Kymberly Hall was driving to work at 4 am on Thursday, July 13 along Uralla Road when her car veered off and crashed into an embankment,

“I lost control smashed into a bank and rolled the car about four times, and it landed on its side,” Miss Hall said.

“I had to try and smash my way out through the windscreen, but it wouldn’t budge. Then I noticed the back windscreen had smashed, so I crawled out. I lost a shoe, my phone, my wallet and even my morning cuppa.”

Miss Hall fractured two vertebrae and yesterday said she was still in a lot of pain and had bad bruising.

“The car landed in a ditch full of rocks and stones and water, it was horrible, and it was pitch black,” she said.

“I  had to find my way back to the road, and I saw a house across the road, and it was one of my customers from work. He saved me and took me to the hospital.”

Miss Halls’ accident came ahead of the release of NSW Police statistics on Monday which shows more than three times the number of lives have been lost in crashes on rural NSW roads when compared to the metropolitan area.

Provisional crash data indicates 201 lives have been lost on NSW roads this year.

The rural road toll is 152, compared to 49 in the Sydney metropolitan area.

The statistics have prompted NSW Police to reinforce to the public the unique risks of driving in country areas.

Walcha truckie Brian Swift died in an accident on the New England Highway last month. Mr Swift, 42, was killed on June 11 when the southbound utility he was driving left the New England Highway, about 15km south of the Oxley Highway, hit a guardrail and overturned, according to police.

Assistant Commissioner Michael Corboy said crashes on rural roads are a tragic reminder of the risks for road users.

"There have been 12 crashes this year resulting in multiple lives being lost in regional areas. This compares to 11 similar crashes for this time last year,” he said.

“There have been six crashes of this kind within the Sydney metropolitan area. These statistics highlight the need for all road users to drive, ride, cycle, and walk to the conditions.

"Now is the time for those on our roads to be fully responsible by; sticking to the speed limit, wearing a seat belt and driving to the conditions.”