A woman allegedly returned a blood-alcohol reading almost five times the general legal limit after a crash on Angels Beach Drive, East Ballina.

Emergency services were called to the crash about 9.30am on Friday, September 4, during a major statewide police crackdown on impaired driving.

Police say Highway Patrol officers breath-tested a 47-year-old woman who had been driving one of the vehicles involved.

She allegedly returned a positive roadside test and was taken to Ballina Police Station, where further testing allegedly produced a reading of 0.240.

The general legal blood-alcohol limit for fully licensed drivers is below 0.05.

Police allege the woman was also driving while her licence was suspended under the Fines Act.

She was issued a court attendance notice for high-range drink-driving and driving while suspended and is due to face court in Ballina on October 1.

Her licence was suspended.

State-wide blitz on drugs, alcohol

The East Ballina crash was among incidents highlighted by NSW Police following Operation RAID (Remove All Impaired Drivers), which ran from Thursday until early Sunday morning.

Across the Northern Region, police conducted 27,622 breath tests, resulting in 76 drink-driving charges.

Another 1629 roadside drug tests were carried out, with 249 returning positive results.

Police issued 1781 infringements across the region, including 649 for speeding, while 69 major crashes were recorded. There were no road fatalities in the Northern Region during the operation.

Statewide, police conducted more than 162,000 breath tests and detected 212 drink-driving offences.

Of 6420 roadside drug tests, 774 returned positive samples.

More than 7100 traffic infringement notices were issued, including 2251 for speeding, 344 for mobile phone offences and 106 restraint offences.

Two people died on NSW roads during the operation, both in the Western Region.

Traffic and Highway Patrol Commander Assistant Commissioner David Driver said the number of drivers allegedly affected by alcohol or drugs remained concerning.

“Those drivers could have gone on to cause tragedies in their communities,” he said.

“The message is simple: People need to understand their legal and moral obligation when they get behind the wheel and not put others at risk.”

Police say enforcement targeting drink-driving, drug-driving and other dangerous behaviour will continue beyond the weekend operation.