terrified reading the facts [of the case]," Mr Day said.

He said the sentence was a "good deal" and he'd seen cases like this come before him where the driver had died.

Luxford's solicitor Rebecca Scott said he'd shown "a great deal of remorse" since the incident and had completed road safety courses.

"He can't remember leaving the pub and he's told me that's terrifying to him. He's drastically reduced his alcohol intake since the incident and can't explain how much better he feels," she said.

"He's learned a lot listening to paramedics and learning about the effects [of fatal crashes] on family and friends ... he found it frightening what could have happened."

Luuxford was disqualified from driving for six months and given a mandatory interlock for 24 months, and also given a community corrections order for two years.

He was also fined $550.